Cryogenic testing of an electromagnetic actuation system for low temperature slit masks

The James Web Space telescope will replace the aging Hubble in 2012. One instrument onboard will be the Near Infrared Spectroscope which will require a reconfigurable slit mask to control light incident upon it. One design for this device is called the Mechanically Actuated Reconfigurable Slit mask...

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Main Author: Francescutti, Paul
Other Authors: Rowe, Andrew Michael
Language:English
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Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1849