4 papers
CubeSats Reach the Millisecond X-Ray Domain: Crab Pulsar Timing with SpIRIT/HERMES
Wladimiro Leone, R. Mearns, T. Di Salvo +70
The High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites (HERMES) instrument is a compact X/-ray spectrometer operating on board the 6U (11 kg) SpIRIT CubeSat. The payload is partic…
A Packaging Method for ALPIDE Integration Enabling Flexible and Low-Material-Budget Designs
D. Novel, A. Lega, T. Facchinelli +3
This work presents a novel solution for the packaging of ALPIDE chips that facilitates non-planar assembly with a minimal material budget. This solution represents a technological…
HERMES Pathfinder & SpIRIT: a progress report
F. Fiore, M. Trenti, Y. Evangelista +87
HERMES Pathfinder is an in-orbit demonstration consisting of a constellation of six 3U cubesats hosting simple but innovative X-ray/gamma-ray detectors for the monitoring of cosmic…
Plasma-Based Etching Approach for GEM Detector Microfabrication at FBK for X-ray polarimetry in space
A. Lega, D. Novel, T. Facchinelli +8
Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors are crucial for enabling high-resolution X-ray polarisation of astrophysical sources when coupled to custom pixel readout ASIC in Gas Pixel…