@inproceedings{1162aa2bce0f49458a237e2daf323288,
title = "Technology requirements for a square meter, arcsecond resolution telescope for x-rays: The SMART-X mission",
abstract = "Addressing the astrophysical problems of the 2020's requires sub-arcsecond x-ray imaging with square meter effective area. Such requirements can be derived, for example, by considering deep x-ray surveys to find the young black holes in the early universe (large redshifts) which will grow into the first super-massive black holes. We have envisioned a mission, the Square Meter Arcsecond Resolution Telescope for X-rays (SMART-X), based on adjustable x-ray optics technology, incorporating mirrors with the required small ratio of mass to collecting area. We are pursuing technology which achieves sub-arcsecond resolution by on-orbit adjustment via thin film piezoelectric {"}cells{"} deposited directly on the non-reflecting sides of thin, slumped glass. While SMART-X will also incorporate state-of-the-art x-ray cameras, the remaining spacecraft systems have no requirements more stringent than those which are well understood and proven on the current Chandra X-ray Observatory.",
author = "Schwartz, {Daniel A.} and Ryan Allured and Bookbinder, {Jay A.} and Vincenzo Cotroneo and Forman, {William R.} and Freeman, {Mark D.} and Stuart McMuldroch and Reid, {Paul B.} and Harvey Tananbaum and Vikhlinin, {Alexey A.} and Johnson-Wilke, {Raegan L.} and Trolier-McKinstry, {Susan E.} and Wilke, {Rudeger H.T.} and Jackson, {Thomas N.} and Ramirez, {J. Israel} and Gubarev, {Mikhail V.} and Kolodziejczak, {Jeffery J.} and O'Dell, {Stephen L.} and Ramsey, {Brian D.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 SPIE.; Adaptive X-Ray Optics III ; Conference date: 17-08-2014",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1117/12.2063469",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "O'Dell, {Stephen L.} and Khounsary, {Ali M.}",
booktitle = "Adaptive X-Ray Optics III",
address = "United States",
}