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Wide angle X-ray optics for use in astronomy

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Recently there was a suggestion in the literature to apply the principle of the lobster-eye to X-ray astronomy imaging (J.R.P. Angel, Ap. J. 233, 364, 1979). Our own suggestion for a wide angle X-ray telescope made earlier (W.K.H. Schmidt, Nucl. Instr. Meth.127, 285, 1975) is very similar to the above one. It consists of one or two sets of plane mirrors used in a grazing incidence configuration. The advantages of this type of X-ray optics over other systems for particular astronomical observations will be discussed.

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Schmidt, W.K.H. Wide angle X-ray optics for use in astronomy. Space Sci Rev 30, 615–621 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01246081

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