5 papers
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…
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 neutr…
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. Substan…
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…
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…