Particulate and molecular contamination can each impact the performance of x-ray telescope systems. Furthermore, any changes in the level of contamination between on-ground calibration and in-space operation can compromise the validity of the calibration. Thus, it is important to understand the sensitivity of telescope performance, especially the net effective area and the wings of the point spread function to contamination. Here, we quantify this sensitivity and discuss the flow-down of science requirements to contamination-control requirements. As an example, we apply this methodology to the International X-ray Observatory (IXO), currently under joint study by ESA, JAXA, and NASA.


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    Titel :

    Effects of Contamination Upon the Performance of X-Ray Telescopes


    Beteiligte:
    S. L. O'Dell (Autor:in) / R. F. Elsner (Autor:in) / T. Oosterbroek (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2010


    Format / Umfang :

    1 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch






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