Randall Lee McEntaffer

Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics
Materials Research Institute (MRI)

753 Citations
13 h-Index

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Gratings Mathematics

gratings Physics & Astronomy

X rays Engineering & Materials Science

Diffraction gratings Engineering & Materials Science

x rays Physics & Astronomy

Spectrometer Mathematics

Rockets Engineering & Materials Science

Sounding rockets Engineering & Materials Science

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Research Output 1998 2019

753 Citations
13 h-Index
49 Conference contribution
33 Article
7 Conference article
1 Review article

4 Citations (Scopus)

Grating Alignment for the Water Recovery X-Ray Rocket (WRXR)

Tutt, J. H., McEntaffer, R. L., Miles, D. M., Donovan, B. D. & Hillman, C., Sep 1 2019, In : Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation. 8, 3, 1950009.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

water reclamation

Rockets

rockets

alignment

gratings

2 Citations (Scopus)

Lynx X-Ray Observatory: an overview

Gaskin, J. A., Swartz, D. A., Vikhlinin, A., Özel, F., Gelmis, K. E., Arenberg, J. W., Bandler, S. R., Bautz, M. W., Civitani, M. M., Dominguez, A., Eckart, M. E., Falcone, A. D., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Freeman, M. D., Günther, H. M., Havey, K. A., Heilmann, R. K., Kilaru, K., Kraft, R. P., Mccarley, K. S. & 11 others, Mcentaffer, R. L., Pareschi, G., Purcell, W., Reid, P. B., Schattenburg, M. L., Schwartz, D. A., Schwartz, E. D., Tananbaum, H. D., Tremblay, G. R., Zhang, W. W. & Zuhone, J. A., Apr 1 2019, In : Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems. 5, 2, 021001.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Open Access

Astrophysics

Observatories

observatories

observatory

astrophysics

2 Citations (Scopus)

Reflection grating concept for the Lynx X-Ray Grating Spectrograph

McEntaffer, R. L., Apr 1 2019, In : Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems. 5, 2, 021002.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Spectrographs

spectrographs

gratings

X rays

x rays

The optomechanical design for the Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE)

O'Meara, B. C., Donovan, B. D., Tutt, J. H., McEntaffer, R. L., Schultz, T. B., Allgood, K. D., Biskach, M. P., Chan, K. W., Kearney, J. D., Mazzarella, J. R., Riveros, R. E., Saha, T. T., Hlinka, M., Numata, A., Solly, P., Zhang, W. W., Soman, M. R., Holland, A. D., Lewis, M. R., Holland, K. & 1 others, Murray, N. J., Jan 1 2019, Optomechanical Engineering 2019. Doyle, K. B. & Ellis, J. D. (eds.). SPIE, 1110006. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 11100).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Optomechanics

Sounding rockets

sounding rockets

Diffraction Grating

Diffraction gratings

1 Citation (Scopus)

Fabrication and Diffraction Efficiency of a Large-format, Replicated X-Ray Reflection Grating

Miles, D. M., McCoy, J. A., McEntaffer, R. L., Eichfeld, C., Lavallee, G., Labella, M., Drawl, W., Liu, B., Deroo, C. T. & Steiner, T., Dec 20 2018, In : Astrophysical Journal. 869, 2, 95.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

diffraction

format

gratings

fabrication

x rays