Mr. Peter N. Cheimets Profile

Peter N. Cheimets

Mechanical Engineer at Ctr. for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

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Publications (61)

SPIE Journal Paper | 16 October 2024

Arcus X-ray telescope performance predictions and alignment requirements

Hans Moritz Günther, Peter Cheimets, Casey DeRoo, Ralf Heilmann

JATIS, Vol. 11, Issue 01, 011005, (October 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.11.1.011005

KEYWORDS: Computed tomography, Charge-coupled devices, X-rays, Photons, Spectral resolution, Sensors, Optical gratings, Simulations, X-ray telescopes, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

The Black Hole Explorer (BHEX): preliminary antenna design

T. Sridharan, R. Lehmensiek, D. Marrone, P. Cheimets, M. Freeman, P. Galison, J. Houston, M. Johnson, M. Silver

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130926S (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020504

KEYWORDS: Antennas, Design, Reflectors, Carbon fiber reinforced plastics, Spatial resolution, Telescopes, Physics, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

The Black Hole Explorer: motivation and vision

Michael Johnson, Kazunori Akiyama, Rebecca Baturin, Bryan Bilyeu, Lindy Blackburn, Don Boroson, Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño, Andrew Chael, Chi-kwan Chan, Dominic Chang, Peter Cheimets, Cathy Chou, Sheperd Doeleman, Joseph Farah, Peter Galison, Ronald Gamble, Charles Gammie, Zachary Gelles, José Gómez, Samuel Gralla, Paul Grimes, Leonid Gurvits, Shahar Hadar, Kari Haworth, Kazuhiro Hada, Michael Hecht, Mareki Honma, Janice Houston, Ben Hudson, Sara Issaoun, He Jia, Svetlana Jorstad, Jens Kauffman, Yuri Kovalev, Peter Kurczynski, Robert Lafon, Alexandru Lupsasca, Robert Lehmensiek, Chung-Pei Ma, Daniel Marrone, Alan Marscher, Gary Melnick, Ramesh Narayan, Kotaro Niinuma, Scott Noble, Eric Palmer, Daniel C. Palumbo, Lenny Paritsky, Eliad Peretz, Dominic Pesce, Alexander Plavin, Eliot Quataert, Hannah Rana, Angelo Ricarte, Freek Roelofs, Katia Shtyrkova, Laura Sinclair, Jeffrey Small, Sridharan Tirupati Kumara, Ranjani Srinivasan, Andrew Strominger, Paul Tiede, Edward Tong, Jade Wang, Jonathan Weintroub, Maciek Wielgus, George Wong

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130922D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019835

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Spatial resolution, Shadows

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

The Black Hole Explorer: astrophysics mission concept engineering study report

Eliad Peretz, Peter Kurczynski, Michael Johnson, Janice Houston, Tirupati Kumara Sridharan, Jade Wang, Peter Galison, Ronald Gamble, Daniel Marrone, Scott Noble, Gary Melnick, Leonid Petrov, Hannah Rana, Kari Haworth, Sheperd Doeleman, Sara Issaoun, Shahar Hadar, Alexandru Lupsasca, Edward Tong, Kazunori Akiyama, Ranjani Srinivasan, Dan Boroson, Guangning Yang, Tiffany Hoerbelt, Jeffrey Small, Mareki Honma, Bryan Bilyeu, Ed Canavan, Katia Shtyrkova, Robert Lafon, Lenny Paritsky, Laura Sinclair, Mark Silver, Leonid Gurvits, Yuri Kovalev, Robert Lehmensiek, Hua Jiao, Lindy Blackburn, Alexandra Brosius, Rick Butler, Andrew Chael, Dominic Chang, Koushik Chatterjee, Peter Cheimets, Daniel D'Orazio, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Vincent Fish, Garret Fitzpatrick, Charles Gammie, Zachary Gelles, Michael Hecht, Jens Kauffmann, Jared Lucey, Chung-Pei Ma, Mark Matsumura, Daniel Palumbo, Dominic Pesce, Jeff Piepmeier, Christopher Roberts, Freek Roelofs, Paul Tiede, Jaye Verniero, Maciek Wielgus, Ed Wollack, George Wong, Kelsey Gilchrist, Kayla Carmical, Andrew Lewis, Maya Wertheim, Keshet Shavit

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130922F (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019010

KEYWORDS: Antennas, Engineering, Telescopes, Laser frequency, Design, Oscillators, Optical clocks, Data transmission, Optical communications, Clocks

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

The Black Hole Explorer: back end electronics

Ranjani Srinivasan, Jonathan Weintroub, Rick Raffanti, Bryan Bilyeu, Thomas Gauron, John Test, Elliot Richards, Manuel Fernandez, Mark Freeman, Peter Cheimets, Mauricio Gendelman, Kari Haworth, Janice Houston, Michael Johnson, Emilia Mamani, Daniel Marrone, Ariel Pola, Jade Wang

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130926V (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020729

KEYWORDS: Field programmable gate arrays, Analog to digital converters, Analog electronics, Receivers, Design, Signal processing, Digital signal processing, Prototyping, Power consumption, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

The Arcus Probe Mission

Randall Smith, Jon Arenberg, Marshall Bautz, Ehud Behar, Dolon Bhattacharyya, Jay Bookbinder, Joel Bregman, Laura Brenneman, Nancy Brickhouse, G. Esra Bulbul, Vadim Burwitz, Joseph Bushman, Peter Cheimets, Elisa Costantini, Casey Deroo, Benjamin Donovan, Abraham Falcone, Brian Fleming, Adam Foster, Kevin France, Peter Friedrich, Luigi Gallo, Catherine Grant, H. Moritz Günther, Daryl Haggard, Ralf Heilmann, Sarah Heine, Butler Hine, David Huenemoerder, Jelle Kaastra, Igor Kreykenbohm, Sibasish Laha, Pamela Marcum, Herman Marshall, Randall McEntaffer, Missagh Mehdipour, Eric Miller, Jon Miller, Kirpal Nandra, Nicholas Nell, Michael Nowak, Frits Paerels, Katya Poppenhaeger, Andrew Ptak, Agata Rozanska, Jenna Samra, Jeremy Sanders, Mark Schattenburg, Norbert Schulz, Leroy Mark Sparr, Pasquale Temi, Todd Tripp, Lynne Valencic, Joern Wilms, Stephen Walker, David Wilson, Scott Wolk

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309326 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3022452

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Ultraviolet radiation, Spectroscopy, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Physics, Data modeling, Absorption, Solar processes, Metals

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

The focusing mirrors of the MUSE extreme-ultraviolet solar telescope

D. Spiga, M. Ghigo, S. Basso, V. Cotroneo, G. Vecchi, G. Pareschi, D. Sisana, B. De Pontieu, P. Boerner, G. Kushner, M. Sullivan, E. Hertz, P. Cheimets, E. Aguirre Contreras, M. Rossi, L. Arcangeli, D. Ridolfi, D. Perrone, M. Stangalini, D. Brienza, F. Reale

Proceedings Volume 12679, 1267908 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678191

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Mirror surfaces, Ion beam finishing, Polishing, Zerodur, Surface finishing, Extreme ultraviolet, Optical surfaces, Parabolic mirrors, Solar processes

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Poster + Paper

Arcus x-ray telescope performance and alignment

Hans Moritz Günther, Peter Cheimets, Eric Miller, Casey DeRoo, Randall Smith, Andrew Ptak, Ralf Heilmann

Proceedings Volume 12678, 126781D (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677455

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet radiation, Equipment, Charge-coupled devices, X-rays, Spectral resolution, Optical gratings, Simulations, Vignetting, Dispersion

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

The Arcus ultraviolet spectrograph (UVS): technical design of the far-ultraviolet spectrograph on the Arcus probe

Brian Fleming, Kevin France, Tom Patton, Timothy Hellickson, Nicholas Nell, Randall Smith, Peter Cheimets

Proceedings Volume 12678, 126780G (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677948

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet radiation, Spectrographs, Equipment, Microchannel plates, Contamination, Design and modelling, Reflectivity, Optical coatings, Observatories, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2023 Presentation

An overview of MaGIXS-2: the second flight of the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer

Patrick Champey, Amy Winebarger, Sabrina Savage, Ken Kobayashi, P. Athiray, Adam Kobelski, Genevieve Vigil, Brent Beabout, Dyana Beabout, Edward Hertz, Peter Cheimets, Leon Golub, Jagan Ranganathan, Bruce Weddendorf

Proceedings Volume 12678, 1267814 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2682232

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectroscopy, Grazing incidence, Telescopes, Equipment, Reflection gratings, Optical gratings, Blazed gratings, Spectrographs, Sand

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SPIE Journal Paper | 22 May 2023

Concept for a critical-angle transmission grating spectrometer for the AXIS probe

Hans M. Günther, David A. Principe, Ralf K. Heilmann, Peter Cheimets, Edward Hertz, Randall Smith

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 02, 024007, (May 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.2.024007

KEYWORDS: Optical gratings, Blazed gratings, Photons, Spectroscopy, Computed tomography, Spectral resolution, X-rays, Point spread functions, Mirrors, Diffraction gratings

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Arcus: exploring the formation and evolution of clusters, galaxies, and stars

Randall Smith, Marshall Bautz, Joel Bregman, Laura Brenneman, Nancy Brickhouse, Esra Bulbul, Vadim Burwitz, Joseph Bushman, Claude Canizares, Deepto Chakrabarty, Peter Cheimets, Elisa Costantini, Casey DeRoo, Abe Falcone, Adam Foster, Luigi Gallo, Catherine Grant, Hans Moritz Guenther, Ralf Heilmann, Sarah Heine, Butler Hine, David Huenemoerder, Steve Jara, Jelle Kaastra, Erin Kara, Ingo Kreykenbohm, Kristin Madsen, Herman Marshall, Michael McDonald, Randall McEntaffer, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Richard Mushotzky, Kirpal Nandra, Michael Nowak, Fritis Paerels, Robert Petre, Katja Poppenhaeger, Andrew Ptak, Paul Reid, Karolyn Ronzano, Agata Rozanska, Jenna Samra, Jeremy Sanders, Mark Schattenburg, Jonathan Schonfeld, Norbert Schulz, Alan Smale, Pasquale Temi, Lynne Valencic, Stephen Walker, Joern Wilms, Scott Wolk

Proceedings Volume 12181, 1218121 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628628

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Galactic astronomy, Absorption, Stars, Ionization, Spectroscopy, Galaxy groups and clusters, Diagnostics

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Flight-like critical-angle transmission grating x-ray performance for Arcus

Ralf Heilmann, Alexander Bruccoleri, Vadim Burwitz, Peter Cheimets, Casey DeRoo, Alan Garner, Eric Gullikson, Hans Moritz Günther, Gisela Hartner, Edward Hertz, Andreas Langmeier, Thomas Mueller, Surangkhana Rukdee, Thomas Schmidt, Randall Smith, Mark Schattenburg

Proceedings Volume 12181, 1218116 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628195

KEYWORDS: X-ray astronomy, X-ray optics, X-ray telescopes, X-ray technology, Diffraction gratings, X-rays, Diffraction, Silicon, Spectral resolution, Tolerancing, Spectroscopy, Semiconducting wafers, Ray tracing

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

The Event Horizon Explorer mission concept

Peter Kurczynski, Michael Johnson, Sheperd Doeleman, Kari Haworth, Eliad Peretz, Tirupati Kumara Sridharan, Byran Bilyeu, Lindy Blackburn, Don Boroson, Alexandra Brosius, Richard Butler, Dave Caplan, Koushik Chatterjee, Peter Cheimets, Daniel D'Orazio, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Peter Galison, Ronald Gamble, Shahar Hadar, Tiffany Hoerbelt, Hua Jiao, Jens Kauffmann, Robert Lafon, Chung-Pei Ma, Gary Melnick, Nathan Newbury, Scott Noble, Daniel Palumbo, Lenny Paritsky, Dominic Pesce, Leonid Petrov, Jeff Piepmeier, Christopher Roberts, Bryan Robinson, Curt Shieler, Jeffrey Small, Neal Spellmeyer, Paul Tiede, Jaye Verniero, Jade Wang, Maciek Wielgus, Ed Wollack, George Wong, Guangning Yang

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121800M (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630313

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Antennas, Spatial resolution, Astrophysics, Astronomical telescopes, Telescopes, Optical communications, Laser communications, Physics, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Poster + Paper

Development of a 12m coilable boom for the Arcus MIDEX mission.

Henry Bergner, Peter Cheimets, Edward Hertz, Michael McEachen, Christopher Peterson, Randall Smith, Stephen Walker

Proceedings Volume 11821, 118211E (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594659

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Observatories, X-rays, Optical alignment, Temperature metrology, Sun, Space operations, Visible radiation, Tolerancing, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

NExtUP: the Normal-incidence Extreme Ultraviolet Photometer

Jeremy Drake, Peter Cheimets, Cecilia Garraffo, Bradford Wargelin, Allison Youngblood, Vinay Kashyap, Paola Testa, David Caldwell, James Mason, Brian Fleming, Kevin France, Scott Wolk, Oswald Siegmund, Tommi Koskinen, Julian Alvarado-Gomez, Maria Mercedes Lopez-Morales, Guillaume Gronoff, Jay Bookbinder, Martin Barstow, David Windt, Randy Gladstone, Christopher Loghry, Rix Yarbrough

Proceedings Volume 11821, 1182108 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594408

KEYWORDS: Extreme ultraviolet, Stars, Sensors, Microchannel plates, Space operations, Photons, Multilayers, Planets, Exoplanets, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Development for a metrology system for the Arcus MIDEX mission

Jacob Hohl, Peter Cheimets, Casey DeRoo, Edward Hertz, Moritz Gunther, Kristin Madsen, Jenna Samra, Alan Schier, Randall Smith, Stephen Walker

Proceedings Volume 11821, 1182107 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594671

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Metrology, Cameras, Motion measurement, Imaging systems, Detection and tracking algorithms, Image resolution, Target detection, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Opto-mechanical design of the ESCAPE Small Explorer: an EUV spectrograph for exoplanet host star irradiance and CME activity

Brian Fleming, Kevin France, Timothy Hellickson, Tom Patton, Bryce Unruh, Nicholas Kruczek, David McKenzie, Patrick Champey, Peter Cheimets, Edward Hertz, Suzanne Romaine, Randall McEntaffer, Fabien Grisé, Drew Miles, Oswald Siegmund, Jason McPhate, James Green, Matthew Beasley

Proceedings Volume 11821, 1182104 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593732

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Extreme ultraviolet, Sensors, Mirrors, Grazing incidence, Spectrographs, Reflectivity, Microchannel plates, Zirconium, Stars, Exoplanets

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Manufacture and performance of blazed soft x-ray transmission gratings for Arcus and Lynx

Ralf Heilmann, Alexander Bruccoleri, Jungki Song, Bethany Levenson, Brian Smallshaw, Mallory Whalen, Alan Garner, Sarah Trowbridge Heine, Herman Marshall, Matthew Cook, James Gregory, Renee Lambert, Dmitri Shapiro, Douglas Young, Eric Gullikson, Tomoyuki Nonaka, Akimi Uchida, Manuel Quijada, Ed Hertz, Peter Cheimets, Randall Smith, Mark Schattenburg

Proceedings Volume 11822, 1182215 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594951

KEYWORDS: Diffraction gratings, Computed tomography, Semiconducting wafers, X-rays, Diffraction, Etching, Deep reactive ion etching, Photomasks, Optical alignment, X-ray diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Alignment of the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS) telescope mirror and spectrometer optics assemblies

Edward Hertz, Peter Cheimets, Jacob Hohl, Jenna Samra, Vanessa Marquez, Amy Winebarger, Patrick Champey, Ken Kobayashi, Sabrina Savage, Leon Golub, Alexander Bruccoleri, Ralf Heilmann, Mark Schattenburg, Brian Ramsey

Proceedings Volume 11444, 114448A (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576145

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Mirrors, X-ray telescopes, Optical alignment, X-rays, Grazing incidence, X-ray optics, Telescopes, Sun, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster

Calibration of the MaGIXS solar sounding rocket experiment

P. S. Athiray, Patrick Champey, Amy Winebarger, Ken Kobayashi, Sabrina Savage, Genevieve Vigil, Peter Cheimets, Edward Hertz, Anthony Guillory, Harlan Haight, William Hogue, Ernest Wright, Jeffrey Kegley, Steven Johnson, Richard Siler

Proceedings Volume 11444, 114445R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562874

KEYWORDS: Calibration, X-rays, Rockets, Spectroscopy, X-ray imaging, Grazing incidence, Imaging spectroscopy, Plasma, Temperature metrology, Optical instrument design

Proceedings Article | 23 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

X-ray evaluation of the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS) nickel-replicated mirrors

Patrick Champey, Amy Winebarger, P. S. Athiray, Ken Kobayashi, Sabrina Savage, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Jacqueline Davis, Charles Griffith, Edward Hertz, Peter Cheimets, Brian Ramsey

Proceedings Volume 11119, 1111917 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2532397

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Mirrors, Grazing incidence, Spectroscopy, Polishing, X-ray telescopes, Software, Nickel, Rockets, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Arcus: the soft x-ray grating explorer

Randall Smith, Margaret Abraham, Grace Baird, Marshall Bautz, Jay Bookbinder, Joel Bregman, Laura Brenneman, Nancy Brickhouse, David Burrows, Vadim Burwitz, Joseph Bushman, Claude Canizares, Deepto Chakrabarty, Peter Cheimets, Elisa Costantini, Simon Dawson, Casey DeRoo, Abraham Falcone, Adam Foster, Luigi Gallo, Catherine Grant, H. Moritz Günther, Ralf Heilmann, Butler Hine, David Huenemoerder, Steve Jara, Jelle Kaastra, Ingo Kreykenbohm, Kristin Madsen, Michael McDonald, Michael McEachen, Randall McEntaffer, Herman Marshall, Eric Miller, Jon Miller, Elisabeth Morse, Richard Mushotzky, Kirpal Nandra, Michael Nowak, Frits Paerels, Robert Petre, Katja Poppenhaeger, Andrew Ptak, Paul Reid, Karolyn Ronzano, Jeremy Sanders, Mark Schattenburg, Jonathan Schonfeld, Norbert Schulz, Alan Smale, Pasquale Temi, Lynne Valencic, Stephen Walker, Richard Willingale, Joern Wilms, Scott Wolk

Proceedings Volume 11118, 111180W (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2529499

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Space operations, Spectroscopy, Charge-coupled devices, Galactic astronomy, Sensors, Point spread functions, Spectral resolution, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 10 October 2018 Presentation + Paper

Image stabilization for Airborne Infrared Spectrometer

Alisha Vira, Jenna Samra, Peter Cheimets, Edward DeLuca, Samuel Fedeler, Giora Guth, Vanessa Marquez

Proceedings Volume 10765, 107650J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2319890

KEYWORDS: Sun, Infrared cameras, Cameras, Mirrors, Infrared imaging, Infrared spectroscopy, Silicon, Imaging systems, Spectroscopy, Fiber optic gyroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

Arcus: the x-ray grating spectrometer explorer (Conference Presentation)

Andrew Ptak, Randall Smith, Meghan Abraham, Marshall Bautz, Jay Bookbinder, Joel Bregman, Laura Brenneman, Nancy Brickhouse, David Burrows, Vadim Burwitz, Peter Cheimets, Elisa Costantini, Simon Dawson, Casey DeRoo, Abe Falcone, Adam Foster, Luigi Gallo, Catherine Grant, Hans Guenther, Ralf Heilmann, Ed Hertz, Butler Hine, David Huenemoerder, Jelle Kaastra, Ingo Kreykenbohm, Kristin Madsen, Randall McEntaffer, Eric Miller, Jon Miller, Elisabeth Morse, Richard Mushotzky, Kirpal Nandra, Michael Nowak, Fritz Paerels, Robert Petre, Katja Poppenhaeger, Paul Reid, Jeremy Sanders, Mark Schattenburg, Norbert Schulz, Alan Smale, Pasquale Temi, Lynne Valencic, Stephen Walker, Richard Willingale, Joern Wilms, Scott Wolk

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069926 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313965

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectroscopy, X-ray optics, Atmospheric propagation, Space operations, Observatories, Spectral resolution, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Exoplanets

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Blazed transmission grating technology development for the Arcus x-ray spectrometer explorer

Ralf Heilmann, Alexander Bruccoleri, Jungki Song, Casey DeRoo, Peter Cheimetz, Edward Hertz, Randall Smith, Vadim Burwitz, Gisela Hartner, Marlis-Madeleine La Caria, Carlo Pelliciari, Hans Guenther, Sarah N. Heine, Beverly LaMarr, Herman Marshall, Norbert Schulz, Eric Gullikson, Mark Schattenburg

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106996D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314180

KEYWORDS: Diffraction gratings, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Optical alignment, Diffraction, Optical design, Silicon, Charge-coupled devices, X-ray technology

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

The Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS)

Ken Kobayashi, Amy Winebarger, Sabrina Savage, Patrick Champey, Peter Cheimets, Edward Hertz, Alexander Bruccoleri, Jorg Scholvin , Leon Golub, Brian Ramsey, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Vanessa Marquez, Ryan Allured, Theodore Parker, Ralf Heilmann, Mark Schattenburg

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069927 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313997

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spectrographs, Telescopes, X-rays, Space telescopes, Spectroscopy, Polishing, Cameras, Rockets, Diffraction gratings

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2017 Paper

The Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer

Ken Kobayashi, Amy Winebarger, Sabrina Savage, Patrick Champey, Peter Cheimets, Edward Hertz, Alexander Bruccoleri, Leon Golub, Brian Ramsey, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Vanessa Marquez, Ryan Allured, Theodore Parker, Ralf Heilmann, Mark Schattenburg

Proceedings Volume 10397, 103971I (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276879

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectroscopy, Grazing incidence, Space telescopes, Diffraction gratings, Imaging spectroscopy, Rockets, Telescopes, Mirrors, Space mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2017 Paper

Critical-angle transmission grating technology development for high resolving power soft x-ray spectrometers on Arcus and Lynx

Ralf Heilmann, Alexander Bruccoleri, Jungki Song, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Jessica Gaskin, Stephen O'Dell, Peter Cheimetz, Edward Hertz, Randall Smith, Vadim Burwitz, Gisela Hartner, Marlis-Madeleine La Caria, Mark Schattenburg

Proceedings Volume 10399, 1039914 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273000

KEYWORDS: Diffraction gratings, X-rays, Computed tomography, Spectral resolution, X-ray diffraction, Spectroscopy, Diffraction, Spectrometers, Optical fabrication, Physics

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Soft x-ray spectroscopy with high resolving power (R = λ/Δλ) and large effective area (A) addresses numerous unanswered science questions about the physical laws that lead to the structure of our universe. In the soft x-ray band R > 1000 can currently only be achieved with diffraction grating-based spectroscopy. Criticalangle transmission (CAT) gratings combine the advantages of blazed reflection gratings (high efficiency, use of higher diffraction orders) with those of conventional transmission gratings (relaxed alignment tolerances and temperature requirements, transparent at higher energies, low mass), resulting in minimal mission resource requirements, while greatly improving figures of merit. Diffraction efficiency > 33% and R > 10, 000 have been demonstrated for CAT gratings. Last year the technology has been certified at Technology Readiness Level 4 based on a probe class mission concept. The Explorer-scale (A > 450 cm² , R > 2500) grating spectroscopy Arcus mission can be built with today's CAT grating technology and has been selected in the current Explorer round for a Phase A concept study. Its figure of merit for the detection of weak absorption lines will be an order of magnitude larger than current instruments on Chandra and XMM-Newton. Further CAT grating technology development and improvements in the angular resolution of x-ray optics can provide another order of magnitude improvement in performance, as is envisioned for the X-ray Surveyor/Lynx mission concept currently under development for input into the 2020 Decadal Survey. For Arcus we have tested CAT gratings in a spectrometer setup in combination with silicon pore optics (SPO) and obtained resolving power results that exceed Arcus requirements before and after environmental testing of the gratings. We have recently fabricated the largest (32 mm x 32 mm) CAT gratings to date, and plan to increase grating size further. We mounted two of these large gratings to frames and aligned them in the roll direction using a laser-based technique. Simultaneous x-ray illumination of both gratings with an SPO module demonstrated that we can exceed Arcus grating-to-grating alignment requirements without x rays.

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2017 Paper

Performance of a double tilted-Rowland-spectrometer on Arcus

Hans M. Günther, P. Cheimets, R. Heilmann, R. Smith

Proceedings Volume 10397, 103970P (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273011

KEYWORDS: Imaging spectroscopy, Computed tomography, X-rays, Spectral resolution, Charge-coupled devices, Spectroscopy, Tolerancing, Spectroscopes, Physics, Plasma

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2017 Presentation + Paper

Arcus: exploring the formation and evolution of clusters, galaxies, and stars

R. Smith, M. Abraham, R. Allured, M. Bautz, J. Bookbinder, J. Bregman, L. Brenneman, N. Brickhouse, D. Burrows, V. Burwitz, P. Cheimets, E. Costantini, S. Dawson, C. DeRoo, A. Falcone, A. Foster, L. Gallo, C. Grant, H. Günther, R. Heilmann, E. Hertz, B. Hine, D. Huenemoerder, J. Kaastra, I. Kreykenbohm, K. Madsen, R. McEntaffer, E. Miller, J. Miller, E. Morse, R. Mushotzky, K. Nandra, M. Nowak, F. Paerels, R. Petre, K. Poppenhaeger, A. Ptak, P. Reid, J. Sanders, M. Schattenburg, N. Schulz, A. Smale, P. Temi, L. Valencic, S. Walker, R. Willingale, J. Wilms, S. Wolk

Proceedings Volume 10397, 103970Q (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2272818

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Imaging spectroscopy, Stars, Spectroscopy, Space operations, Spectral resolution, Galactic astronomy, Visible radiation, Computed tomography, Silicon

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2016 Paper

Arcus: the x-ray grating spectrometer explorer

R. Smith, M. Abraham, R. Allured, M. Bautz, J. Bookbinder, J. Bregman, L. Brenneman, N. Brickhouse, D. Burrows, V. Burwitz, R. Carvalho, P. Cheimets, E. Costantini, S. Dawson, C. DeRoo, A. Falcone, A. Foster, C. Grant, R. Heilmann, E. Hertz, B. Hine, D. Huenemoerder, J. Kaastra, K. Madsen, R. McEntaffer, E. Miller, J. Miller, E. Morse, R. Mushotzky, K. Nandra, M. Nowak, F. Paerels, R. Petre, L. Plice, K. Poppenhaeger, A. Ptak, P. Reid, J. Sanders, M. Schattenburg, N. Schulz, A. Smale, P. Temi, L. Valencic, S. Walker, R. Willingale, J. Wilms, S. Wolk

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99054M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231778

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Stars, Space telescopes, Sensors, Mirrors, Telescopes, Control systems, Calibration, Observatories, Sun

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Proceedings Article | 17 August 2016 Paper

Optical design considerations and raytracing results for the Arcus grating spectrometer concept

Ryan Allured, Randall McEntaffer, Edward Hertz, Peter Cheimets, Randall Smith

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99054O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233763

KEYWORDS: Spectral resolution, Ray tracing, Mirrors, Wind energy, Space telescopes, Particles, Cameras, Environmental sensing, Sensors, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

An airborne infrared spectrometer for solar eclipse observations

Jenna Samra, Peter Cheimets, Edward DeLuca, John Galeros, Thomas Gauron, Leon Golub, Giora Guth, Edward Hertz, Philip Judge, Serge Koutchmy, Vanessa Marquez

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99085U (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232128

KEYWORDS: Infrared spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Infrared radiation, Telescopes, Signal to noise ratio, Mirrors, Cameras, Silicon, Sensors, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

On the alignment and focusing of the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS)

Patrick Champey, Amy Winebarger, Ken Kobayashi, Sabrina Savage, Jonathan Cirtain, Peter Cheimets, Edward Hertz, Leon Golub, Brian Ramsey, Jeff McCracken, Vanessa Marquez, Ryan Allured, Ralf Heilmann, Mark Schattenburg, Alexander Bruccoleri

Proceedings Volume 9905, 990573 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232820

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Space telescopes, X-rays, Mirrors, Telescopes, X-ray telescopes, Grazing incidence, Sensors, Optical mounts, Calibration

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SPIE Journal Paper | 22 December 2015 Open Access

Performance testing of an off-plane reflection grating and silicon pore optic spectrograph at PANTER

Ramses Günther, Hannah Marlowe, Randall McEntaffer, Ryan Allured, Casey DeRoo, Benjamin Donovan, Drew Miles, James Tutt, Vadim Burwitz, Benedikt Menz, Gisela Hartner, Randall Smith, Peter Cheimets, Edward Hertz, Jay Bookbinder, Alex Yanson, Giuseppe Vacanti, Marcelo Ackermann

JATIS, Vol. 1, Issue 04, 045004, (December 2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.1.4.045004

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Diffraction gratings, Silicon, Sensors, X-rays, Charge-coupled devices, Astronomical imaging, Telescopes, Diffraction, CCD image sensors

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Proceedings Article | 4 September 2015 Paper

Optical and x-ray alignment approaches for off-plane reflection gratings

Ryan Allured, Benjamin Donovan, Casey DeRoo, Hannah Marlowe, Randall McEntaffer, James Tutt, Peter Cheimets, Edward Hertz, Randall Smith, Vadim Burwitz, Gisela Hartner, Benedikt Menz

Proceedings Volume 9603, 960315 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186412

KEYWORDS: Optical alignment, X-rays, Ultraviolet radiation, Actuators, X-ray optics, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Point spread functions, Silicon, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2014 Paper

Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) entrance aperture design

P. Cheimets, S. Park, H. Bergner, C. Chou, R. Gates, M. Honsa, W. Podgorski, C. Yanari

Proceedings Volume 9151, 91510A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056878

KEYWORDS: IRIS Consortium, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Sun, Optical instrument design, Interfaces, Spectrographs, Observatories, Contamination, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Arcus: an ISS-attached high-resolution x-ray grating spectrometer

R. Smith, M. Ackermann, R. Allured, M. Bautz, J. Bregman, J. Bookbinder, D. Burrows, L. Brenneman, N. Brickhouse, P. Cheimets, A. Carrier, M. Freeman, J. Kaastra, R. McEntaffer, J. Miller, A. Ptak, R. Petre, G. Vacanti

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91444Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2062671

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Stars, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Control systems, Spectroscopy, Diffraction gratings, Galactic astronomy, Silicon, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

The design, development, and implementation of a solar environmental simulator (SES) for the SAO Faraday Cup on Solar Probe Plus

Peter Cheimets, Jay Bookbinder, Mark Freeman, Richard Gates, Thomas Gauron, Giora Guth, Justin Kasper, Kenneth McCracken, William Podgorski

Proceedings Volume 8862, 88620M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024051

KEYWORDS: Lamps, Projection systems, Solar processes, Calibration, Reflectors, Sun, Xenon, Coating, Temperature metrology, Camera shutters

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Proceedings Article | 19 October 2012 Paper

Minimizing the mirror distortion for subarcsecond imaging in the Hi-C EUV telescope

William Podgorski, David Caldwell, Kenneth McCracken, Mark Ordway, Peter Cheimets, Kelly Korreck, Leon Golub, Jonathan Cirtain, Ken Kobayashi

Proceedings Volume 8502, 85020E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930610

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Rockets, Distortion, Extreme ultraviolet, Image resolution, Interferometers, Secondary tip-tilt mirrors, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Thermal design of interface region imaging spectrograph (IRIS) ULE primary mirror

Sang Park, Carl Yanari, Peter Cheimets, William Podgorski, Jean-Pierre Wuelser

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84433E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925486

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, IRIS Consortium, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Absorption, Ultraviolet radiation, Optical instrument design, Solar energy, Spectrographs, Control systems design

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Design, analysis, and performance verification of the interface region imaging spectrograph (IRIS) telescope primary mirror assembly

Edward Hertz, Peter Cheimets, William Podgorski, Thomas Perry, Sang Park, Henry Bergner, Richard Gates, Vanessa Marquez, Michael Honsa

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84433F (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925484

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, IRIS Consortium, Telescopes, Eye models, Optical instrument design, Kinematics, Optical fabrication, Prototyping, Finite element methods, Neodymium

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Design, performance prediction, and measurements of the interface region imaging spectrograph (IRIS) telescope

William Podgorski, Peter Cheimets, Leon Golub, James Lemen, Alan Title

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84433D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925491

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, IRIS Consortium, Space telescopes, Modulation transfer functions, Cameras, Optical instrument design, Spectrographs, Interfaces, Image resolution

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Proceedings Article | 7 October 2011 Paper

The Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrograph (MaGIXS)

Ken Kobayashi, Jonathan Cirtain, Leon Golub, Amy Winebarger, Edward Hertz, Peter Cheimets, David Caldwell, Kelly Korreck, Brian Robinson, Patrick Reardon, Thomas Kester, Charles Griffith, Mark Young

Proceedings Volume 8147, 81471M (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894071

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Mirrors, Telescopes, Spatial resolution, X-rays, Space telescopes, Grazing incidence, Coronagraphy, Reflectivity, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

Stigmatic grazing-incidence x-ray spectrograph for solar coronal observations

Ken Kobayashi, Jonathan Cirtain, Leon Golub, Kelly Korreck, Peter Cheimets, Edward Hertz, David Caldwell

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773233 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856793

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Mirrors, Spatial resolution, X-rays, Diffraction gratings, Telescopes, Monochromatic aberrations, Reflectivity, Rockets, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 23 September 2009 Paper

SDO-AIA mirror performance

William Podgorski, Peter Cheimets, Paul Boerner, Paul Glenn

Proceedings Volume 7438, 74380F (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830592

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Coating, Space telescopes, Image resolution, Sensors, Reflectivity, Aluminum, Extreme ultraviolet, Particles

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Proceedings Article | 23 September 2009 Paper

SDO-AIA telescope design

Peter Cheimets, David Caldwell, Cathy Chou, Richard Gates, James Lemen, William Podgorski, C. Jacob Wolfson, Jean-Pierre Wuelser

Proceedings Volume 7438, 74380G (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830594

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Aluminum, Optical filters, Coating, Optical instrument design, Sun, Zirconium, Metals

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2005 Paper

The calibration of the Solar-B x-ray optics

Mario Cosmo, Edward DeLuca, Leon Golub, Gerald Austin, Jon Chappell, Marco Barbera, Jay Bookbinder, Peter Cheimets, Jonathan Cirtain, William Podgorski, William Davis, Salvatore Varisco, Mark Weber

Proceedings Volume 5900, 59000E (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.618822

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Charge-coupled devices, Calibration, Point spread functions, X-ray optics, X-ray telescopes, Photons, X-rays, Camera shutters, Sun

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

Focal plane CCD camera for the X-Ray Telescope (XRT) aboard SOLAR-B

Taro Sakao, Ryouhei Kano, Hirohisa Hara, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Masumi Shimojo, Saku Tsuneta, Takeo Kosugi, Kiyoto Shibasaki, Kazuyoshi Kumagai, Masaki Sawa, Tomonori Tamura, Satoru Iwamura, Mitsuhiko Nakano, Zhangong Du, Kenji Hiyoshi, Michihiro Horii, Leon Golub, Jay Bookbinder, Peter Cheimets, Lawrence Hill, Jerry Owens

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551742

KEYWORDS: CCD cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Quantum efficiency, X-ray telescopes, Plasmas, Electronics, Telescopes, X-rays, Magnetism

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

Calibration of the XRT-SOLARB flat mirror samples at the XACT Facility of INAF-OAPA

Maria Antonella Artale, Marco Barbera, Alfonso Collura, Gaspare Di Cicca, Giovanni Peres, Salvatore Varisco, J. A. Bookbinder, Peter Cheimets, Mario Cosmo, Edward DeLuca, Leon Golub, Mark Weber

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.553128

KEYWORDS: Microchannel plates, Mirrors, Sensors, Reflectivity, Calibration, X-ray telescopes, X-rays, Chromium, X-ray astronomy, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

Calibration of the XRT-SOLARB flight filters at the XACT facility of INAF-OAPA

Marco Barbera, Maria Antonella Artale, Roberto Candia, Alfonso Collura, Giuseppe Lullo, Giovanni Peres, Emanuele Perinati, Salvatore Varisco, J. A. Bookbinder, Peter Cheimets, Mario Cosmo, Edward DeLuca, Leon Golub, Mark Weber

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.553127

KEYWORDS: Microchannel plates, Calibration, X-rays, Sensors, Coating, Metals, Optical filters, X-ray astronomy, Diffraction gratings, X-ray telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 11 February 2003 Paper

The reconnection and microscale (RAM) solar-terrestrial probe

Jay Bookbinder, Edward DeLuca, Peter Cheimets, Leon Golub, Donald Hassler, Clarence Korendyke, Paul Glenn, Eric Silver

Proceedings Volume 4853, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460300

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Coronagraphy, Solar processes, Sensors, Plasma, Image resolution, Imaging systems, Spatial resolution, Space operations, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 18 December 2000 Paper

High-resolution grazing incidence telescope for the Solar-B observatory

Leon Golub, Edward DeLuca, Jay Bookbinder, Peter Cheimets, Kiyoto Shibasaki, Taro Sakao, Ryouhei Kano

Proceedings Volume 4139, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.410531

KEYWORDS: Magnetism, Coronagraphy, Telescopes, X-rays, X-ray telescopes, Mirrors, Plasma, Space telescopes, Image filtering, Curium

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Proceedings Article | 10 November 1998 Paper

Novel mirror mount design: TRACE primary mirror

Peter Cheimets, Jay Bookbinder, William Davis, Leon Golub

Proceedings Volume 3445, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330320

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Mirror mounts, Extreme ultraviolet, Epoxies, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Aluminum, Observatories, Distortion, Ultraviolet radiation

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Proceedings Article | 10 November 1998 Paper

Large-area thin aluminum filter design, handling, and testing

Peter Cheimets, Jay Bookbinder, Edward DeLuca, David Caldwell, William Davis, Leon Golub

Proceedings Volume 3445, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330267

KEYWORDS: Aluminum, Optical filters, Sun, Image filtering, Extreme ultraviolet, Telescopes, Visible radiation, Interfaces, Acoustics, Tungsten

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Proceedings Article | 2 November 1998 Paper

HIREX: results of the mission concept study

Jay Bookbinder, Peter Cheimets, William Davis, David Caldwell, Leon Golub, Edward DeLuca

Proceedings Volume 3442, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330261

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Systems modeling, Space telescopes, Sun, Spatial resolution, Ions, Space operations, Image resolution, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 1998 Paper

Mosaicked echelle grating support for the Hectochelle fiber-fed spectrograph

Peter Cheimets, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Mario Pieri

Proceedings Volume 3355, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316749

KEYWORDS: Optical design, Zerodur, Spectrographs, Image segmentation, Temperature metrology, Kinematics, Finite element methods, Optical benches, Connectors, Collimation

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 1998 Paper

Hectochelle: a multiobject echelle spectrograph for the converted MMT

Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Peter Cheimets, Roger Eng, Daniel Fabricant, John Geary, Lee Hartmann, Mario Pieri, John Roll

Proceedings Volume 3355, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316766

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Mirrors, Optical filters, Cameras, Optical components, Astronomical imaging, Charge-coupled devices, Stars, Optical benches, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 9 June 1994 Paper

Design and test of submillimeter array (SMA) chopping subreflector

Peter Cheimets

Proceedings Volume 2200, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177252

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Computer programming, Space telescopes, Shape memory alloys, Antennas, Calibration, Telescopes, Aluminum, Diamond, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 1 August 1990 Paper

Design of two delay lines for optical interferometers

Peter Cheimets

Proceedings Volume 1237, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19333

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Manufacturing, Interferometry, Mirrors, Assembly tolerances, Optical instrument design, Telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Retroreflectors, Metrology

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