X-ray telescopes

This review summarises the present knowledge about X-ray reflection from real mirrors, with particular emphasis on X-ray scattering. The mirror configurations for a telescope are presented and their imaging capabilities are discussed. The fabrication techniques and the supporting metrology methods used for the manufacture of highly aspherical telescope mirrors are outlined, including direct grinding and polishing as well as replication methods. An account is given of the achievements obtained so far for the telescopes built for solar and non-solar X-ray astronomy applications.

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