|Speaker||Talk Date||Talk Series|
|Dick Willingale (Leicester)||23 January 2014||Institute of Astronomy Colloquia|
I shall describe the basic physical and geometrical principles available for the design and construction of X-ray telescopes and show how these
have been used in producing existing X-ray telescopes like XMM-Newton and the Chandra Observatory. I'll then consider the new technologies being developed for the next generation of X-ray telescopes which we hope will move X-ray astronomy in to a new era. Finally, if time permits, I'll consider how we might develop new technologies to exploit the true potential of X-rays working at the diffraction limit.