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As is known, studies of the soft x radiation of cosmic objects using proportional flow counters of large area are associated with considerable technical difficulties. At the same time, the use of reflecting x-ray optics is possible in this region of the spectrum (softer than l keV). It is advisable to examine the use of reflecting x-ray telescopes in two aspects. On the one hand, the reflecting optics makes it possible to have a comparatively large collecting area with small detector dimensions, which decreases the technical difficulties to a considerable extent and increases the signal-to-noise ratio; on the other hand, reflecting objectives open up the possibility in principle of obtaining an image analogous to that provided by telescopes in the visible region of the spectrum.
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Beigman, I.L., Vainshtein, L.A., Voinov, Y.P., Shevel’ko, V.P. (1976). Mirror Systems for X-Ray Telescopes. In: Basov, N.G. (eds) Radio, Submillimeter, and X-Ray Telescopes. The Lebedev Physics Institute Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2660-9_2
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