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Grazing-incidence telescopes for X-ray astronomy

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We review the progress made at our laboratory over the past several years in developing grazing-incidence imaging X-ray optics. Mirrors, detection systems and dispersion techniques are discussed and experimental results are given. We discuss the application of two telescope systems to a number of experimental observations in X-ray astronomy.

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    R. Giacconi, W. P. Reidy, G. S. Vaiana, L. P. Van Speybroeck & T. F. Zehnpfennig

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Giacconi, R., Reidy, W.P., Vaiana, G.S. et al. Grazing-incidence telescopes for X-ray astronomy. Space Sci Rev 9, 3–57 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00187578

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