Review Article

The Rainwater Memorial Calibration Facility for X-Ray Optics

Table 4

Motion requirements for RaMCaF. The facility has a right-handed Cartesian coordinate system with the chief X-ray axis defined as being the z-axis. Translations occur in X while roll is defined as a rotation around the z-axis, yaw around the y-axis and pitch around the x-axis. An optic will be perfectly aligned when its center of rotation in x, y, and z is in the origin. z values are positive in the direction of the focal plane.

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MotionRangePrecision
Translate (optic)300 mm±0.025 mm
Translate (detector)200 mm±0.025 mm
Roll360°±0.1°
Yaw>±1°±0.00025°
Pitch>±0.5°±0.0015°