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The Swift Gamma Ray Burst Mission

Gehrels, N., Chincarini, G., Giommi, P., Mason, K.O., Nousek, J.A., Wells, A.A., White, N.E., Barthelmy, S.D., Burrows, D.N., Cominsky, L.R., Hurley, K.C., et al.

2004, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 611, Issue 2, pp. 1005-1020.

Citations: 2446 I.F.: 169.86 Citations/Authors: 33.97

A wide field X-ray telescope for astronomical survey purposes: from theory to practice

Conconi, Paolo, Campana, Sergio , Tagliaferri, Gianpiero , Pareschi, Giovanni , Citterio, Oberto , Cotroneo, Vincenzo , Proserpio, Laura , Civitani, Marta

2010, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 405, Issue 2, pp. 877-886.

Citations: 14 I.F.: 12.25 Citations/Authors: 1.75

Accurate integration of segmented X-ray optics using interfacing ribs

Civitani, M. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Citterio, O. , Conconi, P., Fumi, P., Gallieni, D., Ghigo, M. , Martelli, F., Pareschi, G. , Parodi, G., et al.

2013, Optical Engineering, Volume 52, id. 091809 (2013).

Citations: 17 I.F.: 8.95 Citations/Authors: 0.89

The Swift X-Ray Telescope

Burrows, David N., Hill, J. E., Nousek, J. A., Kennea, J. A., Wells, A., Osborne, J. P., Abbey, A. F., Beardmore, A., Mukerjee, K., Short, A. D. T., Chincarini, G., et al.

2005, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 201-216 (2004).

Citations: 37 I.F.: 6.17 Citations/Authors: 1.54

SWIFT XRT point spread function measured at the Panter end-to-end tests

Moretti, A. , Campana, S. , Tagliaferri, G. , Abbey, A. F., Ambrosi, R. M., Angelini, L., Beardmore, A. P., Brauninger, H. W., Burkert, W., Burrows, D. N., Capalbi, M., et al.

2004, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 232-240 (2004).

Citations: 37 I.F.: 5.48 Citations/Authors: 1.37

The Swift X-Ray Telescope

Burrows, D., Hill, J., Nousek, J., Wells, A., Chincarini, G., Abbey, A., Beardmore, A., Bosworth, J., Brauninger, H., Burkert, W., Campana, S. , et al.

2004, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 201-216 (2004).

Citations: 37 I.F.: 4.35 Citations/Authors: 1.09

SIMBOL-X: a new-generation hard x-ray telescope

Ferrando, P., Arnaud, M., Cordier, B., Goldwurm, A., Limousin, O., Paul, J., Sauvageot, J. L., Petrucci, P. O., Mouchet, M., Bignami, G. F., Citterio, O. , et al.

2004, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy. Edited by Citterio, Oberto; O'Dell, Stephen L. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5168, pp. 65-76 (2004).

Citations: 19 I.F.: 3.8 Citations/Authors: 0.95

Replication by Ni electroforming approach to produce the Con-X/HXT hard x-ray mirrors

Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Mazzoleni, F., Gorenstein, P., Romaine, S. E., Parodi, G.

2003, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy. Edited by Joachim E. Truemper, Harvey D. Tananbaum. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4851, pp. 528-537 (2003).

Citations: 8 I.F.: 3.43 Citations/Authors: 1.14

The imaging properties of the Gas Pixel Detector as a focal plane polarimeter

Fabiani, S., Costa, E., Del Monte, E., Muleri, F., Soffitta, P., Rubini, A., Bellazzini, R., Brez, A., deRuvo, L., Minuti, M., Pinchera, M., et al.

2014, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, Volume 212, Issue 2, article id. 25, 13 pp. (2014).

Citations: 15 I.F.: 3.41 Citations/Authors: 0.68

POLARIX: a pathfinder mission of X-ray polarimetry

Costa, E., Bellazzini, R., Tagliaferri, G. , Matt, G., Argan, A., Attinà, P., Baldini, L., Basso, S. , Brez, A., Citterio, O. , diCosimo, S., et al.

2010, Experimental Astronomy, Volume 28, Issue 2-3, pp. 137-183

Citations: 18 I.F.: 3.27 Citations/Authors: 0.55

The MPE X-ray test facility PANTER: Calibration of hard X-ray (15 50 kev) optics

Freyberg, M. J., Bräuninger, H., Burkert, W., Hartner, G. D., Citterio, O. , Mazzoleni, F., Pareschi, G. , Spiga, D. , Romaine, S., Gorenstein, P., Ramsey, B. D., et al.

2005, Experimental Astronomy, Volume 20, Issue 1-3, pp. 405-412

Citations: 11 I.F.: 3 Citations/Authors: 1

Erratum: ``The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission'' (ApJ, 611, 1005 [2004, ], )

Gehrels, N., Chincarini, G., Giommi, P., Mason, K. O., Nousek, J. A., Wells, A. A., White, N. E., Barthelmy, S. D., Burrows, D. N., Cominsky, L. R., Hurley, K. C., et al.

2005, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 621, Issue 1, pp. 558-558.

Citations: 39 I.F.: 2.71 Citations/Authors: 0.54

HEXIT-SAT: a mission concept for x-ray grazing incidence telescopes from 0.5 to 70 keV

Fiore, F., Perola, G. C., Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Anselmi, A., Comastri, A.

2004, UV and Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Systems. Edited by Hasinger, Günther; Turner, Martin J. L. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5488, pp. 933-943 (2004).

Citations: 7 I.F.: 2.33 Citations/Authors: 1.17

Swift x-ray telescope (XRT)

Burrows, D.N., Hill, J.E., Nousek, J.A., Wells, A., Short, A.T., Ambrosi, R.M., Chincarini, G., Citterio, O. , Tagliaferri, G.

2003, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy. Edited by Joachim E. Truemper, Harvey D. Tananbaum. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4851, pp. 1320-1325 (2003).

Citations: 6 I.F.: 1.33 Citations/Authors: 0.67

Evaluation of the surface strength of glass plates shaped by hot slumping process

Proserpio, L. , Basso, S. , Borsa, F. , Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Sironi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , et al.

2014, Optical Engineering, Volume 53, id. 085101 (2014).

Citations: 2 I.F.: 1.22 Citations/Authors: 0.11

Swift XRT Effective Area measured at the Panter end to end tests

Tagliaferri, G. , Moretti, A. , Campana, S. , A.F., Abbey, R.M., Ambrosi, L., Angelini, A., Beardmore, H., Braeuninger, W., Burkert, D.N., Burrows, M., Capalbi, et al.

2004, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 241-250 (2004).

Citations: 4 I.F.: 0.59 Citations/Authors: 0.15

An X-ray Galaxy Cluster Survey for Investigations of Dark Energy

Haiman, Z., Allen, S., Bahcall, N., Bautz, M., Boehringer, H., Borgani, S., Bryan, G., Cabrera, B., Canizares, C., Citterio, O. , Evrard, A., et al.

2005, White paper submitted to the Dark Energy Task Force - NASA

Citations: 9 I.F.: 0.49 Citations/Authors: 0.24

Re-testing the JET-X Flight Module No. 2 at the PANTER facility

Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Soffitta, P., Citterio, O. , Basso, S. , Bellazzini, R., Brez, A., Burkert, W., Burwitz, V., Costa, E., DelMonte, E., et al.

2014, Experimental Astronomy, Volume 37, Issue 1, pp.37-53

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.25 Citations/Authors: 0.05

Centroiding and point response function measurements of the mirror/detector combination for the X-ray telescope of the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer

Ambrosi, R.M., Abbey, A., Hutchinson, I., Willingale, R., Campana, S. , Cusumano, G., Burkert, W., Wells, A., Short, A.D.T., Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , et al.

2002, "2002, SPIE Proc., 4497, 19

Characteristics and performance of the Swift X-Ray telescope

Tagliaferri, G. , Campana, S. , Chincarini, G., Citterio, O. , Moretti, A. , Romano, P. , Burrows, D. N., Hill, J. E., Kennea, J., Morris, D. C., Nousek, J. A., et al.

2005, Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.857

Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard x-ray telescope

Romaine, S. E., Basso, S. , Bruni, R. J., Citterio, O. , Engelhaupt, D., Ghigo, M. , Gorenstein, P., Gubarev, M. V., Mazzoleni, F., O'Dell, S. L., Pareschi, G. , et al.

2004, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy III. Edited by O'Dell, Stephen L.; Pareschi, Giovanni. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6688, article id. 668804 (2007).

Development of soft and hard x-ray optics for astronomy: progress report II and considerations on material properties for large-diameter segmented optics of future missions

Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Mazzoleni, F., Pareschi, G. , Parodi, G., Braeuninger, H. W., Burkert, W., Hartner, G. D.

2002, SPIE, 4496, 23

Large Light X-ray Optics: basic ideas and concepts

Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Mazzoleni, F., Pareschi, G. , Aschenbach, B., Braeuninger, H., Friedrich, P., Hasinger, G., Parodi, G.

2004, Advances in Space Research, 34, 2637

Large-size glass segments for the production of the XEUS X-ray mirrors: basic ideas and concepts

Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Mazzoleni, F., Pareschi, G. , Parodi, G., Aschenbach, B., Braeuninger, H., Friedrich, P., Hasinger, G., Doehring, T., Esemann, H., et al.

2003, SPIE, 4851

Lightweigh SiC foamed mirrors for space applications

Novi, A., Basile, G., Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Caso, A., Cattaneo, G., Svelto, G.V.

2002, SPIE Proc., 4444, 59

Manufacturing of the XEUS X-ray glass segmented mirrors: status of the investigation and last results

Ghigo, M. , Citterio, O. , Mazzoleni, F., Pareschi, G. , Aschenbach, B., Braeuninger, H., Friedrich, P., Hasinger, G., Doehring, T., Esemann, H., Jedamzik, R., et al.

2004, SPIE Proc., 5168, 180

New X-ray Missions

Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Mazzoleni, F., Spiga, D.

2003, Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana Supplement, v.3, p.323 (2003)

New X-ray Missions

Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Mazzoleni, F., Spiga, D.

2003, Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana Supplement, v.3, p.323 (2003)

Point response function and centroiding accuracy measurements with the JET-X mirror and MOS CCD detector of the Swift gamma ray burst explorer's X-ray telescope

Ambrosi, R.M., Abbey, A., Hutchinson, I., Willingale, R., Wells, A., Short, A.D.T., Campana, S. , Citterio, O. , Tagliaferri, G. , Burkert, W., Brauninger, H., et al.

2002, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. A, 488, 543

Recent results on manufacturing of segmented x-ray mirrors with slumped glass

Friedrich, P., Aschenbach, B., Braeuninger, H., Hasinger, G., Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Mazzoleni, F., Pareschi, G. , Dinger, U., Egle, W., Matthes, A., et al.

2005, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy II. Edited by Citterio, Oberto; O'Dell, Stephen L. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5900, pp. 258-265 (2005).

The reflecting surface of the MAGIC-II Telescope

Bastieri, D., Arnold, J., Baixeras, C., Citterio, O. , Dazzi, F., De Lotto, B., Doro, M., Ghigo, M. , Giro, E., Goebel, F., Kosyra, R., et al.

2007, eprint arXiv:0709.1372

Ultraviolet astronomy from the spacer station: a case study

Bernacca, P.U., Antonello, E. , Preite Martinez, A., Bertola', F., Catalano, S., Rodono', M., Stalio, R., Tondello, G., Villa, G.E., Buson, L.M., Naletto, G., et al.

2003, Recent Res. Devel. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 1, 75

Alternative Mirror Technologies

Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Mazzoleni, F., Pareschi, G.

2003, XEUS - studying the evolution of the hot universe, held at MPE Garching, March 11-13, 2002. Edited by G. Hasinger, Th. Boller, and A.N. Parmer, MPE Report 281, 2003, p. 119.

SIMBOL-X: a formation-flying mission for hard-x-ray astrophysics

Ferrando, P., Goldwurm, A., Laurent, P., Limousin, O., Martignac, J., Pinsard, F., Rio, Y., Roques, J. P., Citterio, O. , Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , L.

2005, [Proc. SPIE 5900, 59000P (2005)] published Thu Sep 8, 2005.

The X-ray Telescope for the SWIFT Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

Wells, A., Burrows, D. N., Hill, J. E., Nousek, J. A., Chincarini, G., Abbey, A. F., Beardmore, A., Bosworth, J., Brauninger, H. W., Burkert, W., Campana, S. , et al.

2004, GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: 30 YEARS OF DISCOVERY: Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 727, pp. 642-646 (2004).

The Swift X-Ray Telescope

Burrows, D. N., Hill, J. E., Nousek, J. A., Wells, A., Short, A., Turner, M., Citterio, O. , Tagliaferri, G. , Chincarini, G.

2003, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 201-216 (2004).

Citations: 37 I.F.: 8.22 Citations/Authors: 4.11

Hot slumping glass technology and integration process to manufacture a grazing incidence scaled prototype for the IXO telescope modules

Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Canestrari, R., Conconi, P., Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Dell'Orto, E., Gallieni, D., Pareschi, G. , Parodi, G., Proserpio, L. , et al.

2009, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IV. Edited by O'Dell, Stephen L.; Pareschi, Giovanni. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7437 (2009)., article id. 74370P, 15 pp. (2009).

Citations: 14 I.F.: 8.17 Citations/Authors: 1.17

Design of the IXO optics based on thin glass plates connected by reinforcing ribs

Parodi, G., Martelli, F., Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Conconi, P., Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Zambra, A.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8147, id. 81470Q (2011).

Citations: 12 I.F.: 6.67 Citations/Authors: 1.33

IXO glass mirrors development in Europe

Pareschi, G. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Conconi, P., Gallieni, D., Ghigo, M. , Martelli, F., Parodi, G., Proserpio, L. , et al.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8147, id. 81470L (2011).

Citations: 11 I.F.: 5.82 Citations/Authors: 0.65

Profile reconstruction of grazing-incidence X-ray mirrors from intra-focal X-ray full imaging

Spiga, D. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Burwitz, V., Civitani, M. , Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Hartner, G., Menz, B., Pareschi, G. , Proserpio, L. , et al.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8861, id. 88611F 17 pp. (2013).

Citations: 8 I.F.: 5.14 Citations/Authors: 0.57

An integration machine for the assembly of the X-ray Optic Units based on thin slumped glass foils for the IXO mission

Civitani, M. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Citterio, O. , Conconi, P., Gallieni, D., Ghigo, M. , Martelli, F., Pareschi, G. , Parodi, G., Proserpio, L. , et al.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8147, id. 81470R (2011).

Citations: 9 I.F.: 4.76 Citations/Authors: 0.53

Design and development of the optics system for the NHXM Hard X-ray and Polarimetric Mission

Pareschi, Giovanni , Tagliaferri, Gianpiero , Attinà, Primo, Basso, Stefano , Borghi, Giuseppe, Citterio, Oberto , Civitani, Marta , Cotroneo, Vincenzo , Negri, Barbara, Sironi, Giorgia , Spiga, Daniele , et al.

2009, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IV. Edited by O'Dell, Stephen L.; Pareschi, Giovanni. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7437 (2009)., article id. 743704, 12 pp. (2009).

Citations: 7 I.F.: 4.31 Citations/Authors: 0.54

Production of the IXO glass segmented mirrors by hot slumping with pressure assistance: tests and results

Proserpio, L. , Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Conconi, P., Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Negri, R., Pagano, G., Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , et al.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8147, id. 81470M (2011).

Citations: 9 I.F.: 4.26 Citations/Authors: 0.47

Development of high angular resolution x-ray telescopes based on slumped glass foils

Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Conconi, P., Gallieni, D., Martelli, F., Parodi, G., Pareschi, G. , Proserpio, L. , et al.

2012, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8443, article id. 84430R, 14 pp. (2012).

Citations: 8 I.F.: 4.24 Citations/Authors: 0.47

IXO x-ray mirrors based on slumped glass segments with reinforcing ribs: optical and mechanical design, image error budget, and optics unit integration process

Civitani, M. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Citterio, O. , Conconi, P., Gallieni, D., Ghigo, M. , Guldimann, B., Martelli, F., Pagano, G., Pareschi, G. , et al.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, article id. 773242, 19 pp. (2010).

Citations: 8 I.F.: 3.79 Citations/Authors: 0.42

Calibration of hard X-ray (15-50 keV) optics at the MPE test facility PANTER

Brauninger, H., Burkert, W., Hartner, G.D., Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Mazzoleni, F., Pareschi, G. , Spiga, D.

2004, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5168, p. 283-293 (2004).

Citations: 7 I.F.: 3.5 Citations/Authors: 0.88

Cold shaping of thin glass foils: a fast and cost-effective solution for making light-weight astronomical x-ray optics

Civitani, M.M. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Salmaso, B. , Pareschi, G. , Vecchi, G.

2015, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9603, id. 960310 11 pp. (2015).

Citations: 3 I.F.: 3 Citations/Authors: 0.43

The swift-XRT imaging performances and serendipitous survey

Moretti, A. , Perri, M., Capalbi, M., Abbey, A. F., Angelini, L., Beardmore, A., Burrows, D. N., Campana, S. , Chincarini, G., Citterio, O. , Cusumano, G., et al.

2007, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy III. Edited by O'Dell, Stephen L.; Pareschi, Giovanni. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6688, article id. 66880G (2007).

Citations: 18 I.F.: 2.9 Citations/Authors: 0.58

Design optimization and trade-off study of WFXT optics

Conconi, Paolo, Pareschi, Giovanni , Campana, Sergio , Citterio, Oberto , Civitani, Marta , Cotroneo, Vincenzo , Proserpio, Laura , Tagliaferri, Gianpiero , Parodi, Giancarlo

2009, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IV. Edited by Conconi, Paolo; Pareschi, Giovanni; Campana, Sergio; Citterio, Oberto; Civitani, Marta; Cotroneo, Vincenzo; Proserpio, Laura; Tagliaferri, Gianpiero; Parodi, Giancarlo. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7437, article id. 74370D, 10 pp. (2009).

Citations: 3 I.F.: 2.33 Citations/Authors: 0.33

SIMBOL-X: the problem of the calibrating a 0.5-80 keV 20 m focal length focussing telescope

Basso, S. , Spiga, D. , Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Malaguti, G., Burkert, W., Freyberg, M.

2007, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy III. Edited by O'Dell, Stephen L.; Pareschi, Giovanni. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6688, article id. 66880J (2007).

Citations: 4 I.F.: 2.29 Citations/Authors: 0.57

Design and development of the SIMBOL-X hard x-ray optics

Pareschi, G. , Attina', P., Basso, S. , Borghi, G., Burkert, W., Buzzi, R., Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Conconi, P., Cotroneo, V. , Cusumano, G., et al.

2008, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Turner, Martin J. L.; Flanagan, Kathryn A. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7011, article id. 70110N, 12 pp. (2008).

Citations: 7 I.F.: 2.04 Citations/Authors: 0.29

Simbol-X Hard X-ray Focusing Mirrors: Results Obtained During the Phase A Study

Tagliaferri, G. , Basso, S. , Borghi, G., Burkert, W., Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Conconi, P., Cotroneo, V. , Freyberg, M., Garoli, D., Gorenstein, P., et al.

2009, SIMBOL-X: FOCUSING ON THE HARD X-RAY UNIVERSE: Proceedings of the 2nd International Simbol-X Symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1126, pp. 35-40 (2009).

Citations: 5 I.F.: 1.84 Citations/Authors: 0.26

Development of multilayer coatings (Ni/C-Pt/C) for hard x-ray telescopes by e-beam evaporation with ion assistance

Spiga, D. , Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Banham, R., Basso, S. , Cassanelli, M., Cotroneo, V. , Negri, B., Grisoni, G., Valsecchi, G., Vernani, D., et al.

2004, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5488, p. 813-819 (2004).

Citations: 4 I.F.: 1.82 Citations/Authors: 0.36

Development of multilayer coatings (Ni/C-Pt/C) for hard x-ray telescopes by e-beam evaporation with ion assistance

Spiga, Daniele , Pareschi, Giovanni , Citterio, Oberto , Banham, Robert, Basso, Stefano , Cassanelli, Marco, Cotroneo, Vincenzo , Negri, Barbara, Grisoni, Gabriele, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, et al.

2004, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5488, p. 813-819 (2004).

Citations: 4 I.F.: 1.82 Citations/Authors: 0.36

Hot slumping glass technology for the grazing incidence optics of future missions with particular reference to IXO

Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Conconi, P., Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Friedrich, P., Gallieni, D., Guldimann, B., Martelli, F., Negri, R., et al.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, article id. 77320C, 12 pp. (2010).

Citations: 5 I.F.: 1.8 Citations/Authors: 0.2

Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard-x-ray telescope: III

Romaine, S., Basso, S. , Bruni, R., Burkert, W., Citterio, O. , Conti, G., Engelhaupt, D., Freyberg, M., Ghigo, M. , Gorenstein, P., Gubarev, M., et al.

2005, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy II. Edited by Citterio, Oberto; O'Dell, Stephen L. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5900, pp. 225-231 (2005).

Citations: 6 I.F.: 1.67 Citations/Authors: 0.33

Progress on precise grinding and polishing of thin glass monolithic shell (towards WFXT)

Citterio, O. , Civitani, M.M. , Arnold, J., Campana, S. , Combrinck, H., Conconi, P., Cotroneo, V. , Freeman, R., Mattaini, E., Morton, R., Motta, G., et al.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8147, id. 814714 (2011).

Citations: 4 I.F.: 1.56 Citations/Authors: 0.22

Micro-roughness improvement of slumped glass foils for x-ray telescopes via dip coating

Salmaso, B. , Bianco, A. , Citterio, O. , Pareschi, G. , Pariani, G. , Preserpio, L., Spiga, D. , Mandelli, D., Negri, M.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8861, id. 88610W 13 pp. (2013).

Citations: 2 I.F.: 1.33 Citations/Authors: 0.22

Development of grazing-incidence multilayer mirrors by direct Ni electroforming replication: a status report

Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Basso, S. , Ghigo, M. , Mazzoleni, F., Spiga, D. , Burkert, W., Freyberg, M., Hartner, G.D., Conti, G., Mattaini, E., et al.

2005, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy II. Edited by Citterio, Oberto; O'Dell, Stephen L. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5900, pp. 47-58 (2005).

Citations: 4 I.F.: 1.18 Citations/Authors: 0.24

Development of a prototype Nickel Optic for the Constellation-X hard X-ray telescope: IV

Romaine, S., Basso, S. , Bruni, R., Burkert, W., Citterio, O. , Conti, G., Engelhaupt, D., Freyberg, M., Ghigo, M. , Gorenstein, P., Gubarev, M., et al.

2006, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Turner, Martin J. L.; Hasinger, Günther. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6266, id. 62661C (2006).

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Slumping technique for the manufacturing of a representative x-ray grazing incidence mirror module for future space missions

Ghigo, M. , Proserpio, L. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Sironi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Vecchi, G. , et al.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8884, id. 88841Q 14 pp. (2013).

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An x-ray polarimeter for HXMT mission

Costa, E., Bellazzini, R., Tagliaferri, G. , Baldini, L., Basso, S. , Bregeon, J., Brez, A., Citterio, O. , Cotroneo, V. , Frontera, F., Frutti, M., et al.

2007, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV. Edited by Siegmund, Oswald H. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6686, article id. 66860Z, 10 pp. (2007).

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Glass mirrors by cold slumping to cover 100 m2 of the MAGIC II Cherenkov telescope reflecting surface

Pareschi, G. , Giro, E., Banham, R., Basso, S. , Bastieri, D., Canestrari, R., Ceppatelli, G., Citterio, O. , Doro, M., Ghigo, M. , Marioni, F., et al.

2008, Advanced Optical and Mechanical Technologies in Telescopes and Instrumentation. Edited by Atad-Ettedgui, Eli; Lemke, Dietrich. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7018, pp. 70180W-70180W-11 (2008).

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Design and development of thin quartz glass WFXT polynomial mirror shells by direct polishing

Proserpio, L. , Campana, S. , Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Combrinck, H., Conconi, P., Cotroneo, V. , Freeman, R., Langstrof, P., Mattaini, E., Morton, R., et al.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, article id. 77320D, 14 pp. (2010).

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Thin fused silica optics for a few arcsec angular resolution and large collecting area x-ray telescope

Citterio, O. , Civitani, M.M. , Pareschi, G. , Basso, S. , Campana, S. , Conconi, P., Ghigo, M. , Mattaini, E., Moretti, A. , Parodi, G., Tagliaferri, G. , et al.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8861, id. 88610V 14 pp. (2013).

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An x-ray polarimeter for hard x-ray optics

Muleri, F., Bellazzini, R., Costa, E., Soffitta, P., Lazzarotto, F., Feroci, M., Pacciani, L., Rubini, A., Morelli, E., Baldini, L., Bitti, F., et al.

2006, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Turner, Martin J. L.; Hasinger, Günther. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6266, id. 62662X (2006).

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Feasibility study for the manufacturing of the multilayer X-ray optics for Simbol-X

Vernani, D., Basso, S. , Bello, M., Citterio, O. , Grisoni, G., Pareschi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Valsecchi, G.

2008, Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana, v.79, p.283 (2008)

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The in-flight spectroscopic performance of the Swift XRT CCD camera during 2006-2007

Godet, O., Beardmore, A. P., Abbey, A. F., Osborne, J. P., Page, K. L., Tyler, L., Burrows, D. N., Evans, P., Starling, R., Wells, A. A., Angelini, L., et al.

2007, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV. Edited by Siegmund, Oswald H. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6686, article id. 66860A, 8 pp. (2007).

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Development of cold-slumping glass mirrors for imaging Cherenkov telescopes

Vernani, D., Banham, R., Citterio, O. , Valsecchi, G., Pareschi, G. , Ghigo, M. et al.

2008, Advanced Optical and Mechanical Technologies in Telescopes and Instrumentation. Edited by Atad-Ettedgui, Eli; Lemke, Dietrich. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7018, pp. 70180V-70180V-11 (2008).

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Wide Field X-ray Telescope (WFXT)

Murray, S. S., Borgani, S., Campana, S. , Citterio, O. , Forman, W., Giacconi, R., Gilli, R., Paolillo, M., Pareschi, G. , Ptak, A., Rosati, P., the WFXT Team

2013, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, v.84, p.790 (2013)

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The optics system of the New Hard X-ray Mission: design and development

Basso, S. , Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Civitani, M. , Raimondi, L., Sironi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Negri, B., Parodi, G., et al.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, article id. 773218, 11 pp. (2010).

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.4 Citations/Authors: 0.05

The HEXIT (High Energy X-ray Imaging Telescope) balloon-borne mission

Pareschi, G. , diCocco, G., Caroli, E., Citterio, O. , Cotroneo, V. , delSordo, S., Frontera, F., Gizzi, L., Malaguti, G., Silvestri, S., Spiga, D. , et al.

2003, In: 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, 2 - 5 June 2003, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. Ed.: Barbara Warmbein. ESA SP-530, Noordwijk: ESA Publications Division, ISBN 92-9092-840-9, 2003, p. 179 - 184

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Technologies for manufacturing of high angular resolution multilayer coated optics for the New hard X-ray Mission

Orlandi, A., Basso, S. , Borghi, G., Binda, R., Citterio, O. , Grisoni, G., Kools, J., Marioni, F., Missaglia, N., Negri, B., Negri, R., et al.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8076, id. 807606 (2011).

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Characterization and evolution of the swift x-ray telescope instrumental background

Pagani, C., Morris, D. C., Racusin, J., Grupe, D., Vetere, L., Stroh, M., Falcone, A., Kennea, J. A., Burrows, D. N., Nousek, J. A., Abbey, A. F., et al.

2007, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV. Edited by Siegmund, Oswald H. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6686, article id. 668609, 9 pp. (2007).

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POLARIX: a small mission of x-ray polarimetry

Costa, E., Bellazzini, R., Soffitta, P., Muleri, F., Feroci, M., Frutti, M., Mastropietro, M., Pacciani, L., Rubini, A., Morelli, E., Baldini, L., et al.

2006, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Turner, Martin J. L.; Hasinger, Günther. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6266, pp. 62660R (2006).

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Thin glass shell oriented to wide field x-ray telescope

Civitani, M. M. , Citterio, O. , Campana, S. , Conconi, P., Mattaini, E., Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Parodi, G., Burwitz, V., Hartner, G. D., Arnold, J., et al.

2012, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8443, article id. 84430Q, 13 pp. (2012).

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MPR: innovative 3D free-form optics profilometer

Sironi, G. , Citterio, O. , Pareschi, G. , Negri, B., Ritucci, A., Subranni, R., Orlandi, A., Borghi, G., Stroebel, M., Arnold, J., Widemann, R., et al.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8147, id. 814718 (2011).

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The manufacturing of the XEUS x-ray glass segmented mirrors: status of the investigation and last results

Ghigo, M. , Citterio, O. , Mazzoleni, F., Pareschi, G. , Aschenbach, B., Bräuninger, H., Friedrich, P., Hasinger, G., Döhring, T., Esemann, H., Jedamzik, R., et al.

2004, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy. Edited by Citterio, Oberto; O'Dell, Stephen L. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5168, pp. 180-195 (2004).

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Manufacturing of Wolter-I mirror segments with slumped glass

Friedrich, P., .Aschenbach, B, Braig, C., Brauninger, H., Budau, B., Burkert, W., Freyberg, M., Hartner, G., Hasinger, G., Predehl, P., Vongehr, M., et al.

2006, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, (2006)

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3D characterization of thin glass x-ray mirrors via optical profilometry

Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Citterio, O. , Conconi, P., Spiga, D. , Pareschi, G. , Proserpio, L.

2010, Adaptive X-Ray Optics. Edited by Khounsary, Ali M.; O'Dell, Stephen L.; Restaino, Sergio R. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7803, article id. 78030L, 13 pp. (2010).

Characterization of hydrogenated Silicon Carbide produced by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition at Low Temperature

Pareschi, G. , Taglioni, G., Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , De Caprio, V., Ghigo, M. , Novella, L., Novi, A., Spiga, D. , Stringhetti, L.

2007, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6666, id. 66660B (2007).

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT BY DIRECT POLISHING OF THE WFXT THIN POLYNOMIAL MIRROR SHELLS

Proserpio, L ; Campana , S ; Citterio, O ; Civitani, M ; Combrinck, H ; Conconi, P ; Cotroneo, V ; Freeman, R ; Mattini, E ; Langstrof, P ; Morton, R ; Motta, G ; Oberle, O ; Pareschi, G ; Parodi, G ; Pels, C ; Schenk, C ; Stock, R ; Tagliaferri, G

2010, ICSO 2010 - International Conference on Space Optics

Design and development of the eROSITA x-ray mirrors

Friedrich, P., Bräuninger, H., Budau, B., Burkert, W., Eder, J., Freyberg, M. J., Hartner, G., Mühlegger, M., Predehl, P., Erhard, M., Gutruf, S., et al.

2008, [Proc. SPIE 7011, 70112T (2008)] published Tue Jul 15, 2008.

Design and development of the eROSITA x-ray mirrors

Friedrich, P., Bräuninger, H., Budau, B., Burkert, W., Eder, J., Freyberg, M. J., Hartner, G., Mühlegger, M., Predehl, P., Erhard, M., Gutruf, S., et al.

2008, [Proc. SPIE 7011, 70112T (2008)] published Tue Jul 15, 2008.

Design And Development The Ixo Mirrors By Innovative Slumping Glass Technologies

Pareschi, G. , Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Canestrari, R., Dell'Orto, E., Conconi, P., Parodi, G., Proserpio, L.

2009, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #457.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.359

Development of active/adaptive lightweight optics for the next generation of telescopes

Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Mazzoleni, F., Vernani, D.

2006, [Proc. SPIE 6148, 61480E (2006)] published Tue May 30, 2006.

Development of Prototype Nickel Optic for the Constellation-X Hard X-Ray Telescope

Romaine, S., Gorenstein, P., Bruni, R., Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Mazzoleni, F., Spiga, D. , Basso, S. , Conti, G., Ramsey, B., et al.

2005, American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #12.12; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1172

High angular resolution optics for the next generation of wide field X-ray telescopes beyond e-Rosita

Civitani, M.M. , Campana, S. , Citterio, O. , Conconi, P., Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Parodi, G.

2013, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, v.84, p.817 (2013)

In-flight calibration of the Swift XRT effective area

Cusumano, G., Campana, S. , Romano, P. , Mangano, V., Moretti, A. , Abbey, A. F., Angelini, L., Beardmore, A. P., Burrows, D. N., Capalbi, M., Chincarini, G., et al.

2006, GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 836, pp. 664-667 (2006).

In-flight calibration of the SWIFT XRT effective area

Romano, P. , Cusumano, G., Campana, S. , Mangano, V., Moretti, A. , Abbey, A. F., Angelini, L., Beardmore, A., Burrows, D. N., Capalbi, M., Chincarini, G., et al.

2005, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV. Edited by Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5898, pp. 357-364 (2005).

In-flight calibration of the SWIFT XRT effective area

Romano, P. , Cusumano, G., Campana, S. , Mangano, V., Moretti, A. , Abbey, A. F., Angelini, L., Beardmore, A., Burrows, D., Capalbi, M., Chincarini, G., et al.

2005, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV. Edited by Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5898, pp. 357-364 (2005).

In-flight calibration of the Swift XRT Point Spread Function

Moretti, A. , Campana, S. , Mineo, T., Romano, P. , Abbey, A. F., Angelini, L., Beardmore, A., Burkert, W., Burrows, D. N., Capalbi, M., Chincarini, G., et al.

2005, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV. Edited by Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5898, pp. 348-356 (2005).

In-flight calibration of the Swift XRT Point Spread Function

Moretti, Alberto , Campana, Sergio , Mineo, T., Romano, Patrizia , Abbey, A. F., Angelini, L., Beardmore, A., Burkert, W., Burrows, D. N., Capalbi, M., Chincarini, G., et al.

2005, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV. Edited by Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5898, pp. 348-356 (2005).

Ion figuring of large prototype mirror segments for the E-ELT

Ghigo, M. , Vecchi, G. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Mattaini, E., Pareschi, G. , Sironi, G.

2015, Proc. SPIE. 9151, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation, 91510Q. (July 28, 2014) doi: 10.1117/12.2056769

Manufacturing of lightweight glass segments for adaptive optics

Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Mazzoleni, F., Vernani, D.

2006, [Proc. SPIE 6272, 62720X (2006)] published Tue Jun 27, 2006.

Performance of supersmooth x-ray mandrels for new hard x-ray missions

Vernani, D., Borghi, G., Citterio, O. , Moretti, S., Ritucci, A., Sironi, G. , Riva, M. , Basso, S. , Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Negri, B., et al.

2009, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IV. Edited by Vernani, D.; Borghi, G.; Citterio, O.; Moretti, S.; Ritucci, A.; Sironi, G.; Riva, M.; Basso, S.; Pareschi, G.; Tagliaferri, G.; Negri, B. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7437, pp. 74370X-74370X-8 (2009).

Performance of the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) Mirror/Detector Combination, GAMMA-RAY BURST AND AFTERGLOW ASTRONOMY 2001

Short, A.D., Ambrosi, R.M., Hutchinson, I.B., Willingale, R., Abbey, A.F., Wells, A., Hill, J.E., Burrows, D.N., Tagliaferri, G. , Citterio, O.

2003, A Workshop Celebrating th= e First Year of the HETE Mission, AIP Conference 2003, Proceedings, Volume 662, pp. 511-513

Segmented glass optics for next generation X-ray telescopes .

Proserpio, L. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Citterio, O. , Conconi, P., Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G.

2013, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, v.84, p.819 (2013)

Silicon carbide for mirrors by plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition at low temperature

Novi, A., Taglioni, G., Novella, L., Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M.

2004ICSO.conf. 687N

Simbol-X: A New Generation Soft/Hard X-ray Telescope

Slane, Patrick O., Romaine, S., Murray, S. S., Brissenden, R., Elvis, M., Gorenstein, P., Steel, S., O'Dell, S., Kolodziejczak, J., Ramsey, B., Angelini, L., et al.

2008, American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #10, #28.01

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