INAF - OA-Brera

A wide field X-ray telescope for astronomical survey purposes: from theory to practice

Conconi, Paolo, Campana, Sergio , Tagliaferri, Gianpiero , Pareschi, Giovanni , Citterio, Oberto , Cotroneo, Vincenzo, Proserpio, Laura, Civitani, Marta

2010, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 405, Issue 2, pp. 877-886.

Citations: 8 I.F.: 5 Citations/Authors: 0.5

POLARIX: a pathfinder mission of X-ray polarimetry

Costa, E., Bellazzini, R., Tagliaferri, G. , Matt, G., Argan, A., Attinà, P., Baldini, L., Basso, S. , Brez, A., Citterio, O. , et al.

2010, Experimental Astronomy, Volume 28, Issue 2-3, pp. 137-183

Citations: 6 I.F.: 0.91 Citations/Authors: 0.09

Wide Field X-ray Telescope: a moderate class mission

Murray, Stephen S., Giacconi, R., Ptak, A., Rosati, P., Weisskopf, M., Borgani, S., Jones, C., Pareschi, G. , Tozzi, P., Gilli, R., et al.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, pp. 77321W-77321W-7 (2010).

Citations: 7 I.F.: 1.24 Citations/Authors: 0.21

NHXM: a New Hard X-ray Imaging and Polarimetric Mission

Campana, Sergio , Argan, Andrea, Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Catalano, Osvaldo, Costa, Enrico, Cusumano, Giancarlo, Fiore, Fabrizio, Fiorini, Carlo, Malaguti, Giuseppe, Matt, Giorgio, et al.

2010, 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 18-15 July 2010, in Bremen, Germany, p.17

Effects of the coating optimization on the field of view for a Wolter X-ray Telescope

Cotroneo, V., Pareschi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, pp. 77322P-77322P-8 (2010).

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.75 Citations/Authors: 0.12

Hot slumping glass technology for the grazing incidence optics of future missions with particular reference to IXO

Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Conconi, P., Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Friedrich, P., Gallieni, D., Guldimann, B., Martelli, F., et al.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, article id. 77320C, 12 pp. (2010).

Citations: 2 I.F.: 0.64 Citations/Authors: 0.04

IXO x-ray mirrors based on slumped glass segments with reinforcing ribs: optical and mechanical design, image error budget, and optics unit integration process

Civitani, M. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Citterio, O. , Conconi, P., Gallieni, D., Ghigo, M. , Guldimann, B., Martelli, F., Pagano, G., et al.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, article id. 773242, 19 pp. (2010).

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.42 Citations/Authors: 0.03

The Wide Field X-ray Telescope Mission-A Digital Sky Survey in X-rays

Murray, S., Giacconi, R., Ptak, A., Rosati, P., Weisskopf, M., Borgani, S., Jones, C., Pareschi, G. , Tozzi, P., Gilli, R., et al.

2010, X-RAY ASTRONOMY 2009; PRESENT STATUS, MULTI-WAVELENGTH APPROACH AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES: Proceedings of the International Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1248, pp. 549-554 (2010).

Citations: 2 I.F.: 0.35 Citations/Authors: 0.06

Design and development of thin quartz glass WFXT polynomial mirror shells by direct polishing

Proserpio, L., Campana, S. , Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Combrinck, H., Conconi, P., Cotroneo, V., Freeman, R., Langstrof, P., Mattaini, E. , et al.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, article id. 77320D, 14 pp. (2010).

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.33 Citations/Authors: 0.03

3D characterization of thin glass x-ray mirrors via optical profilometry

Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Citterio, O. , Conconi, P., Spiga, D. , Pareschi, G. , Proserpio, L.

2010, Proc. SPIE 7803, 78030L (2010); doi:10.1117/12.863879

Composite Glass Panels for Stiff and Lightweight Optical Mirrors: a Novel Approach with Preliminary Results

Canestrari, R. , Pareschi, G. , Ghigo, M. and Motta , G.

2010, ICSO 2010 - International Conference on Space Optics

Composite panels for optical mirrors for Cherenkov Telescopes: development of the cold glass slumping technology

Canestrari, R. , Motta, G., Pareschi, G. , Basso, S. , Doro, M., Giro, E., Lessio, L.

2010, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation. Edited by Atad-Ettedgui, Eli; Lemke, Dietrich. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7739, pp. 77390H-77390H-15 (2010).

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT BY DIRECT POLISHING OF THE WFXT THIN POLYNOMIAL MIRROR SHELLS

Proserpio, L ; Campana, S ; Citterio, O ; Civitani, M ; Combrinck, H ; Conconi, P ; Cotroneo, V ; Freeman, R ; Mattini, E ; Langstrof, P ; Morton, R ; Motta, G ; Oberle, O ; Pareschi, G ; Parodi, G ; Pels, C ; Schenk, C ; Stock, R ; Tagliaferri, G

2010, ICSO 2010 - International Conference on Space Optics

Technologies for manufacturing of high angular resolution multilayer coated optics for the New Hard X-ray Mission: a status report II

Vernani, D., Borghi, G., Binda, R., Citterio, O. , Grisoni, G., Kools, J., Marioni, F., Orlandi, A., Ritucci, A., Sironi, G. , et al.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, pp. 77323P-77323P-9 (2010).

The optics system of the New Hard X-ray Mission: design and development

Basso, S. , Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Civitani, M. , Raimondi, L., Sironi, G. , Cotroneo, V., Negri, B., et al.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, article id. 773218, 11 pp. (2010).

Thin gold layer in NiCo and Ni electroforming process: optical surface characterization

Sironi, G. , Spiga, D. , Raimondi, L., Pareschi, G. , Orlandi, A., Borghi, G., Missaglia, N., Negri, B.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, pp. 77322R-77322R-8 (2010).

X-ray tests at PANTER on the TDM1 optic prototype for the New Hard X-ray Mission

Spiga, D. , Raimondi, L., Valsecchi, G., Orlandi, A., Borghi, G., Salmaso, G., Marchi, E. B., Binda, R., Basso, S. , Marioni, F., et al.

2010, INAF/OAB internal report 05/2010

X-ray tests at PANTER on the TDM2 optic prototype for the New Hard X-ray Mission

Spiga, D. , Raimondi, L., Salmaso, B. , Valsecchi, G., Orlandi, A., Borghi, G., Binda, R., Basso, S. , Borrelli, D., Marioni, F., et al.

2010, INAF/OAB internal report 06/2010

Replica processes for mirror manufacturing: glass slumping and Foamglas backing

Canestrari, R. , Pareschi, G. , Ghigo, M.

2010, The Alt-Az Initiative: telescope, mirror and instrument developments

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