Capabilities of a lobster eye telescope in the outer solar system

Charlotte Feldman; William Dunn; Simon Lindsay; Adrian Martindale

doi:10.1117/12.2677336

5 October 2023 Capabilities of a lobster eye telescope in the outer solar system

Charlotte Feldman, William Dunn, Simon Lindsay, Adrian Martindale

Proceedings Volume 12679, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy XI; 1267917 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677336
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

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Current lobster eye telescopes show that it’s possible to produce lightweight, large field of view instruments for observing x-rays for both planetary science and astronomy. Jupiter is the most powerful particle accelerator in the solar system and the other outer planets have intricate and complicated magnetospheres which the moons pass in and out of. Particle bombardment of the surfaces of their moons induces the emission of characteristic x-rays which enables their composition to be studied. An orbiting x-ray instrument would transform our understanding of the moons’ composition, aurorae, atmosphere, radiation belts and plasma tori. Lobster eye telescopes are perfect for this application due to their light weight and wide field of view, which would enable direct imaging of the entire radiation belt. This paper begins to identify a lobster eye telescope design to fulfil these science goals.

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Charlotte Feldman, William Dunn, Simon Lindsay, and Adrian Martindale "Capabilities of a lobster eye telescope in the outer solar system", Proc. SPIE 12679, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy XI, 1267917 (5 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677336

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