2011/09/08 by Michael Garcia, M. Elvis, Martin Elvis +17
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Aerospace engineering #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Calorimeter (particle physics) #Channel (broadcasting) #Detector #Electrical engineering #Engineering #Engineering physics #Optics #Physics #Spectroscopy #Superconducting and THz Device Technology #X-ray #X-ray optics #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.1117/12.894261
12 pages, 9 figures, to appear in proceedings of SPIE V8147, "Optics for EUV, X-ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy V"
openalex publication_date 2011/09/08 · arxiv created 2011/09/14 · arxiv updated 2015/05/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The Extreme Physics Explorer (EPE) is a concept timing/spectroscopy mission that would use micro-channel plate optics (MCPO) to provide 4m<sup>2</sup> effective area focused to ~1 arc-min onto an X-ray calorimeter. We describe science drivers for such a mission, possible designs for the large area MCPO needed for EPE, and the challenges of the large area MCPO design.