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Metrology Cross-checks - a fundamental aspect of the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) Optics Fabrication Program

T.E. Gordon, J.S. Patterson, P.B. Reid, and D.A. Zweig

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Abstract

The AXAF observatory is the third of NASA's four planned "Great Observatories"1. It is designed to image cosmic x-rays in the energy regime of 0.1 to 10 keV (124 - 1.24 Å). The mirror assembly consists of four concentric, confocal, Wolter type I telescopes. Each telescope includes two conical grazing incidence mirrors, a paraboloid followed by a hyperboloid.

© 1992 Optical Society of America

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