NeXT hard x-ray telescope

NeXT is Japan's 6th X-ray astronomical observatory following to ASTRO-E2. The launch is currently scheduled in 2010. One of the main goal of NeXT is to explore the hard X-ray Universe with newly developed hard X-ray telescope. The hard X-ray telescope utilizes multilayer-supermirror and high-throughput thin-foil optics technology. Performance of the hard X-ray telescope has been demonstrated through InFOCuS balloon experiment. This paper describes principle, design, and technology background of the Hard X-ray Telescope on board NeXT.

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Goddard Space Flight Center
United States
Nagoya University
Japan
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Japan

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