Abstract

We introduce a new type of x-ray telescope design, an equal-curvature telescope. We simply add a second-order axial sag to the base grazing-incidence cone-cone telescope. The radius of curvature of the sag terms is the same on the primary surface and on the secondary surface. The design is optimized such that the on-axis image spot at the focal plane is minimized. The on-axis rms spot diameter of two telescopes that we studied is less than 0.2 arc sec. The off-axis performance is comparable with that of equivalent Wolter type 1 telescopes.

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