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Thomas Kester

Researcher at Marshall Space Flight Center

Publications -  19
Citations -  164

Thomas Kester is an academic researcher from Marshall Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Metrology & Fabrication. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 18 publications receiving 156 citations.

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Calibration of a Vertical-Scan Long Trace Profiler at MSFC

TL;DR: In this paper, the vertical-scan long trace profiler (LTP) is used to measure the surface figure of replicated shell mirrors and a few sources of systematic error are discussed.
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The Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrograph (MaGIXS)

TL;DR: The Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrograph (MaGIXS) as mentioned in this paper is a sounding rocket experiment designed to observe the solar corona for the first time.
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Large-mirror figure measurement by optical profilometry techniques

TL;DR: In this article, the use of a slope measuring scanning interferometer system, the Long Trace Profiler (LTP), in measuring the figure error of large surfaces, particularly those that have extremely long radii of curvature in the tangential direction, is discussed.
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Development of a direct fabrication technique for full-shell x-ray optics

TL;DR: In this paper, a full-shell direct fabrication approach using modern robotic polishing machines has been proposed for producing high resolution, light-weight and affordable x-ray mirrors that can be nested to produce large collecting area.