Design of an X-ray telescope. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Design of an X-ray telescope.

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Concentric arrays of slits allow X-rays to enter and reflect off the inside walls, nudging them so that they are directed to a single point.

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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