Future Prospects for Solar EUV and Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy Missions

Space solar telescope in soft X-ray and EUV band

In this paper we have reviewed our achievements in soft X-ray and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) optics. Up to now, the research system of soft X-ray and EUV optics has been established, including light sources, detectors, calibrations, optical testing and machining of super smooth mirrors, and fabrications of multilayer film mirrors. Based on our achievements, we have developed two types of solar s...

Future X-ray timing missions

Thanks to the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), it is now widely recognized that fast X-ray timing can be used to probe strong gravity fields around collapsed objects and constrain the equation of state of dense matter in neutron stars. We first discuss some of the outstanding issues which could be solved with an X-ray timing mission building on the great successes of RXTE and providing an or...

Tunable multilayer EUV/soft x-ray polarimeter

A tunable polarimeter using multilayer interference coatings as both reflection polarizer and transmission phase retarder is described. The portable device bolts onto existing chambers and its rotation axis is precisely aligned to the beam. The upstream transmission phase retarder is tunable by varying its incidence angle, and the downstream polarizer is tunable by translating a laterally grade...

Grazing incidence telescopes: a new class for soft x-ray and EUV spectroscopy; addendum.

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Grazing incidence telescopes: a new class for soft x-ray and EUV spectroscopy.