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The use of novel x-ray optic systems alongside advanced detector technologies has been emphasized as one of the key paths forward required for future axion dark matter searches and to overcome nuclear waste recycling challenges. X-ray telescopes are already integral to current and future astrophysics missions by NASA, ESA, and JAXA, with further advancements promising new applications in medical imaging for radiotherapy.
Our focus lies in deploying x-ray reflecting systems with complex multilayer periodic, capable of precisely filtering the energy of reflected photons through. This can be accomplished through the selection of grazing angles with few arcseconds precision. Specifically, we highlight the implementation of x-ray telescopes for the International Axion Observatory (IAXO) and explore novel methods for non-destructive analysis of special nuclear material based on gamma-ray optics.
This work is made in collaboration with NASA Goddard (Maryland, U.S.), Columbia University (New York, U.S), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (California, U.S.), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Tennessee, U.S.), the Technical University of Denmark Space (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Institute Nazionale di Astrofisica (Brera, Italy).
