The goal of the Optics Working Group (OWG) is to assist the STDT in demonstrating that a credible and feasible path exists to fabricate an X-ray telescope to support the Lynx mission. In order for the mission to be capable of realizing the science envisioned by the STDT, the STDT seeks assistance from the X-ray optics community—including experts from academia, industry and research institutions, in identifying potential approaches for creating the X-ray mirrors and all related technologies (e.g., alignment and mounting techniques, thermal controls and metrology) required to assemble individual optical components into a large-area, satellite-borne X-ray telescope. For further details, please read the full Optics Working Group Charter.
| Optics Working Group Co-Chairs: | ||
| Mark Schattenburg Community Co-Chair | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research | |
| Lester Cohen Study Office Co-Chair | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | |
| Optics Working Group Members: | ||
| Ryan Allured | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | |
| Carolyn Atkins | STFC UK Astronomy Technology Centre | |
| Stefano Basso | INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera | |
| Wayne Baumgartner | NASA MSFC | |
| Stephen Bongiorno | NASA MSFC | |
| Jay Bookbinder | NASA ARC | |
| David Broadway | NASA MSFC | |
| Brandon Chalifoux | MIT | |
| Kai-Wing Chan | NASA/GSFC & UMBC | |
| Marta Maria Civitani | INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera | |
| Daniele Cocco | SLAC national accelerator laboratory | |
| Vincenzo Cotroneo | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | |
| Jackie Davis | NASA MSFC | |
| Casey DeRoo | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | |
| Manel Errando | Washington University | |
| Daniel Evans | NASA Headquarters | |
| Abe Falcone | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Charly Feldman | University of Leicester | |
| Mark Freeman | Smithsonial Astrophysical Observatory | |
| Terry Gaetz | CXC/SAO | |
| Hans Guenther | MIT | |
| Danielle Gurgew | University of Alabama Huntsville | |
| Ralf Heilmann | MIT | |
| Mourad Idir | BNL/NSLSII | |
| Anders Clemen Jakobsen | DTU Space | |
| Diab Jerius | SAO/ Chandra X-Ray Center | |
| Kiranmayee Kilaru | USRA/NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | |
| Vladimar Kradinov | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | |
| Ralph Kraft | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | |
| Herman Marshall | MIT Kavli Institute | |
| Ryan McClelland | NASA GSFC / SGT Inc. | |
| Takashi Okajima | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
| Howard Padmore | LBNL | |
| Giovanni Pareschi | INAF - Brera Astronomical Observatory | |
| Kurt Ponsor | Mindrum Precision | |
| Lisa Poyneer | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | |
| Paul B. Reid | Harvard-Smithsonian CfA | |
| Timo Saha | NASA/GSFC | |
| Bianca Salmaso | INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico Brera | |
| Dan Schwartz | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | |
| Eric Schwartz | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | |
| Peter Solly | NASA/GSFC | |
| Harvey Tananbaum | SAO | |
| Susan Trolier-McKinstry | Pennsylvania State University | |
| James Tutt | The Pennsylvania State University | |
| Mel Ulmer | Northwestern University | |
| David L Windt | Reflective X-ray Optics LLC | |
| Youwei Yao | MIT | |
| William W. Zhang | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |