NRAO/Socorro Colloquium Series
Alexey Vikhlinin
CfA
SMART-X: square meter, arcsecond resolution X-ray telescope for the 2020's
SMART-X is a concept for a next-generation X-ray observatory with large-area, 0.5" resolution grazing incidence adjustable X-ray mirrors, high-throuput critical transmission gratings, and X-ray microcalorimeter and CMOS-based imager in the focal plane. High angular resolution is enabled by new technology based on controlling the shape of mirror segments using thin film piezo actuators deposited on the back surface. Science application include observations of growth of supermassive black holes sinse redshifts of ~10, ultra-deep surveys overs 10's of square degrees, galaxy assembly at z=2-3, as well as new opportunities in the high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy and time domain
February 8, 2013
11:00 am
Array Operations Center Auditorium
All NRAO employees are invited to attend via video, available in Charlottesville Room 230, Green Bank Room 137 and Tucson N525.
Local Host: Kristina Nyland
