VOXI: Versatile Optics for X-ray Imaging

Suzanne Romaine; Jae Sub Hong; Martin Elvis

doi:10.1117/12.2630660

31 August 2022 VOXI: Versatile Optics for X-ray Imaging

Suzanne Romaine, Jae Sub Hong, Martin Elvis

Proceedings Volume 12181, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 1218113 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630660
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Abstract

Versatile Optics for X-ray Imaging (VOXI) is a technology that enables a wide range of missions and opens up new opportunities for scientific research over multiple disciplines including fundamental physics, heliophysics, astrophysics, lunar and planetary science, and laboratory physics. VOXI is well-suited to SmallSats, which have become powerful platforms from which to conduct leading scientific investigations and cutting-edge technology developments at low cost with rapid turn-arounds. At the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian, in collaboration with other institutions, we have developed VOXI, a Wolter-I Xray telescope with a focal length of < 1.5 m. In this paper we describe the potential of these optics, and the applications for VOXI optics considered to date.

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Suzanne Romaine, Jae Sub Hong, and Martin Elvis "VOXI: Versatile Optics for X-ray Imaging", Proc. SPIE 12181, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 1218113 (31 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630660

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