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most citedThe TES-based Cryogenic AntiCoincidence Detector (CryoAC) of ATHENA X-IFU: a large area silicon microcalorimeter for background particles detection

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physics.ins-det2026

Towards Low-Energy Electron High-Resolution Spectroscopy with Transition-Edge Sensors

R. Ammendola, A. Apponi, G. Benato +62

We present a study of the energy resolution of transition-edge sensors (TESs) for the detection of electrons in the 100~eV kinetic energy range. The TES is a Ti-Au bilayer with an…

physics.ins-det2025

Ultra-high precision high voltage system for PTOLEMY

R. Ammendola, A. Apponi, G. Benato +63

The PTOLEMY project is prototyping a novel electromagnetic filter for high-precision spectroscopy, with the ultimate and ambitious long-term goal of detecting the cosmic neutri…

physics.ins-det2025

A Demonstration of Slowed Electron Drift for PTOLEMY

M. Farino, A. Tan, A. Apponi +58

To resolve the effective neutrino mass with an energy resolution of 50~meV, the PTOLEMY experiment has proposed a novel transverse electromagnetic filtering process. Substant…

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.IM2025

The TES-based Cryogenic AntiCoincidence Detector of ATHENA X-IFU: Validation of the thermal end-to-end simulator towards the updated Demonstration Model (DM 1.1)

Matteo D'Andrea, Claudio Macculi, Simone Lotti +13

The Cryogenic AntiCoincidence Detector (CryoAC) is a key element of the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) on board the future ATHENA X-ray observatory. It is a TES-based detector d…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 9 cited

The TES-based Cryogenic AntiCoincidence Detector (CryoAC) of ATHENA X-IFU: a large area silicon microcalorimeter for background particles detection

M. D'Andrea, C. Macculi, S. Lotti +14

We are developing the Cryogenic AntiCoincidence detector (CryoAC) of the ATHENA X-IFU spectrometer. It is a TES-based particle detector aimed to reduce the background of the instru…