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Studying X-ray instruments with galaxy clusters
J. Nevalainen, S. Molendi
We applied a scientific approach to the problem of the effective area cross-calibration of the XMM-Newton EPIC instruments. Using a sample of galaxy clusters observed with the XMM-…
CHEX-MATE: Constraining the origin of the scatter in galaxy cluster radial X-ray surface brightness profiles
I. Bartalucci, S. Molendi, E. Rasia +25
We investigate the statistical properties and the origin of the scatter within the spatially resolved surface brightness profiles of the CHEX-MATE sample, formed by 118 galaxy clus…
Measuring the Cosmic X-ray Background in 3-20keV with Straylight from NuSTAR
Steven Rossland, Daniel Wik, Brian Grefenstette +13
By characterizing the contribution of stray light to large datasets from the NuSTAR X-ray observatory collected over 2012--2017, we report a measurement of the cosmic X-ray backgro…
The evolving cluster cores: Putting together the pieces of the puzzle
S. Molendi, S. De Grandi, M. Rossetti +4
In this work we address the issue of whether the division of clusters in cool cores (CCs) and non-cool cores (NCCs) is due to a primordial difference or to how clusters evolve acro…
The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase
Didier Barret, Vincent Albouys, Jan-Willem den Herder +296
The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer, studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray Observatory, a versatile ob…
Geant4 simulation of the residual background in the ATHENA Wide Field Imager from protons deflected by the Charged Particle Diverter
Gábor Galgóczi, Jean-Paul Breuer, Valentina Fioretti +11
X-ray telescopes opened up a new window into the high-energy universe. However, the last generation of these telescopes encountered an unexpected problem: their optics focused not…