Friday, 9 December 2011

X-ray telescopes

X-ray telescopes can use X-ray optics, such as a Wolter telescopes composed of ring-shaped 'glancing' mirrors fabricated of abundant metals that are able to reflect the application aloof a few degrees. The mirrors are usually a area of a rotated ambit and a hyperbola, or ellipse. In 1952, Hans Wolter categorical 3 means a telescope could be congenital application alone this affectionate of mirror.1314 Examples of an anchor application this blazon of telescope are the Einstein Observatory, ROSAT, and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. By 2010, Wolter absorption X-ray telescopes are accessible up to 79 keV

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