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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…
Flux reconstruction for the NIR camera CAGIRE at the focus of the Colibrí telescope
Alix Nouvel de la Flèche, Jean-Luc Atteia, Hervé Valentin +20
CAGIRE is the near infrared camera of the Colibrí robotic telescope, designed for the follow-up of SVOM alerts. It is based on the ALFA 2k x 2k detector, from the LYNRED French Com…
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…
Investigation of Optical Coupling in Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors using Superconducting Reflective Plates
Paul Nicaise, Jie Hu, Jean-Marc Martin +6
To improve the optical coupling in Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs), we investigate the use of a reflective plate beneath the meandered absorber. We designed, fabrica…