{"id":137,"date":"2013-09-12T10:24:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T14:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csr-dyn-45\/~ralf\/wordpress\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2025-10-26T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T19:22:48","slug":"white-papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/?page_id=137","title":{"rendered":"White Papers, etc."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/spotlight\/summary.cfm?id=571352\">Optica Spotlight on Optics Summary<\/a><br \/>\n(for &#8220;Low blaze angle grating for fully dispersive x-ray spectroscopy&#8221; by D. L. Voronov, S. Park, A. Islegen-Wojdyla, F. Salmassi, and H. A. Padmore),<br \/>\nR. K. Heilmann, October 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2024<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2409.02297\">Diffraction Gratings for X-ray Spectroscopy<\/a><br \/>\nR. K. Heilmann, D. P. Huenemoerder, J. A. McCoy, and R. L. McEntaffer, 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2021<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/10.1142\/9789811203800_0012\">Critical-Angle Transmission Grating Spectrometers<\/a><br \/>\nD. P. Huenemoerder and R. K. Heilmann,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/10.1142\/9446-vol4#t=toc\">The WSPC Handbook of Astronomical Instrumentation, Vol. 4, X-Ray Astronomical Instrumentation<\/a><br \/>\nChapter 12, 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2019<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwastro.msfc.nasa.gov\/lynx\/docs\/LynxConceptStudy.pdf\">The Lynx Concept Study Report<\/a><br \/>\n2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey Mission Concept Studies, August 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/fileuploads\/623127\/5043187\/119-9265e253ac31ae33c5aabcefd77feebd_Lynx-APC.pdf\">Lynx X-ray Observatory<\/a><br \/>\nA. Vikhlinin <em>et al.<\/em>,<br \/>\n2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey APC White Paper, July 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/fileuploads\/623127\/5043187\/161-fb22e4f0339daec40b9eb42714624106_KallmanTimothyR.pdf\">Laboratory Astrophysics Needs for X-ray Calorimeter Observatories<\/a><br \/>\nT. Kallmann <em>et al.<\/em>,<br \/>\n2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey APC White Paper, July 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/fileuploads\/623127\/5043187\/176-18190b4a66cddb33ed5e5f3fca3f4af4_McEntafferRandallL.pdf\">The X-ray Grating Spectroscopy Probe<\/a><br \/>\nR. McEntaffer <em>et al.<\/em>,<br \/>\n2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey APC White Paper, July 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/fileuploads\/623127\/5043187\/183-51901e50d72840d64645cdea6a43c84c_SmithRandallK.pdf\">Laboratory Astrophysics Needs for X-ray Grating Spectrometers<\/a><br \/>\nR. Smith <em>et al.<\/em>,<br \/>\n2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey APC White Paper, July 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2018<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwastro.msfc.nasa.gov\/lynx\/docs\/LynxInterimReport.pdf\">The Lynx Interim Report<\/a><br \/>\n2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey Mission Concept Studies, August 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2016<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/technology\/technology-highlights\/high-resolution-x-ray-gratings-enable-state-of-the-art-spectrometer\">High-Resolution X-ray Gratings Enable State-of-the-Art Spectrometer<\/a><br \/>\nNASA Science Mission Directorate: Technology Highlights 2016, pp. 14-15 (2016).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2013<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/science.energy.gov\/bes\/community-resources\/reports\/abstracts\/#XRO\">X-ray Optics for BES Light Source Facilities<\/a><br \/>\nDOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences Workshop Report, Chapters on Grating Optics (D. Cocco, T. Warwick <i>et al.<\/i>) and Nanodiffractive Optics (P. Naulleau, S. Vogt <i>et al.<\/i>) (2013).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov\/docs\/TDR-Final-23-Aug-2013PM.pdf\">Technology Development Roadmap for a Near-term Probe-class X-ray Astrophysics Mission<\/a><br \/>\nNASA Physics of the Cosmos X-ray Probe Study (2013).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2011<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov\/studies\/rfi\/Heilmann-Ralf-RFINNH11ZDA018L.pdf\">Critical-Angle Transmission Gratings for High Resolution, Large Area Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy<\/a><br \/>\nR. K. Heilmann <i>et al.<\/i><br \/>\nEnabling Technology and Instrument Concept in Response to NASA RFI on &#8220;Concepts for the Next NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission&#8221; (Solicitation Number NNH11ZDA018L) (2011).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov\/studies\/rfi\/Bautz-Marshall-RFINNH11ZDA018L.pdf\">AEGIS &#8211; An Astrophysics Experiment for Grating and Imaging Spectroscopy<\/a><br \/>\nM. W. Bautz <i>et al.<\/i><br \/>\nX-Ray Mission Concept in Response to NASA RFI on &#8220;Concepts for the Next NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission&#8221; (Solicitation Number NNH11ZDA018L) (2011).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov\/studies\/rfi\/Bookbinder-Jay-RFI-NNH11ZDA018L.pdf\">AXSIO &#8211; The Advanced X-Ray Spectroscopic Imaging Observatory<\/a><br \/>\nJ. Bookbinder <i>et al.<\/i><br \/>\nX-Ray Mission Concept in Response to NASA RFI on &#8220;Concepts for the Next NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission&#8221; (Solicitation Number NNH11ZDA018L) (2011).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov\/studies\/rfi\/Marshall-Herman-RFI.pdf\">Soft X-Ray Polarimetry<\/a><br \/>\nH. Marshall <i>et al.<\/i><br \/>\nEnabling Technology and Instrument Concept in Response to NASA RFI on &#8220;Concepts for the Next NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission&#8221; (Solicitation Number NNH11ZDA018L) (2011).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov\/studies\/rfi\/McEntaffer_OPXGS_RFI.pdf\">Reflection Grating Spectrometers<\/a><br \/>\nR. McEntaffer <i>et al.<\/i><br \/>\nEnabling Technology and Instrument Concept in Response to NASA RFI on &#8220;Concepts for the Next NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission&#8221; (Solicitation Number NNH11ZDA018L) (2011).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov\/studies\/rfi\/Vikhlinin-Alexey-RFI.pdf\">SMART-X, Square Meter, Arcsecond Resolution X-Ray Telescope<\/a><br \/>\nA. Vikhlinin <i>et al.<\/i><br \/>\nX-Ray Mission Concept in Response to NASA RFI on &#8220;Concepts for the Next NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission&#8221; (Solicitation Number NNH11ZDA018L) (2011).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2009<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/astro2010\/DetailFileDisplay.aspx?id=499\">A Few Thoughts on the Wisdom of Systematic and Consistent Funding of Technology Development for Larger Missions<\/a><br \/>\nR. K. Heilmann and M. L. Schattenburg<br \/>\nTechnology Development White Paper response to Astro2010 Decadal Survey (2009).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/astro2010\/DetailFileDisplay.aspx?id=519\">The Importance of General Technology Development: The Example of the Critical-Angle Transmission Grating<\/a><br \/>\nR. K. Heilmann, D. P. Huenemoerder, and M. L. Schattenburg<br \/>\nTechnology Development White Paper response to Astro2010 Decadal Survey (2009).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/astro2010\/DetailFileDisplay.aspx?id=508\">Generation-X Grating Array Technology Development<\/a><br \/>\nR. L. McEntaffer, W. Cash, R. K. Heilmann, and M. L. Schattenburg<br \/>\nTechnology Development White Paper response to Astro2010 Decadal Survey (2009).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/astro2010\/DetailFileDisplay.aspx?id=563\">A Soft X-Ray Polarimeter<\/a><br \/>\nH. L. Marshall, R. K. Heilmann, and N. S. Schulz<br \/>\nTechnology Development White Paper response to Astro2010 Decadal Survey (2009).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/astro2010\/DetailFileDisplay.aspx?id=212\">Distribution and Structure of Matter in and around Galaxies<\/a><br \/>\nN. S. Schulz <i>et al.<\/i><br \/>\nScience White Paper response to Astro2010 Decadal Survey (2009).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/astro2010\/DetailFileDisplay.aspx?id=40\">Structure and Evolution of Pre-Main Sequence Stars<\/a><br \/>\nN. S. Schulz <i>et al.<\/i><br \/>\nScience White Paper response to Astro2010 Decadal Survey (2009).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2006<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/space.mit.edu\/%7Eralf\/WP_ConX.pdf\">Transmission Grating Spectrometer for Constellation-X<\/a><br \/>\nK. Flanagan, J. Davis, R. K. Heilmann, D. Huenemoerder, A. Levine, H. Marshall, G. Prigozhin, G. Ricker, M. Schattenburg, N. Schulz, and A. Rasmussen<br \/>\nWhite Paper response to NASA solicitation 210S-GBG-06-001 (2006).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2004<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/pub\/papers\/WP\/Nanoruler-White-Paper.pdf\">A Brief History of Gratings and the Making of the MIT Nanoruler<\/a><br \/>\nC. G. Chen and M. L. Schattenburg (2004).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 Optica Spotlight on Optics Summary (for &#8220;Low blaze angle grating for fully dispersive x-ray spectroscopy&#8221; by D. L. Voronov, S. Park, A. Islegen-Wojdyla, F. Salmassi, and H. A. Padmore), R. K. Heilmann, October 2025. 2024 Diffraction Gratings for X-ray Spectroscopy R. K. Heilmann, D. P. Huenemoerder, J. A. McCoy,\u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/?page_id=137\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":132,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1487,"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions\/1487"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}