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A test platform for the detection and readout chain for the Athena X-IFU
Gabriele Betancourt-Martinez, François Pajot, Sophie Beaumont +26
We present a test platform for the Athena X-IFU detection chain, which will serve as the first demonstration of the representative end-to-end detection and readout chain for the X-…
Progress in the development of frequency domain multiplexing for the X-ray Integral Field Unit on board the Athena mission
H. Akamatsu, L. Gottardi, J. van der Kuur +11
Frequency domain multiplexing (FDM) is the baseline readout system for the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) on board the Athena mission. Under the FDM scheme, TESs are coupled to…
Towards 100,000-pixel microcalorimeter arrays using multi-absorber transition-edge sensors
S. J. Smith, J. S. Adams, S. R. Bandler +15
We report on the development of multi-absorber transition edge sensors (TESs), referred to as hydras. A hydra consists of multiple x-ray absorbers each with a different thermal con…
Study of Cosmic Ray Impact on Planck/HFI Low Temperature Detectors
A. Miniussi, J. -L. Puget, W. Holmes +6
After the focal plane of the HFI instrument of the Planck mission (launched in May 2009) reached its operational temperature, we observed thermal signatures of interactions of cosm…
Characterization and Physical Explanation of Energetic Particles on Planck HFI Instrument
A. Catalano, P. Ade, Y. Atik +30
The Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI) has been surveying the sky continuously from the second Lagrangian point (L2) between August 2009 and January 2012. It operates with 52 h…
Impact of particles on the Planck HFI detectors: Ground-based measurements and physical interpretation
A. Catalano, P. Ade, Y. Atik +31
The Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI) surveyed the sky continuously from August 2009 to January 2012. Its noise and sensitivity performance were excellent, but the rate of cos…