Caustics as an Alternate of Ray Tracing to Evaluate Heliostat Mirrors

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<table>Results for Paraboloid of revolution when <svg height="14.85" id="M100" style="vertical-align:-2.22495pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 55.599998 14.85" width="55.599998" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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Figure 5: Caustics as an Alternate of Ray Tracing to Evaluate Heliostat Mirrors 