Session 12. Con-X Instruments and Optics

Poster, Monday, January 9, 2006, 9:20am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

12.01 Highlights of Constellation-X Reflection Grating Spectrometer Technology Development

K. Flanagan (MIT), W. Cash (University of Colorado), R. Heilmann, G. Prigozhin (MIT), A. Rasmussen (SLAC), G. Ricker, M. Schattenburg (MIT), A. Shipley (University of Colorado)

12.02 Efficiency of a Grazing Incidence Off-Plane Grating in the Soft X-Ray Region

J. F. Seely, J. M. Laming (NRL), L. I. Goray (I.I.G. Inc.), B. Kjornrattanawanich, G. E. Holland (NRL), K. A. Flanagan, R. K. Heilmann, C.-H. Chang, M. L. Schattenburg (MIT), A. P. Rasmussen (Stanford Univ.)

12.03 Event Driven X-ray CCD Detector Arrays for the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on the Constellation-X Mission

G. R. Ricker, J. P. Doty, S. E. Kissel, G. Y. Prigozhin (MIT)

12.04 Requirements, Goals and Challenges for an X-Ray Microcalorimeter Spectrometer on the Constellation-X Observatory

R.L. Kelley (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center), Con-X Team

12.05 Multiplexed x-ray microcalorimeters with improved energy resolution for Constellation-X

K. D. Irwin, J. A. Beall, W. B. Doriese, W. D. Duncan, L. Ferreira, G. C. Hilton, C. D. Reintsema, D. R. Schmidt, J. N. Ullom, L. R. Vale, Y. Xu, B. L. Zink (NIST)

12.06 Advances in NTD Germanium-Based Microcalorimeters For Soft and Hard X-Ray Spectroscopy on Constellation X

E.H. Silver, G. Austin (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), J. Beeman, D. Landis (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), E.E. Haller (University of California, Berkeley), N. Madden (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

12.07 High-density arrays of x-ray microcalorimeters for Constellation-X

C.A. Kilbourne, S.R. Bandler, J.A. Chervenak, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, F.M. Finkbeiner, N. Iyomoto, R.L. Kelley, F.S. Porter (NASA/GSFC), T. Saab (U. Florida), J. Sadleir (NASA/GSFC and U. Illinois)

12.08 The development of high resolution silicon x-ray microcalorimeters

F. S. Porter, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)

12.09 Properties of Vapor-Deposited Au:Er Films for Metallic Magnetic Calorimeters

H. Eguchi (Brown University), R. Bruni (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), Y. H. Huang, A. N. Mocharnuk-Macchia (Brown University), S. Romaine (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), G. M. Seidel, B. Sethumadhavan, W. Yao (Brown University)

12.10 Lightweight X-ray Mirrors for the Constellation-X Mission

W. W. Zhang (NASA Goddard), D. A. Content (NASA Godard), J. P. Lehan (NASA Goddard and USRA), R. Petre, T. Saha (NASA Goddard), M. V. Gubarev (NASA Marshall and USRA), W. D. Jones, S. L. O'Dell (NASA Marshall), P. B. Reid (SAO)

12.11 Segmented Glass Optics and the Hard X-ray Telescope on Constellation-X: Progress and Prospects

C. Hailey (Columbia University), HXT Segmented Glass Optics Team

12.12 Development of Prototype Nickel Optic for the Constellation-X Hard X-Ray Telescope

S. Romaine, P. Gorenstein, R. Bruni (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), G. Pareschi, O. Citterio, M. Ghigo, F. Mazzoleni, D. Spiga, S. Basso, G. Conti (INAF-OAB), B. Ramsey, M. Gubarev, S. O'Dell (NSSTC-MSFC), C. Speegle (USRA,UAL), D. Engelhaupt (UAL), M. Freyberg, W. Burkert, G. Hartner (MPE-Panter Test Facility)

12.13 The Con-X Hard X-Ray Telescope and its angular resolution

P. Gorenstein, S. Romaine (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), HXT Integral Optics Team

12.14 Stray Light Shielding for Formation Flying X-ray Telescopes

P. B. Reid, M. Garcia (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), J. Stewart (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

12.15 Soft X-Ray Reflection Grating Technology Development for Constellation-X

R. K. Heilmann, M. Akilian, C.-H. Chang, J. C. Montoya, Y. Zhang, M. L. Schattenburg (MIT)