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Tests of Lobster Eye Optics for Small Space X-ray Telescope

Author

Tichý Vladimír, Mgr.	Department of Control Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague
Barbera Marco	Universitá degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche ad Astronomiche, Palermo, Italy
Collura Alfonso	INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Hromčík M.	Department of Control Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Hudec R.	Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Inneman Adolf	Rigaku Innovative Technologies Europe s.r.o. (Czech Republic)
Jakůbek Jan, Ing. Ph.D.	IEAP
Maršík J.	Rigaku Innovative Technologies Europe
Maršíková Veronika	Rigaku Innovative Technologies Europe s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic
Pína L.	FNSPE CTU in Prague
Varisco Salvatore	INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Year

2011

Scientific journal

Nucl. Instr. Methods A, Vol. 633, Suppl. 1, p. S169-S171, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.157

Web

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.157

Abstract

The Lobster eye design for a grazing incidence X-ray optics provides wide field of view of the order of many degrees, for this reason it can be a convenient approach for the construction of space all-sky X-ray monitors. We present preliminary results of tests of prototype lobster eye X-ray optics in quasi parallel beam full imaging mode conducted using the 35 meters long X-ray beam-line of INAF-OAPA in Palermo (Italy). X-ray images at the focal plane have been taken with a microchannel plate (MCP) detector at several energy values from 0.3 keV to 8 keV. The gain, the field of view and the angular resolution have been measured and compared with theoretical values.

Grants

MSM 6840770040

Research Program 40: Usage of radionuclides and ionizing radiation.

Projects

Medipix

Cite article as:

V. Tichý, M. Barbera, A. Collura, M. Hromčík, R. Hudec, A. Inneman, J. Jakůbek, J. Maršík, V. Maršíková, L. Pína, S. Varisco, "Tests of Lobster Eye Optics for Small Space X-ray Telescope", Nucl. Instr. Methods A, Vol. 633, Suppl. 1, p. S169-S171, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.157 (2011)