@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",
}