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The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase
Didier Barret, Vincent Albouys, Jan-Willem den Herder +296
The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer, studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray Observatory, a versatile ob…
Filters for X-ray detectors on Space missions
Marco Barbera, Ugo Lo Cicero, Luisa Sciortino
Thin filters and gas tight windows are used in Space to protect sensitive X-ray detectors from out-of-band electromagnetic radiation, low-energy particles, and molecular contaminat…
The scientific payload on-board the HERMES-TP and HERMES-SP CubeSat missions
Y. Evangelista, F. Fiore, F. Fuschino +22
HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Technological and Scientific pathfinder is a space borne mission based on a LEO constellation of nano-satellites. The 3U C…
The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP
ShuangNan Zhang, Andrea Santangelo, Marco Feroci +146
In this paper we present the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP. eXTP is a space science mission designed to study fundamental physics under extreme conditions of…
Magnetic shielding of soft protons in future X-ray telescopes: the case of the ATHENA Wide Field Imager
Valentina Fioretti, Andrea Bulgarelli, Silvano Molendi +10
Both the interplanetary space and the Earth magnetosphere are populated by low energy ( keV) protons that are potentially able to scatter on the reflecting surface of Wolt…
The Large Area Detector onboard the eXTP mission
Marco Feroci, Mahdi Ahangarianabhari, Giovanni Ambrosi +68
The eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and China National Space Administration (CNSA) currently perfor…
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…
Testing the X-IFU calibration requirements: an example for quantum efficiency and energy resolution
Edoardo Cucchetti, François Pajot, Etienne Pointecouteau +9
With its array of 3840 Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) operated at 90 mK, the X-Ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) on board the ESA L2 mission Athena will provide spatially resolved hi…
Manufacturing and testing a thin glass mirror shell with piezoelectric active control
D. Spiga, M. Barbera, A. Collura +12
Optics for future X-ray telescopes will be characterized by very large aperture and focal length, and will be made of lightweight materials like glass or silicon in order to keep t…
The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)
Didier Barret, Thien Lam Trong, Jan-Willem den Herder +88
The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) on board the Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics (Athena) will provide spatially resolved high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy from…
Active shape correction of a thin glass/plastic X-ray mirror
D. Spiga, M. Barbera, S. Basso +9
Optics for future X-ray telescopes will be characterized by very large aperture and focal length, and will be made of lightweight materials like glass or plastic in order to keep t…
The Hot and Energetic Universe: The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) for Athena+
D. Barret, J. W. den Herder, L. Piro +55
The Athena+ mission concept is designed to implement the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme submitted to the European Space Agency in response to the call for White Papers fo…
ORIGIN: Metal Creation and Evolution from the Cosmic Dawn
J. W. den Herder, L. Piro, T. Ohashi +156
ORIGIN is a proposal for the M3 mission call of ESA aimed at the study of metal creation from the epoch of cosmic dawn. Using high-spectral resolution in the soft X-ray band, ORIGI…