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 meter 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 to 8keV. The gain, the field of view and the angular resolution have been measured and compared with theoretical values.

Tichy, V., Barbera, M., Collura, A., Hromcık, M., Hudec, R., Inneman, A., et al. (2011). Tests of Lobster Eye Optics for Small Space X-ray Telescope. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 633, S169-S171 [10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.157].

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

BARBERA, Marco;
2011-01-01

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 meter 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 to 8keV. The gain, the field of view and the angular resolution have been measured and compared with theoretical values.
2011
Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisica
Tichy, V., Barbera, M., Collura, A., Hromcık, M., Hudec, R., Inneman, A., et al. (2011). Tests of Lobster Eye Optics for Small Space X-ray Telescope. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 633, S169-S171 [10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.157].
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