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XMM mirror module in testing


XMM mirror module

XMM mirror module in testing at CSL. The module is viewed from the "front", i.e. the side from which photons enter during operation. In front, one can see the "spider" on which the 58 mirror shells are mounted.

Photo courtesy of D. de Chambure, XMM Project (ESTEC)

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