Michael Garcia,1 Martin Elvis,1 Jon Chappell,1 Laura Brenneman,1 Daniel Patnaude,1 Ian Evans,1 Ricardo Bruni,1 Suzanne Romaine,1 Eric Silver,1 Richard Willingale,2 George Fraser,2 T. J. Turner,3 Brian Ramsey4
1Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (United States) 2Univ. of Leicester (United Kingdom) 3Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County (United States) 4NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
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The Extreme Physics Explorer (EPE) is a concept timing/spectroscopy mission that would use micro-channel plate
optics (MCPO) to provide 4m2 effective area focused to ~1 arc-min onto an X-ray calorimeter. We describe science
drivers for such a mission, possible designs for the large area MCPO needed for EPE, and the challenges of the large
area MCPO design.
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Michael Garcia, Martin Elvis, Jon Chappell, Laura Brenneman, Daniel Patnaude, Ian Evans, Ricardo Bruni, Suzanne Romaine, Eric Silver, Richard Willingale, George Fraser, T. J. Turner, Brian Ramsey, "The Extreme Physics Explorer and large area micro-channel plate optics," Proc. SPIE 8147, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy V, 81471N (6 October 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894261