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Vth International Congress on X-Ray Optics and Microanalysis / V. Internationaler Kongreß für Röntgenoptik und Mikroanalyse / Ve Congrès International sur l’Optique des Rayons X et la Microanalyse pp 39–44Cite as

Grazing Incidence X-Ray Telescopes

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This paper reviews some of the work related to X-ray imaging which has been done at our laboratory over the past several years. Our interest has been to develop high resolution telescopes for studying X-ray emission from the sun and from other celestial X-ray sources. The systems which we have developed are based on the fact that X-rays are reflected with high efficiencies only at grazing angles of incidence.

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  1. American Science and Engineering, Inc., Cambridge, Ma., USA

    W. P. Reidy, R. Giacconi, G. Vaiana, L. van Speybroeck & T. Zehnpfennig

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Reidy, W.P., Giacconi, R., Vaiana, G., van Speybroeck, L., Zehnpfennig, T. (1969). Grazing Incidence X-Ray Telescopes. In: Möllenstedt, G., Gaukler, K.H. (eds) Vth International Congress on X-Ray Optics and Microanalysis / V. Internationaler Kongreß für Röntgenoptik und Mikroanalyse / Ve Congrès International sur l’Optique des Rayons X et la Microanalyse. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-24778-5_5

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