Study of the potential usefulness of superfine holographic x-ray gratings in AXAF and astrophysics in general
Abstract
Present day high energy electron storage rings and insertion devices (wigglers and undulators) provide the necessary technology to manufacture superfile (line density or=100,00/mm) holographic X-ray gratings. The usefulness in future astrophysical research of such gratings is determined, as a function of the grating size and line density. A model design is given for an instrument which would fit within the (presently specified) constraints of the planned Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF).
- Publication:
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In Alabama Univ. Res. Rept.: 1984 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (NASA-CR-171317) 25 p (SEE N85-22210 12-80
- Pub Date:
- January 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985asee.nasa.....C
- Keywords:
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- Gratings (Spectra);
- Holography;
- Storage Rings (Particle Accelerators);
- X Ray Astrophysics Facility;
- Grazing Incidence;
- Line Spectra;
- Synchrotron Radiation;
- X Ray Analysis;
- Instrumentation and Photography