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most citedThe Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

123 citations · 182 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

astro-ph.IM2025

The X-ray Integral Field Unit at the end of the Athena reformulation phase

Philippe Peille, Didier Barret, Edoardo Cucchetti +279

The Athena mission entered a redefinition phase in July 2022, driven by the imperative to reduce the mission cost at completion for the European Space Agency below an acceptable ta…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

The first cut is the cheapest: optimizing Athena/X-IFU-like TES detectors resolution by filter truncation

M. Teresa Ceballos, Nicolás Cardiel, Beatriz Cobo +4

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) instrument on the future ESA mission Athena X-ray Observatory is a cryogenic micro-calorimeter array of Transition Edge Sensor (TES) detectors…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 2 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 5 cited

Pulse processing in TES detectors: comparison of different short filter methods based on optimal filtering. Case study for Athena X-IFU

Beatriz Cobo, Nicolás Cardiel, María Teresa Ceballos +1

In the framework of the ESA Athena mission, the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) instrument to be on board the X-ray Athena Observatory is a cryogenic micro-calorimeter array of T…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 8 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 123 cited

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…