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Building the BEaTriX facility for the ATHENA mirror modules X-ray testing
Bianca Salmaso,Stefano Basso,Vincenzo Cotroneo,Mauro Ghigo,G. Pareschi,Edoardo Maria Alberto Redaelli,Giorgia Sironi,Daniele Spiga,G. Tagliaferri,G. Vecchi,M. Fiorini,S. Incorvaia,Michela Uslenghi,L. Paoletti,C. Ferrari,Andrea Zappettini,R. Lolli,M. Sanchez del Rio,Vadim Burwitz,F. E. Christensen,Desiree Della Monica Ferreira,Nis C. Gellert,Sonny Massahi,Marcos Bavdaz,Ivo Ferreira +24 more
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The BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray) facility at the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico Brera (Merate, Italy) as discussed by the authors is the state-of-the-art facility for beam expansion testing of ATHENA mirror modules.Abstract:
BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray) is the X-ray facility under construction at the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico Brera (Merate, Italy) to prove that it is possible to perform the X-ray acceptance tests (PSF and Aeff) of the ATHENA mirror modules at the required rate and with the required accuracy. The unique optical setup makes use of a micro-focus X-ray source with anode in Titanium, a paraboloidal mirror with small radius of curvature, and a set of crystals to monochromate and expand the beam to fully illuminate the entrance pupil of the ATHENA MMs. The quality of the optical components, and their precise alignment, guarantees the production of a parallel beam at 4.51 keV, to be extended in a second phase to 1.49 keV in order to complete the acceptance requirements for the ATHENA MMs. The completion of the facility is expected to occur in July this year, while the commissioning will start in September. In this paper, we present the current status.read more
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Silicon pore optics x-ray mirror development for the Athena telescope
Maximilien J. Collon,Ljubiša Babić,Nicolas M. Barrière,Alex Bayerle,Luigi Castiglione,Noë Eenkhoorn,David Girou,Ramses Günther,Enrico Hauser,Yvette Jenkins,Boris Landgraf,Laurens Keek,Ben Okma,Gregorio Mendoza Serrano,Aniket Thete,Giuseppe Vacanti,Sjoerd Verhoeckx,Mark Vervest,Luc Voruz,Marco W. Beijersbergen,Marcos Bavdaz,Eric Wille,Ivo Ferreira,Sebastiaan Fransen,Brian Shortt,Mark Olde Riekerink,Jeroen Haneveld,Arenda Koelewijn,Maurice Wijnperle,Jan Joost Lankwarden,Bart Schurink,Ronald Start,Coen van Baren,Paul Hieltjes,Jan-Willem den Herder,Evelyn Handick,Michael Krumrey,Miranda Bradshaw,Vadim Burwitz,Sonny Massahi,Sara Svendsen,Desiree Della Monica Ferreira,Finn Erland Christensen,Giuseppe Valsecchi,Geeta Kailla,William Mundon,Gavin Philips,Kevin Ball +47 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the status of the technology and of the mass production capabilities, show latest performance results, and discuss the next steps in the development of the system.
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The Athena x-ray optics development and accommodation
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TL;DR: The Silicon Pore Optics technology (SPO) as mentioned in this paper is a state-of-the-art X-ray optics technology for large-scale space missions. But it is not suitable for the Athena mission, which requires around 700 mirror modules, accurately aligned to produce a common focus.
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X-ray mirror development and production for the Athena telescope
Maximilien J. Collon,Ljubiša Babić,Nicolas M. Barrière,Alex Bayerle,Luigi Castiglione,Noë Eenkhoorn,David Girou,Ramses Günther,Enrico Hauser,Yvette Jenkins,Boris Landgraf,Laurens Keek,Ben Okma,Gregorio Mendoza Serano,Aniket Thete,Giuseppe Vacanti,Sjoerd Verhoeckx,Mark Vervest,Luc Voruz,Marco W. Beijersbergen,Marcos Bavdaz,Eric Wille,Ivo Ferreira,Sebastiaan Fransen,Brian Shortt,Mark Olde Riekerink,Jeroen Haneveld,Arenda Koelewijn,Maurice Wijnperle,Jan-Joost Lankwarden,Bart Schurink,Ronald Start,Coen van Baren,Paul Hieltjes,Jan Willem den Herder,Jan Willem den Herder,Evelyn Handick,Michael Krumrey,Miranda Bradshaw,Vadim Burwitz,Sonny Massahi,Sara Svendsen,Desiree Della Monica Ferreira,Finn Erland Christensen,Giuseppe Valsecchi,Geeta Kailla,William Mundon,Gavin Phillips,Ian Chequer,Kevin Ball +49 more
TL;DR: Athena, the largest x-ray telescope to be flown by the European Space Agency, uses a revolutionary new modular technology to assemble its 2.6 m diameter lens as discussed by the authors.
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Performance simulations for the ground-based, expanded-beam x-ray source BEaTriX
Daniele Spiga,Bianca Salmaso,Stefano Basso,Mauro Ghigo,Giorgia Sironi,G. Vecchi,Vincenzo Cotroneo,Paolo Conconi,Giovanni Pareschi,Gianpiero Tagliaferri,Marcos Bavdaz,Ivo Ferreira,Luigina Arcangeli,Massimilano Rossi,Vadim Burwitz,Surangkhana Rukdee,Gisela Hartner,Thomas Mueller,Thomas Schmidt,Andreas Langmeier,Desiree Della Monica Ferreira,Nis C. Gellert,Sonny Massahi,Finn Erland Christensen +23 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a set of comprehensive optical simulations were used to predict the collimation performances of the paraboloidal mirror, including the effect of surface errors obtained from metrology.
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Manufacturing and testing of the X-ray collimating mirror for the BEaTriX facility
G. Vecchi,Vincenzo Cotroneo,Mauro Ghigo,Stefano Basso,Bianca Salmaso,Giorgia Sironi,Daniele Spiga,Paolo Conconi,Giovanni Pareschi,Gianpiero Tagliaferri,Vadim Burwitz,Gisela Hartner,Thomas Müller,Surangkhana Rukdee,Thomas Schmidt,Finn Erland Christensen,Desiree Della Monica Ferreira,Nis C. Gellert,Sonny Massahi,Marcos Bavdaz,Ivo Ferreira +20 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the development and test of the collimating mirror, a paraboloid sector having an optical surface of 400 mm ´ 60 mm and sagittal radii of about 155 mm.
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The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission
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TL;DR: The Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics (Athena+) mission as discussed by the authors provides the necessary performance (e.g., angular resolution, spectral resolution, survey grasp) to address these questions and revolutionize our understanding of the Hot and Energetic Universe.
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Silicon pore optics x-ray mirror development for the Athena telescope
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The Athena x-ray optics development and accommodation
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