Lynx, one of the four strategic mission concepts under study for the 2020 Astrophysics
Decadal Survey, provides leaps in capability over previous and planned x-ray missions and …

Lynx is a concept under study for prioritization in the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey.
Providing orders of magnitude increase in sensitivity over Chandra, Lynx will examine the …

Lynx is the future x-ray observatory with superb imaging capabilities (< 1 arc sec half-energy
width) and large throughput (2 m2 effective area@ 1 keV), which is being considered in the …

Piezoelectric adjustable x-ray optics use magnetron sputtered thin film coatings on both
sides of a thin curved glass substrate. To produce an optic suitable for a mission requiring …

Thin mirrors, important for next-generation space telescopes, are difficult to accurately
fabricate. One approach is to fabricate a mirror using traditional methods, then to bend the …

Next-generation x-ray observatories require lightweight, high throughput optics that maintain
a< 0.5 arcsec resolution to probe the physics of black holes and gain understanding of the …

The proposed Lynx telescope is an X-ray observatory with Chandra-like angular resolution
and about 30 times larger effective area. The technology under development at SAO is …

Piezoelectric adjustable optics are being developed for high throughput, high resolution, low
mass Xray mirror assemblies. These optics require robust piezoelectric thin films and …

Lynx is an X-ray mission concept with superb imaging capabilities (< 1arcsec Half Energy
Width, HEW) and large throughput (2 m 2 effective area@ 1keV). Several approaches are …

Thin adjustable X-ray mirrors can correct deformations generated from fabrication, gravity
release, mounting stresses, drifting stresses in the reflecting layer (s) and thermal variations …