Kiranmayee Kilaru

TL;DR: The Lynx architecture enables a broad range of unique and compelling science to be carried out mainly through a General Observer Program, envisioned to include detecting the very first seed black holes, revealing the high-energy drivers of galaxy formation and evolution, and characterizing the mechanisms that govern stellar evolution and stellar ecosystems.

TL;DR: The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI) as discussed by the authors was the first sounding rocket payload to produce the first focused images of the Sun above 5 keV, which demonstrated the superiority in sensitivity and dynamic range that is achievable with a direct HXR imager with respect to previous, indirect imaging methods.

TL;DR: The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI) sounding rocket payload flew for the second time on 2014 December 11 and provided the first HXR focused images of the Sun.

TL;DR: In this paper, a differential deposition technique was investigated as a way to minimize axial figure errors in full-shell, grazing-incidence, reflective x-ray optics using a combination of off-axis conic segments-hyperbolic, parabolic, and/or elliptical.

TL;DR: Lynx as discussed by the authors is a concept under study for prioritization in the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey, which will examine the first black holes and their galaxies, map the large-scale structure and galactic halos, and shed new light on the environments of young stars and their planetary systems.