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This chapter contains an overview of the basic principles of X-ray and gamma-ray imaging for astronomy that achieve high angular resolution with non-focusing optics. Specific topics include systems with single-grid masks, with pairs of grids known as bi-grid collimators, and with more than two grids known as multi-grid collimators. A discussion of each type is given along with advantages and limitations of the various design options and descriptions of actual implementations.
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Saint-Hilaire, P., Shih, A.Y., Hurford, G.J., Dennis, B. (2022). Grid-Based Imaging of X-rays and Gamma Rays with High Angular Resolution. In: Bambi, C., Santangelo, A. (eds) Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4544-0_170-1
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