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Science-driven design and performance evaluation of a Silicon Laue Component lens for hard X-ray polarimetry
L. Abalo, N. M. Barrière, M. W. Beijersbergen
Focusing hard X-rays above 80 keV is challenging for grazing-incidence optics. Laue lenses offer an alternative based on crystal diffraction. We assess a lens based on Silicon Laue…
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)…
Silicon Pore Optics
Nicolas M. Barrière, Marcos Bavdaz, Maximilien J. Collon +4
Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) uses commercially available monocrystalline double-sided super-polished silicon wafers as a basis to produce mirrors that form lightweight high-resolution…
Developing a method for soft gamma-ray Laue lens assembly and calibration
Nicolas M. Barrière, John A. Tomsick, Steven E. Boggs +6
Laue lenses constitute a promising option for concentrating soft gamma rays with a large collection area and reasonable focal lengths. In astronomy they could lead to increased tel…
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) Mission
Fiona A. Harrison, William W. Craig, Finn E. Christensen +77
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission, launched on 13 June 2012, is the first focusing high-energy X-ray telescope in orbit. NuSTAR operates in the band from 3…
Developing a second generation Laue lens prototype: high reflectivity crystals and accurate assembly
Nicolas M. Barrière, John A. Tomsick, Steven E. Boggs +2
Laue lenses are an emerging technology that will enhance gamma-ray telescope sensitivity by one to two orders of magnitude in selected energy bands of the \sim 100 keV to \sim 1.5…
Hard X / soft gamma ray polarimetry using a Laue lens
Nicolas M. Barrière, Lorenzo Natalucci, Pietro Ubertini
Hard X / soft gamma-ray polarimetric analysis can be performed efficiently by the study of Compton scattering anisotropy in a detector composed of fine pixels. But in the energy ra…
Unveiling Physical Processes in Type Ia Supernovae With a Laue Lens Telescope
Nicolas M. Barrière, John A Tomsick, Steven E. Boggs +2
We present in this paper a focusing gamma-ray telescope that has only one goal: addressing the true nature of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia). This telescope is based on a Laue lens fo…
Soft gamma-ray optics: new Laue lens design and performance estimates
N. Barriere, L. Natalucci, N. Abrosimov +7
Laue lenses are an emerging technology based on diffraction in crystals that allows the concentration of soft gamma rays. This kind of optics that works in the 100 keV - 1.5 MeV ba…
Experimental and theoretical study of diffraction properties of various crystals for the realization of a soft gamma-ray Laue lens
Nicolas Barriere, Julien Rousselle, Peter von Ballmoos +10
Crystals are the elementary constituents of Laue lenses, an emerging technology which could allow the realization of a space borne telescope 10 to 100 times more sensitive than exi…