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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

Life Cycle Assessment of the Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit

Didier Barret, Vincent Albouys, Jürgen Knödlseder +15

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is the high-resolution X-ray spectrometer to fly on board the Athena Space Observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA). It is being develop…

astro-ph.IM2022

A 50 mK test bench for demonstration of the readout chain of Athena/X-IFU

Florent Castellani, Sophie Beaumont, François Pajot +22

The X-IFU (X-ray Integral Field Unit) onboard the large ESA mission Athena (Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics), planned to be launched in the mid 2030s, will be a cry…

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★ 4 cited

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-…

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…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 2 cited

The SIRIUS Mixed analog-digital ASIC developed for the LOFT LAD and WFM instruments

A. Cros, D. Rambaud, E. Moutaye +11

We report on the development and characterization of the low-noise, low power, mixed analog-digital SIRIUS ASICs for both the LAD and WFM X-ray instruments of LOFT. The ASICs we de…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 43 cited

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…