2 papers
astro-ph.HE2019
SIXTE -- The Generic X-ray Instrument Simulation Toolkit
Thomas Dauser, Sebastian Falkner, Maximilian Lorenz +8
We give an overview of the SImulation of X-ray TElescopes (SIXTE) software package, a generic, mission-independent Monte Carlo simulation toolkit for X-ray astronomical instrumenta…
astro-ph.IM2018
The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit
Didier Barret, Thien Lam Trong, Jan-Willem den Herder +100
The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer of the ESA Athena X-ray observatory. Over a field of view of 5' equivalent diameter, it will deliver…