Documents

• XRCF Facility and HXDS Information
• TMA Data
• HRMA Absolute Focus
• HRMA Rigid Body Alignment
• HRMA Mirror Axial Positioning
• HRMA Baffle and Obstruction Axial Positioning
• HRMA Mirror Clocking
• HRMA Mirror Conic Constants
• HRMA Dimensional Data
• Coordinate Systems
• Detector Data
• Optical Constants
• Miscellaneous

XRCF Facility and HXDS Information

• J. Arenberg E-mail [1996 Jun 03]: XSS to HRMA distance
  
• R. Edgar E-mail [1996 Dec 20]: quad shutter axial positions
  
• W. Podgorsky E-mail [1997 Jan 30]: Shutter Decenter
  
• W. Podgorsky E-mail [1997 Feb 12]: HSI Images
  discusses pitch/yaw angle accuracy.
• B. Wargelin E-mail [1999 May 3]: email decribing positioning errors for the ssd_x at XRCF.
  

TMA Data

• J. Hughes E-mail [1996 Mar 04]: OSAC conic constants for TMA
  
• L. Van Speybroeck E-mail [1996 Jun 14]: TMA2 mirror prescription
  

HRMA Absolute Focus

• W. Podgorski, T. Gaetz [1997 Aug 29] postscript memo on Telescope/ISIM alignment A report on the Telescope and ISIM alignment. It includes information from the emails listed below dating from before 1997 August.
• T. Gaetz [2000 Jul 20] Summary of Absolute Focus data; Summary of the absolute focus emails.
• W. Podgorski [1998 Feb 10] FACT Results; W. Podgorski's summary of TRW's "Focus Alignment Cross-Check Test" (FACT). At TRW, Scott Texter used a Sokkia NET2 laser rangefinder to measure the distance between a CAP gauge block and the HRC retro mirror.
• W. Podgorski [1997 Jul 22] Focus E-mails; Summary of the determinations (including raytrace results).
• C. Atkinson [1997 Mar 04] HRMA Focal Length
  C. Atkinson calculation based on optical test data.
• W. Podgorski [1997 Apr 14] Focal Length - Again
  W. Podgorski calculation based on optical test data.
• S. Texter [1997 Apr 17] Focus Alignment Check
  Optical (NET2 laser rangefinder) measurement of the distance between the XARM and the HRC ARM when the HRC-I was known to be at the XRCF Finite Conjugate Focus.
• W. Podgorski [1997 May 01] Focus III
  Revised W. Podgorski calculation with greater descriptive detail.
• C. Atkinson [1997 Aug 12] Focus (again and again and again and again)
  C. Atkinson discussion on the various determinations.

HRMA Rigid Body Alignment

• T. Gaetz E-mail [1996 Oct 07 (A)]: Rigid Body Shifts (double-pass saosac coordinates)
  
• T. Gaetz E-mail [1996 Oct 07 (B)]: Derivation of SAOsac alignment coefficients
  
• T. Gaetz E-mail [1996 Oct 07 (C)]: QN values: double-pass traces (perfect optics) vs. HATS data
  
• W. Podgorski E-mail [1996 Oct 08]: Cross check of EKCHDOS03.rdb
• W. Podgorski E-mail [1996 Nov 08]: Cross check of EKCHDOS04.rdb
• W. Podgorski E-mail [1997 Mar 27]: Cross check of EKCHDOS06.rdb
• T. Gaetz dataset [1999 Jun 08]: HATS ATP (augmented) Fourier Component Averages, averages of the Fourier components based on 22 HATS measurements of the HRMA alignment, performed 11/09/1996 - 11/10/1996. The averages were obtained using hats_plot.
  

HRMA Mirror Axial Positioning

• W. Podgorski E-mail [1996 Apr 10]: "OPTIC AXIAL SPACING" Positions of optic ends and midpoints relative to CAP Datum -A-.
  
• W. Podgorski E-mail [1996 Mar 28]: "CORRECTION of OPTIC AXIAL POSITIONING" Offsets of HRMA mirrors from CAP.
  
• W. Podgorski email [1996 Jun 24]: "Revised P1/H1 spacing"
• W. Podgorski email [1996 Nov 07]: "Finalized Axial Spacing, Optic to CAP"
• W. Podgorski E-mail [1997 Feb 06]: HRMA Model Axial Spacing
• W. Podgorski E-mail [1999 Mar 12]: Forwarded Keith Havey cover email for an Excel spreadsheet decribing the mirror positions relative to the CAP. Here are postscript versions of the Table and schematic drawing
  

HRMA Baffle and Obstruction Axial Positioning

• T. Gaetz notes [1999 June 4]: "HRMA Baffle and Obstruction Axial Positioning" Position of HRMA baffles and obstructions, relative to CAP Datum -A-, based on EKC drawings.
  

HRMA Mirror Clocking

• W. Podgorski Memo [1996 May 29]: "Clocking Angles (Rev-4)"
  This describes the angle convention and the optic clocking angles.

HRMA Mirror Conic Constants

• P. Zhao E-mail [1995 Nov 28]: EK05lvs mirror prescription
  This is the fundamental mirror prescription (ideal optics)
• P. Zhao Memo [1995 Nov 26, Rev. 1996 Jun 24]: EK05lvs + end cut (postscript)
  This memo describes the EK05lvs mirror prescription (ideal optics) as adjusted for the endcuts.

HRMA Low-Frequency Surface Errors

• W. Podgorsky E-mail [1997 Feb 06]: HDOS vs. SAO Low Frequency Mirror Symmetric Errors
• W. Podgorsky E-mail [1998 Nov 10]: SAO Low Frequency Mirror Errors

HRMA Dimensional Data

• T. Casey Table [1996 Mar 08]: HRMA aperture dimensions
  
• S. O'Dell E-mail [1997 Jul 08]: Distance from HRMA node to CAP datum A
  

Coordinate Systems

• W. Podgorski E-mail [1993 Dec 23]: "Revised Cogen Format/Normalization/HDOS MAPANAL"
• W. Podgorski E-mail [1995 Sep 29]: "Co-ordinates"
  Relation between HDOS coordinates and SAOSAC coordinates.
  

Detector Data

• I. Evans E-mail [1998 May 01]: "HSI QE(theta)"
  Tables of HSI Relative QE vs angle for Fe-L, C-K, Mg-K, Fe-K, O-K, Al-K, Ti-K, Mo-L, Cu-L, Sn-L, and B-K.
  
• M. Juda E-mail [1996 Sep 24]: "HSI Pixel Size"
  The nominal HSI pixel size is 6.4294 microns.
  

Optical Constants

• D. Graessle E-mail [1996 Dec 23, #1]: D. Graessle cover email for optical constants
  mirror 065 (P6 Qualification, position A1, off the large end of P6)
  
• D. Graessle E-mail [1996 Dec 23, #2]: D. Graessle tables of optical constants (n and k)
  mirror 065 (P6 Qualification, position A1, off the large end of P6)
  

Miscellaneous

• SAO/CE AXAF Document Database [1999 Jun 18]: /RDB Database listing AXAF documents. See K. Daigle for particular documents.
  
• AXAF Telescope Drawing Tree [1999 Jun 21]: postscript or Excel spreadsheet version. (SE12, Appendix A. Obtained from K. Havey, 1999 June 21.)
  
• L. Cohen E-mail [1999 Jan 21 (a)]: Cover email for ekc_periscope.eps, a view of the periscope model. The email includes the width of the periscope struts. Addendum specifying the axial extent of the struts.