<title>Fitting X-ray multilayer reflectivities by means of the PPM code</title>

<title>Global optimization of x-ray multilayer mirrors with iterated simplex method</title>

A high resolution large x-ray mission based on thin glass: optomechanical design

A magnetic diverter for charged particle background rejection in the SIMBOL-X telescope

A wide field X-ray telescope for astronomical survey purposes: from theory to practice

scientific article

Accurate integration of segmented x-ray optics using interfacing ribs

Active and passive shielding design optimization and technical solutions for deep sensitivity hard x-ray focusing telescopes

article published in 2005

An expanded x-ray beam facility (BEaTriX) to test the modular elements of the ATHENA optics

An innovative alt-alt telescope for small observatories and amateur astronomers

An integration machine for the assembly of the x-ray optic units based on thin slumped glass foils for the IXO mission

An x-ray polarimeter for HXMT mission

An x-ray polarimeter for hard x-ray optics

Angular resolution measurements at SPring-8 of a hard x-ray optic for the New Hard X-ray Mission

article

Astronomical soft x-ray mirrors reflectivity enhancement by multilayer coatings with carbon overcoating

Background Rejection of Charged Particles in the Simbol-X Telescope: Preliminary Study of Protons Scattering

Carbon overcoatings for soft x-ray reflectivity enhancement

Characterization of hydrogenated silicon carbide produced by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition at low temperature

scholarly article published 13 September 2007

Characterization of multilayer stack parameters from x-ray reflectivity data using the PPM program: measurements and comparison with TEM results

Characterization of thin plastic foils for applications in x-ray optics technology

Chasing the heaviest black holes of jetted active galactic nuclei

scholarly article by Gabriele Ghisellini et al published March 2010 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Composite panels for optical mirrors for Cherenkov Telescopes: development of the cold glass slumping technology

article

Conjugate heat transfer with the entropic lattice Boltzmann method.

scientific article

Design and development by direct polishing of the WFXT thin polynomial mirror shells

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Design and development of the SIMBOL-X hard x-ray optics

Design and development of the multilayer optics for the new hard x-ray mission

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Design and development of the optics system for the NHXM Hard X-ray and Polarimetric Mission

article

Design and development of thin quartz glass WFXT polynomial mirror shells by direct polishing

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Design and scientific performance of the soft x-ray imager on board EXIST

Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

article by Marcos Actis et al published 23 November 2011 in Experimental Astronomy

Design of the IXO optics based on thin glass plates connected by reinforcing ribs

Design optimization and trade-off study of WFXT optics

Designing an x-ray baffle for stray-light reduction at the focal plane of the Wide Field Imager on board EDGE

Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard x-ray telescope

Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard x-ray telescope

Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard x-ray telescope: III

article

Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard x-ray telescope: IV

article

Development of grazing-incidence multilayer mirrors by direct Ni electroforming replication: a status report

article

Development of high angular resolution x-ray telescopes based on slumped glass foils

Development of mirrors made of chemically tempered glass foils for future X-ray telescopes

article

Development of multilayer coatings (Ni/C-Pt/C) for hard x-ray telescopes by e-beam evaporation with ion assistance

Development status of a Laue lens project for gamma-ray astronomy

article

Direct hot slumping and accurate integration process to manufacture prototypal x-ray optical units made of glass

EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

EDGE: explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

ESTREMO/WFXRT: Extreme phySics in the TRansient and Evolving COsmos

Effects of Small Oscillations on the Effective Area

Effects of the coating optimization on the field of view for a Wolter x-ray telescope

Enabling deposition of hard x-ray reflective coatings as an industrial manufacturing process

Evaluation of the surface strength of glass plates shaped by hot slumping process

Forcing Seasonality of influenza-like epidemics with daily Solar resonance

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Functional tests of modular elements of segmented optics for x-ray telescopes via an expanded beam facility

article published in 2012

H2O maser survey of IRAS sources at high galactic latitude

HEW simulations and quantification of the microroughness requirements for x-ray telescopes by means of numerical and analytical methods

HEXIT-SAT: a mission concept for x-ray grazing incidence telescopes from 0.5 to 70 keV

Hard x-ray reflectivity measurement of broad-band multilayer samples

Hot slumping glass technology and integration process to manufacture a grazing incidence scaled prototype for the IXO telescope modules

Hot slumping glass technology for the grazing incidence optics of future missions with particular reference to IXO

article

IRA S-selected Galactic star-forming regions - I. New Formula water maser detections in molecular cores north of Dec. Formula

article

IXO glass mirrors development in Europe

article

IXO x-ray mirrors based on slumped glass segments with reinforcing ribs: optical and mechanical design, image error budget, and optics unit integration process

Instrumentation for comparing night sky quality and atmospheric conditions of CTA site candidates ⬇️

article by C. Fruck et al published 27 April 2015 in Journal of Instrumentation

Introducing the CTA concept

Investigation of a novel slumping technique for the manufacturing of stiff and lightweight optical mirrors

Ion figuring of large prototype mirror segments for the E-ELT

LAMP: a micro-satellite based soft x-ray polarimeter for astrophysics ⬇️

Laboratory demonstration of the piezoelectric figure correction of a cylindrical slumped glass optic

Linearity discontinuities in Xe-filled X-ray microstrip detectors

Lynx Mission concept status

Manufacturing of Wolter-I mirror segments with slumped glass

Measurements of spectral and position resolution on a 16x16 pixel CZT imaging hard x-ray detector

Mirror development for CTA

article

NHXM: a New Hard X-ray imaging and polarimetric Mission

New developments in light material overcoating for soft x-ray reflectivity enhancement

New reflecting materials for the construction of hard x-ray focusing telescopes based on Bragg diffraction

On the Compliance of Simbol-X Mirror Roughness with its Effective Area Requirements

Optimization of the reflecting coatings for the new hard x-ray mission

POLARIX: a pathfinder mission of X-ray polarimetry

POLARIX: a small mission of x-ray polarimetry

Performance of supersmooth x-ray mandrels for new hard x-ray missions

Physics potential of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO)

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Production of the IXO glass segmented mirrors by hot slumping with pressure assistance: tests and results

Production of thin glass mirrors by hot slumping for x-ray telescopes: present process and ongoing development

article

Profile reconstruction of grazing-incidence x-ray mirrors from intra-focal x-ray full imaging ⬇️

Progress on precise grinding and polishing of thin glass monolithic shell (towards WFXT)

Re-testing the JET-X Flight Module No. 2 at the PANTER facility

Reflective and antireflective coatings for the optical chain of the ASTRI SST-2M prototype

SIMBOL-X: a formation-flying mission for hard-x-ray astrophysics

SIMBOL-X: the problem of the calibrating a 0.5-80 keV 20m focal length focussing telescope

SST dual-mirror telescopes for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Simbol-X Core Science in a Context

Simbol-X Hard X-ray Focusing Mirrors: Results Obtained During the Phase A Study

Simbol-X Mirror Module Thermal Shields: II-Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Measurements

Simbol-X Mirror Module Thermal Shields: I—Design and X-Ray Transmission

article

Simbol-X: mission overview

Simbol-X: x-ray baffle for stray-light reduction

Slumped glass option for making the XEUS mirrors: preliminary design and ongoing developments

Slumping technique for the manufacturing of a representative x-ray grazing incidence mirror module for future space missions

Soft (0.1 - 10 keV) and hard (>10 keV) x-ray multilayer mirrors for the XEUS astronomical mission

Status of the technologies for the production of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) mirrors

Study and implementation of a soft X-ray 100 eV -20 keV fixed exit monochromator system

Techniques for the manufacturing of stiff and lightweight optical mirror panels based on slumping of glass sheets: concepts and results

Technologies for manufacturing of high angular resolution multilayer coated optics for future new hard x-ray missions: a status report

Technologies for manufacturing of high angular resolution multilayer coated optics for the New Hard X-ray Mission

Technologies for manufacturing of high angular resolution multilayer coated optics for the New Hard X-ray Mission: a status report II

Testing multilayer-coated polarizing mirrors for the LAMP soft X-ray telescope

Tests characterization and alignment for the optics of the ASTRI SST-2M telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The ASTRI SST-2M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: manufacturing of the structure and the mirrors

The ASTRI SST-2M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: prototype technologies goals and strategies for the future SST

The ASTRI SST-2M prototype for the next generation of Cherenkov telescopes: a single framework approach from requirement analysis to integration and verification strategy definition

The ASTRI SST-2M prototype for the next generation of Cherenkov telescopes: structure and mirrors

The ASTRI SST-2M prototype: camera design

The ASTRI/CTA mini-array software system

The Cherenkov Telescope Array potential for the study of young supernova remnants

The INAF ASTRI Project in the framework of CTA

The Integration Process of Very Thin Mirror Shells with a Particular Regard to Simbol-X

The NHXM spectral-imaging cameras

The New Hard X-ray Mission

The SXI telescope on board EXIST: scientific performances

The Simbol-X Mission

The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

scholarly article

The Wide Field X-ray Telescope Mission—A Digital Sky Survey in X-rays

scholarly article published 2010

The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission—eXTP

article

The focal plane of the Simbol-X space mission

The gas pixel detector at the focus of an x-ray optics

The glass cold-shaping technology for the mirrors of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The high-energy detector of the New Hard X-ray Mission (NHXM): design concept

The imaging properties of the gas pixel detector as a focal plane polarimeter ⬇️

The optics system of the New Hard X-ray Mission: design and development

article

The optics system of the New Hard X-ray Mission: status report

The problems concerning the integration of very thin mirror shells

The reflective surface of the MAGIC telescope

The soft x-ray imager (SXI) on board the EXIST mission

The x-ray camera of the EXIST/SXI telescope

The x-ray mirrors for the EXIST/SXI telescope

Thermal forming of substrates for the x-ray surveyor telescope

Thermal shielding of the SIMBOL-X mirror assembly

Thin fused silica optics for a few arcsec angular resolution and large collecting area x-ray telescope

Thin glass shell oriented to wide field x-ray telescope

Ultra-high energy cosmic rays, spiral galaxies and magnetars

Wide Field X-ray Telescope: a moderate class mission

conference paper published in July 2010

Wide-field x-ray imaging for future missions, including XEUS

X-ray optical units made of glass: achievements and perspectives

X-ray optics developments at ESA

X-ray polarimetry on-board of HXMT

XIAO: a soft x-ray telescope for the SVOM mission

article published in 2008

XIPE: the X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer

scientific article (publication date: 24 August 2013)

XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer

article

eXTP: Enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarization mission

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