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20222024
most citedFirst light of BEaTriX, the new testing facility for the modular X-ray optics of the ATHENA mission

18 citations · 22 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Recent developments in Laue lens manufacturing and their impact on imaging performance

Lisa Ferro, Enrico Virgilli, Natalia Auricchio +9

We report on recent progress in the development of Laue lenses for applications in hard X/soft gamma-ray astronomy. Here we focus on the realization of a sector of such a lens made…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

The TRILL project: increasing the technological readiness of Laue lenses

Lisa Ferro, Enrico Virgilli, Miguel Moita +16

Hard X-/soft Gamma-ray astronomy (> 100 keV) is a crucial field for the study of important astrophysical phenomena such as the 511 keV positron annihilation line in the Galactic ce…

astro-ph.IM2023

CdTe Spectroscopic-Imager Measurements with Bent Crystals for Broad Band Laue Lenses

N. Auricchio, L. Ferro, J. B. Stephen +15

In astrophysics, several key questions in the hard X soft Gamma-ray range (above 100 keV) require sensitivity and angular resolution that are hardly achievable with current technol…

astro-ph.IM2022

Laue lenses: Focusing optics for hard X/soft Gamma-ray Astronomy

L Ferro, M. Moita, P. Rosati +15

Hard X-/soft Gamma-ray astronomy is a key field for the study of important astrophysical phenomena such as the electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves, gamma-ray bursts…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 18 cited

First light of BEaTriX, the new testing facility for the modular X-ray optics of the ATHENA mission

S. Basso, B. Salmaso, D. Spiga +35

The Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility (BEaTriX) is a unique X-ray apparatus now operated at the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB)…