AXAF-1 high-resolution mirror assembly image model and comparison with x-ray ground-test image

David E. Zissa

doi:10.1117/12.363656

29 September 1999 AXAF-1 high-resolution mirror assembly image model and comparison with x-ray ground-test image

David E. Zissa

Proceedings Volume 3766, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions II; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363656
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The completed High Resolution Mirror Assembly (HRMA) of the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility - Imaging (AXAF-I) was tested at the X-ray Calibration Facility (XRCF) at the NASA- Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in 1997. The MSFC image model was developed during the development of AXAF-I. The MSFC model is a detailed ray-trace model of the as-built HRMA optics and the XRCF teste conditions. The image encircled-energy distributions from the model are found to general agree well with XRCF test data nd the preliminary Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) model. MSFC model effective-area result generally agree with those of the preliminary SAO model. Preliminary model effective-area results were reported by SAO to be approximately 5-13 percent above initial XRCF test results. The XRCF test conditions are removed from the MSFC ray-trace model to derive an on-orbit prediction of the HRMA image.

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David E. Zissa "AXAF-1 high-resolution mirror assembly image model and comparison with x-ray ground-test image", Proc. SPIE 3766, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions II, (29 September 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363656

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