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GRINTA: a new Probe of the Dynamic Universe
Lorenzo Natalucci, Philippe Laurent, Marica Branchesi +48
Recent observations of the transient sky at all wavelengths are increasingly revealing the importance of the multi-messenger and multi-wavelength approach. The GRINTA (Gamma-Ray IN…
The IRT Telescope on board the THESEUS mission
Diego Gotz, Aline Meuris, Eric Doumayrou +28
We present the Infra-Red Telescope (IRT), which is part of the payload of the THESEUS mission, one on the three phase A candidate missions for the M7 slot of ESA (launch date 2037)…
The Microchannel X-ray Telescope on board the SVOM mission: in-flight scientific performance
D. Götz, S. Crepaldi, E. Doumayrou +14
The Microchannel X-ray Telescope (MXT) is a compact and lightweight focusing X-ray telescope, which is part of the space payload of the SVOM mission. The main goal of the MXT instr…
Prediction of the SVOM MXT camera end of life spectral performance based on proton irradiation results
Clara Plasse, Diego Götz, Aline Meuris +4
SVOM, the Space-based Variable astronomical Object Monitor, launched on June 22nd 2024, is a Chinese-French mission focused on exploring the brightest phenomena in the cosmos - Gam…
The Wide Field Monitor (WFM) of the China-Europe eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission
Margarita Hernanz, Marco Feroci, Yuri Evangelista +58
The eXTP mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with a large involvement of Europe. Its scientific payload includes four instruments: SFA, PFA, LAD an…
STROBE-X High Energy Modular Array (HEMA)
Anthony L. Hutcheson, Marco Feroci, Andrea Argan +64
The High Energy Modular Array (HEMA) is one of three instruments that compose the STROBE-X mission concept. The HEMA is a large-area, high-throughput non-imaging pointed instrument…
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…
COMPLETE: A flagship mission for complete understanding of 3D coronal magnetic energy release
Amir Caspi, Daniel B. Seaton, Roberto Casini +12
COMPLETE is a flagship mission concept combining broadband spectroscopic imaging and comprehensive magnetography from multiple viewpoints around the Sun to enable tomographic recon…
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…
Spectral performance of the Microchannel X-ray Telescope on board the SVOM mission
B. Schneider, N. Renault-Tinacci, D. Götz +7
The Microchannel X-ray Telescope (MXT) is an innovative compact X-ray instrument on board the SVOM astronomical mission dedicated to the study of transient phenomena such as gamma-…
The Scientific Performance of the Microchannel X-ray Telescope on board the SVOM Mission
D. Gotz, M. Boutelier, V. Burwitz +17
The Microchannel X-ray Telescope (MXT) will be the first focusing X-ray telescope based on a "Lobster-Eye" optical design to be flown on Sino-French mission SVOM. SVOM will be dedi…
IDeF-X HD: a CMOS ASIC for the readout of Cd(Zn)Te Detectors for space-borne applications
Olivier Gevin, Francis Lugiez, Alicja Michalowska +5
IDeF-X HD is a 32-channel analog front-end with self-triggering capability optimized for the readout of 16 x 16 pixels CdTe or CdZnTe pixelated detectors to build low power micro g…
The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP
ShuangNan Zhang, Andrea Santangelo, Marco Feroci +146
In this paper we present the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP. eXTP is a space science mission designed to study fundamental physics under extreme conditions of…
The Large Area Detector onboard the eXTP mission
Marco Feroci, Mahdi Ahangarianabhari, Giovanni Ambrosi +68
The eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and China National Space Administration (CNSA) currently perfor…
The Microchannel X-ray Telescope on Board the SVOM Satellite
D. Gotz, C. Adami, S. Basa +18
We present the Micro-channel X-ray Telescope (MXT), a new narrow-field (about 1°) telescope that will be flying on the Sino-French SVOM mission dedicated to Gamma-Ray Burst science…
Hard X-ray polarimetry with Caliste, a high performance CdTe based imaging spectrometer
S. Antier, P. Ferrando, O. Limousin +11
Since the initial exploration of soft gamma-ray sky in the 60's, high-energy celestial sources have been mainly characterized through imaging, spectroscopy and timing analysis. Des…
Semiconductor Detector Developments for High Energy Space Astronomy
Aline Meuris
The rise of high energy astrophysics and solar physics in the 20th century is linked to the development of space telescopes; since the 1960s they have given access to the X-ray and…
The COSPIX mission: focusing on the energetic and obscured Universe
P. Ferrando, A. Goldwurm, P. Laurent +57
Tracing the formation and evolution of all supermassive black holes, including the obscured ones, understanding how black holes influence their surroundings and how matter behaves…