Submitted abstracts
Overview:
All oral talks and posters of the International Workshop on Astronomical X–Ray Optics will be published on this web-page (as the pdf files) after acceptance from authors. We also will create book of abstracts. The deadline for submission will be specified soon.We guarantee publication only of those contributions that have been presented (oral/poster) by the lead author or one of the co-authors during the workshop.
Presentations
| Title | Author | Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| 40 years of Astronomical X-Ray Optics in the Czech Republic | Rene Hudec | I will shortly introduce the past, recent and planned efforts in the field of astronomical X-ray optics in the Czech Republic. The development of our astronomical X-ray optics started in ... |
| Active X-ray Optics | Richard Willingale | Development of active X-ray optics by the Smart X-ray Optics consortium in the UK |
| Adjustable Grazing Incidence Optics for X-ray Astronomy | Paul Reid | Two different types of adjustable grazing incidence optics are being developed at CfA; thin film piezo electric devices designed to achieve 1 to 0.1 arcsec imaging resolution of mirror segments, ... |
| Application of layers with internal stress for silicon wafer shaping | Jan Šik | We review the impact of thin film stress on silicon wafer shaping. Layers with internal stress uniformly shape silicon wafer without deterioration of high quality of the polished front side. ... |
| Back-Up Technologies for IXO | Rene Hudec | Recent progress in advanced back-up technologies for IXO X-ray optics (with the emphasis of efforts of Czech consortium) will be presented and discussed. These technologies include improvements of Si wafer ... |
| Chinese X-ray astronomy program | Chen Zhang | |
| Design and Analysis of the IXO FMA | Ryan McClelland | The Flight Mirror Assembly (FMA) preliminary mechanical design for NASA's next major X-ray telescope mission, the International X-Ray Observatory (IXO), has been developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). ... |
| Development of High Resolution X-ray Gratings | Webster Cash | We report on progress in the design, development, test and use of diffraction gratings for soft x-ray astronomy. Progress includes a) new designs that optimize performance and minimize resources b) ... |
| Development of a critical-angle transmission grating spectrometer for the International X-Ray Observatory | Mark Schattenburg | We present a high-resolution soft x-ray grating spectrometer concept for the International X-Ray Observatory (IXO) that meets or exceeds the minimum requirements for effective area (> 1,000 cm2 for E ... |
| ESA concept of the IXO telescope | Marcos Bavdaz | The International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is a candidate mission in the ESA Space Science Programme Cosmic Visions 1525. IXO is being studied as a joint mission with NASA and JAXA. ... |
| Fabrication and Metrology of Mirror Segments for the IXO Mission | William Zhang | |
| Glass Composition Effect on Thermal Forming of Foils for X-ray Space Telescopes | Martin Mika | |
| Lessons from Chandra: Comparing the Wolter I and Wolter-Schwarzschild prescriptions to optimize sensitivity | Dan Schwartz | The ability to find faint objects in surveys depends on the telescope off-axis resolution, as well as its area and on-axis image quality. Chandra utilized a Wolter I prescription, on ... |
| MEDIPIX/TIMEPIX IMAGING DETECTORs on ESA STRATOSPHERIC BALLOON CAMPAIGNS BEXUS | Jaroslav Urbář | Results of the first experiments using a MEDIPIX-type detectors for cosmic ray imaging in stratospheric environment are presented. The original detecting device was based on hybrid pixel detector of Medipix2-type ... |
| Mirror fabrication via glass slumping techniques | Anita Schael | |
| News from glass slumping project at MPE | Monika Vongehr | |
| On going developments on monolithic X-ray optics at the Brera Astronomical Observatory: a status report | Giovanni Pareschi | Grazing incidence mirrors based on monolithic pseudo-cylindrical configuration have been successfully utilized for past X-ray telescopes. The monolithic configuration, thanks to the cylindrical symmetry, improves the intrinsic stiffness of the ... |
| Recent development of light-weight & high-resolution X-ray optics in Japan | Yuichiro Ezoe | We introduce our recent development of new light-weight and high resolution X-ray optics. We present new developments of different types of optics. One is ultra-light micro pore optics based on ... |
| Results using platinum as a release layer for IXO thermally formed glass optics | suzanne romaine | Platinum and boron nitride are two of the materials being considered as release layers for thermally slumping glass substrates for IXO. SAO is investigating the use of platinum as a ... |
| SRG, astrophisical mission | Mikhail Pavlinsky | The Spectrum-RG (SRG) mission, to be launched in 2012, will conduct the first all-sky survey in the 0.5-11 keV band via two x-ray imaging telescope systems, eROSITA and ART-XC. |
| Shaping thin glass mirrors using air bearings | Mark Schattenburg | Thermal shaping of glass against precision mandrels is a promising technology for producing x-ray mirrors for future missions such as the International X-Ray Observatory (IXO). While a great deal of ... |
| Silicon Pore Optics for IXO | Max Collon | Silicon pore optics is a technology developed to enable future large area X-ray telescopes, such as the International Xray Observatory (IXO), a candidate mission in the ESA Space Science Programme ... |
| Suspension Mount and Alignment of IXO Mirror Segments | Kai-Wing Chan | A “suspension mounting” scheme is being developed for the IXO mirror segments at NASA/Goddard. The method, in which a mirror segment is first hung and temporary bonded onto a strongback, ... |
| The Off-Plane X-ray Grating Spectrometer for IXO | Randall McEntaffer | |
| The Swift XRT performance | John Nousek | The Swift XRT is completing five years of successful operations. I review the Swift performance and our plans for the future. |
| X-ray Optics: Wolter versus KB | Veronika Marsikova | We present recent development in Si/glass X-ray optics design and development in RITE/CTU Prague. We have compared gold coated KB system with focal lengths 20 and 40 meters with corresponding ... |
| X-ray telescope system onboard the Japanese X-ray Astronomy mission Astro-H | Hisamitsu Awaki | The new Japanese X-ray Astronomy satellite, Astro-H is an international X-ray mission which is currently planed for launch in fiscal 2013. One of the unique features of the mission is ... |
Posters
| Title | Author | Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| A stainless-steel mandrel for slumping glass x-ray mirrors | Stephen O'Dell | We have fabricated a precision full-cylinder stainless-steel mandrel at Marshall Space Flight Center. The mandrel is figured for a 30-cm-diameter primary (paraboloid) mirror of an 840-cm focal-lengthWolter-1 telescope. We have ... |
| Design Considerations of Polishing Lap for Computer-Controlled Cylindrical Polishing Process | Gufran Sayeed Khan | The future X-ray observatory missions, such as International X-ray Observatory (IXO), require grazing incidence replicated optics of extremely large collecting area (3 m2) in combination with angular resolution of < ... |
| Faint objects on INTEGRAL/IBIS mosaics in 15-80 keV energy range | Martin Blazek | We discuss searches for positive detection of selected candidates (i.e. faint object, mostly intermediate polars and blazars) in INTEGRAL IBIS data. We discuss various approaches with emphasis on detection and ... |
| Protection of Si wafers surfase during cutting | Martina Landova | In this experiment we cut the Si wafer for x-ray telescopes by laser beam into peaces of required size. During cutting and experiments we protect the Si wafer surface by ... |
| Simulations of X-Ray Telescopes for eROSITA and IXO | Christian Schmid | We present a generic X-ray instrument simulation tool developed for studies of future X-ray missions. According to the concept of Monte Carlo simulations the software generates a sample of photons ... |
| Tests of Lobster Eye Optics for Possible Space Mission | Vladimír Tichý | 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 ... |