Search

Your search keyword '"Minervini, Gabriele"' showing total 3 results
Start Over Author "Minervini, Gabriele" Publisher springer nature
3 results on '"Minervini, Gabriele"'

1. Preliminary design and development of the module back-end electronics for the large area detector onboard the eXTP mission.

Author

Xiong, Hao, Bayer, Jörg, Santangelo, Andrea, Feroci, Marco, Del Monte, Ettore, Guzman, Alejandro, Hedderman, Paul, Minervini, Gabriele, Pliego, Samuel, Putz, Andreas, Tenzer, Chris, Trois, Alessio, and Wang, Xianqi

Abstract

The Large Area Detector (LAD) is one of the science payloads of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission. The LAD is a spectral-timing instrument with a broad energy response, covering a range from 2 to 30 keV, a good timing resolution of better than 10 µs, and an expected energy resolution of 260 eV at 6 keV. The LAD consists of 640 large-area multi-anode Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs). Given the large number of detectors, the LAD uses a modular design. Each module comprises sixteen detectors, and each detector is equipped with dedicated Front-End Electronics (FEE), interfacing with two separate Module Back-End Electronics (MBEEs). Each MBEE is designed to process the data from 1,792 anode channels in 8 FEEs (224 anode channels per FEE), performing the energy reconstruction and time tagging for X-ray events. The MBEE uses the European Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) from NanoXplore™, based on a pipeline concept, which reduces dead time, making the LAD suitable for higher flux X-ray detection, and it can handle a sustained flux of >500 mCrab and a continuous flux of >15 Crab for up to 300 minutes (Feroci et al. 2018). Additionally, the MBEE serves as the central hub for configuring the module's electronics, including the FEEs, the Power Supply Unit (PSU), and the MBEE itself, and it is also responsible for collecting housekeeping data to monitor the system's status. The prototype MBEE was designed, manufactured, and programmed with FPGA firmware using VHDL. The basic functional test was conducted in this paper, and the results indicated that the MBEE could be operated in different modes to perform the functions mentioned above. Analysis and testing show that it can transmit event packets-containing timing tag, event type, position ID, and energy information-at a baud rate of 2 Mbps with an event loss fraction of 1.5%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2025
Full Text
View/download PDF

2. The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase

Author

Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Física Aplicada a las Ciencias y las Tecnologías, Barret, Didier, Albouys, Vincent, den Herder, Jan-Willem, Piro, Luigi, Cappi, Massimo, Huovelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rozanska, Agata, Bernard, Vivian, Berrocal, Alicia, Audard, Marc, Blin, Sylvie, Bonino, Donata, Frericks, Martin, Bonnet, François, Bonny, Patrick, Boorman, Peter, Ptak, Andy, Chaoul, Laurence, Boreux, Charles, Bounab, Ayoub, Boutelier, Martin, Boyce, Kevin, Brienza, Daniele, Bandler, Simon, Bruijn, Marcel, Gabici, Stefano, Bulgarelli, Andrea, Calarco, Simona, Raulin, Desi, Gloaguen, Emilie, Callanan, Paul, Prada Campello, Alberto, Camus, Thierry, Canourgues, Florent, Capobianco, Vito, Cardiel, Nicolas, Castellani, Florent, Barbera, Marco, Gant, Florent, Simionescu, Aurora, Cheatom, Oscar, Doumayrou, Eric, Chervenak, James, Chiarello, Fabio, Clerc, Laurent, Clerc, Nicolas, Cobo, Beatriz, Coeur-Joly, Odile, Coleiro, Alexis, Colonges, Stéphane, Torrejon, Jose M., Corcione, Leonardo, Gao, Jian-Rong, Puccetti, Simonetta, Barcons, Xavier, Coriat, Mickael, Coynel, Alexandre, Cuttaia, Francesco, D’Ai, Antonino, D’anca, Fabio, Dadina, Mauro, Acero, Fabio, Daniel, Christophe, Dauner, Lea, DeNigris, Natalie, Puccio, Elena, Gastaldello, Fabio, Dercksen, Johannes, Bozzo, Enrico, DiPirro, Michael, Genolet, Ludovic, Durkin, Malcom, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, Charles, Ivan, Ghizzardi, Simona, Alcacera Gil, M. Angeles, Giovannini, Elisa, Ramon, Pascale, Godet, Olivier, Gomez-Elvira, Javier, Gonzalez, Raoul, Gonzalez, Manuel, Gottardi, Luciano, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Granat, Dolorès, Fioretti, Valentina, Gros, Michel, Costantini, Elisa, Guignard, Nicolas, Reina, Manuel, Hieltjes, Paul, Hurtado, Adolfo Jesús, Irwin, Kent, Jacquey, Christian, Ettori, Stefano, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Jaubert, Jean, Jiménez, Maria, Geoffray, Hervé, Jolly, Antoine, Jourdan, Thierry, Rioland, Guillaume, Dauser, Thomas, Julien, Sabine, Kedziora, Bartosz, Finoguenov, Alexis, Korb, Andrew, Kreykenbohm, Ingo, König, Ole, Langer, Mathieu, Laudet, Philippe, Jacques, Lionel, Laurent, Philippe, Rodriguez, Louis, Laurenza, Monica, Lesrel, Jean, Etcheverry, Christophe, Decourchelle, Anne, Ligori, Sebastiano, Lorenz, Maximilian, Luminari, Alfredo, Maffei, Bruno, Maisonnave, Océane, Marelli, Lorenzo, Kirsch, Christian, Roig, Anton, Massonet, Didier, Petit, Pascal, Maussang, Irwin, Melchor, Alejandro Gonzalo, Le Mer, Isabelle, Duband, Lionel, San Millan, Francisco Javier, Millerioux, Jean-Pierre, Mineo, Teresa, Minervini, Gabriele, Molin, Alexeï, Gatti, Flavio, Grosso, Nicolas, Smith, Stephen, Monestes, David, Montinaro, Nicola, Mot, Baptiste, Murat, David, Nagayoshi, Kenichiro, Duval, Jean-Marc, Nazé, Yaël, Noguès, Loïc, Pailot, Damien, Kaastra, Jelle, Rollet, Bertrand, Panessa, Francesca, Adams, Joseph, Parodi, Luigi, Roncarelli, Mauro, Dubbeldam, Luc, Hoogeveen, Ruud, Roudil, Gilles, Rudnicki, Tomasz, Sanisidro, Julien, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Sciortino, Luisa, Silva, Vitor, Sordet, Michael, Soto-Aguilar, Javier, Spizzi, Pierre, Goldwurm, Andrea, Dupieux, Michel, Surace, Christian, Svoboda, Jiri, Fernández Sánchez, Miguel, Miller, Jon, Taralli, Emanuele, Terrasa, Guilhem, Terrier, Régis, Todaro, Michela, Ubertini, Pietro, Uslenghi, Michela, Vaate, Jan Geralt Bijd de, Dupourqué, Simon, Vaccaro, Davide, den Hartog, Roland, Miniutti, Giovanni, van der Hulst, Paul, Varisco, Salvatore, Varnière, Peggy, Vibert, Laurent, Vidriales, María, Villa, Fabrizio, Vodopivec, Boris Martin, Volpe, Angela, Durand, Jean Louis, Vries, Cor de, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Wakeham, Nicholas, Walmsley, Gavin, Kiviranta, Mikko, Jackson, Brian, Wise, Michael, Wit, Martin de, Woźniak, Grzegorz, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Eckert, Dominique, Sciortino, Salvatore, Korpela, Seppo, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, van der Kuur, Jan, Molendi, Silvano, Pajot, François, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., van Loon, Dennis, Eiriz, Valvanera, Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Sato, Kosuke, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Ledot, Aurélien, Skup, Konrad, Soucek, Jan, Thibert, Tanguy, Yamaguchi, Hiroya, Vink, Jacco, Ercolani, Eric, Webb, Natalie, Beaumont, Sophie, Piconcelli, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Cucchetti, Edoardo, D’Andrea, Matteo, Eckart, Megan, Ferrando, Philippe, Kammoun, Elias, Lotti, Simone, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Natalucci, Lorenzo, Lyautey, Bertrand, Pinto, Ciro, Peille, Philippe, Doriese, William, de Plaa, Jelle, Ardellier, Florence, Argan, Andrea, Bellouard, Elise, Carron, Jérôme, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Fiorini, Mauro, Khosropanah, Pourya, Encinas Plaza, Jose Miguel, Martin, Sylvain, Parot, Yann, Finkbeiner, Fred, Perry, James, Pinsard, Frederic, Pradines, Alice, Rigano, Manuela, Roelfsema, Peter, Schwander, Denis, Torrioli, Guido, Plaza, Borja, Ullom, Joel, Vera, Isabel, Medinaceli Villegas, Eduardo, Fiocchi, Mariateresa, Sakai, Kazuhiro, Zuchniak, Monika, Brachet, Frank, Lo Cicero, Ugo, van Weers, Henk, Wilms, Joern, Fiore, Fabrizio, Abdoelkariem, Shariefa, Adam, Thomas, Adami, Christophe, Aicardi, Corinne, Fossecave, Hervé, Akamatsu, Hiroki, Merino Alonso, Pablo Eleazar, Amato, Roberta, André, Jérôme, Angelinelli, Matteo, Poyatos, David, Anon-Cancela, Manuel, Yamasaki, Noriko, Anvar, Shebli, Atienza, Ricardo, Attard, Anthony, Franssen, Philippe, Auricchio, Natalia, Balado, Ana, Bancel, Florian, Barusso, Lorenzo Ferrari, Prouvé, Thomas, Bascuñan, Arturo, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Física Aplicada a las Ciencias y las Tecnologías, Barret, Didier, Albouys, Vincent, den Herder, Jan-Willem, Piro, Luigi, Cappi, Massimo, Huovelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rozanska, Agata, Bernard, Vivian, Berrocal, Alicia, Audard, Marc, Blin, Sylvie, Bonino, Donata, Frericks, Martin, Bonnet, François, Bonny, Patrick, Boorman, Peter, Ptak, Andy, Chaoul, Laurence, Boreux, Charles, Bounab, Ayoub, Boutelier, Martin, Boyce, Kevin, Brienza, Daniele, Bandler, Simon, Bruijn, Marcel, Gabici, Stefano, Bulgarelli, Andrea, Calarco, Simona, Raulin, Desi, Gloaguen, Emilie, Callanan, Paul, Prada Campello, Alberto, Camus, Thierry, Canourgues, Florent, Capobianco, Vito, Cardiel, Nicolas, Castellani, Florent, Barbera, Marco, Gant, Florent, Simionescu, Aurora, Cheatom, Oscar, Doumayrou, Eric, Chervenak, James, Chiarello, Fabio, Clerc, Laurent, Clerc, Nicolas, Cobo, Beatriz, Coeur-Joly, Odile, Coleiro, Alexis, Colonges, Stéphane, Torrejon, Jose M., Corcione, Leonardo, Gao, Jian-Rong, Puccetti, Simonetta, Barcons, Xavier, Coriat, Mickael, Coynel, Alexandre, Cuttaia, Francesco, D’Ai, Antonino, D’anca, Fabio, Dadina, Mauro, Acero, Fabio, Daniel, Christophe, Dauner, Lea, DeNigris, Natalie, Puccio, Elena, Gastaldello, Fabio, Dercksen, Johannes, Bozzo, Enrico, DiPirro, Michael, Genolet, Ludovic, Durkin, Malcom, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, Charles, Ivan, Ghizzardi, Simona, Alcacera Gil, M. Angeles, Giovannini, Elisa, Ramon, Pascale, Godet, Olivier, Gomez-Elvira, Javier, Gonzalez, Raoul, Gonzalez, Manuel, Gottardi, Luciano, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Granat, Dolorès, Fioretti, Valentina, Gros, Michel, Costantini, Elisa, Guignard, Nicolas, Reina, Manuel, Hieltjes, Paul, Hurtado, Adolfo Jesús, Irwin, Kent, Jacquey, Christian, Ettori, Stefano, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Jaubert, Jean, Jiménez, Maria, Geoffray, Hervé, Jolly, Antoine, Jourdan, Thierry, Rioland, Guillaume, Dauser, Thomas, Julien, Sabine, Kedziora, Bartosz, Finoguenov, Alexis, Korb, Andrew, Kreykenbohm, Ingo, König, Ole, Langer, Mathieu, Laudet, Philippe, Jacques, Lionel, Laurent, Philippe, Rodriguez, Louis, Laurenza, Monica, Lesrel, Jean, Etcheverry, Christophe, Decourchelle, Anne, Ligori, Sebastiano, Lorenz, Maximilian, Luminari, Alfredo, Maffei, Bruno, Maisonnave, Océane, Marelli, Lorenzo, Kirsch, Christian, Roig, Anton, Massonet, Didier, Petit, Pascal, Maussang, Irwin, Melchor, Alejandro Gonzalo, Le Mer, Isabelle, Duband, Lionel, San Millan, Francisco Javier, Millerioux, Jean-Pierre, Mineo, Teresa, Minervini, Gabriele, Molin, Alexeï, Gatti, Flavio, Grosso, Nicolas, Smith, Stephen, Monestes, David, Montinaro, Nicola, Mot, Baptiste, Murat, David, Nagayoshi, Kenichiro, Duval, Jean-Marc, Nazé, Yaël, Noguès, Loïc, Pailot, Damien, Kaastra, Jelle, Rollet, Bertrand, Panessa, Francesca, Adams, Joseph, Parodi, Luigi, Roncarelli, Mauro, Dubbeldam, Luc, Hoogeveen, Ruud, Roudil, Gilles, Rudnicki, Tomasz, Sanisidro, Julien, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Sciortino, Luisa, Silva, Vitor, Sordet, Michael, Soto-Aguilar, Javier, Spizzi, Pierre, Goldwurm, Andrea, Dupieux, Michel, Surace, Christian, Svoboda, Jiri, Fernández Sánchez, Miguel, Miller, Jon, Taralli, Emanuele, Terrasa, Guilhem, Terrier, Régis, Todaro, Michela, Ubertini, Pietro, Uslenghi, Michela, Vaate, Jan Geralt Bijd de, Dupourqué, Simon, Vaccaro, Davide, den Hartog, Roland, Miniutti, Giovanni, van der Hulst, Paul, Varisco, Salvatore, Varnière, Peggy, Vibert, Laurent, Vidriales, María, Villa, Fabrizio, Vodopivec, Boris Martin, Volpe, Angela, Durand, Jean Louis, Vries, Cor de, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Wakeham, Nicholas, Walmsley, Gavin, Kiviranta, Mikko, Jackson, Brian, Wise, Michael, Wit, Martin de, Woźniak, Grzegorz, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Eckert, Dominique, Sciortino, Salvatore, Korpela, Seppo, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, van der Kuur, Jan, Molendi, Silvano, Pajot, François, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., van Loon, Dennis, Eiriz, Valvanera, Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Sato, Kosuke, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Ledot, Aurélien, Skup, Konrad, Soucek, Jan, Thibert, Tanguy, Yamaguchi, Hiroya, Vink, Jacco, Ercolani, Eric, Webb, Natalie, Beaumont, Sophie, Piconcelli, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Cucchetti, Edoardo, D’Andrea, Matteo, Eckart, Megan, Ferrando, Philippe, Kammoun, Elias, Lotti, Simone, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Natalucci, Lorenzo, Lyautey, Bertrand, Pinto, Ciro, Peille, Philippe, Doriese, William, de Plaa, Jelle, Ardellier, Florence, Argan, Andrea, Bellouard, Elise, Carron, Jérôme, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Fiorini, Mauro, Khosropanah, Pourya, Encinas Plaza, Jose Miguel, Martin, Sylvain, Parot, Yann, Finkbeiner, Fred, Perry, James, Pinsard, Frederic, Pradines, Alice, Rigano, Manuela, Roelfsema, Peter, Schwander, Denis, Torrioli, Guido, Plaza, Borja, Ullom, Joel, Vera, Isabel, Medinaceli Villegas, Eduardo, Fiocchi, Mariateresa, Sakai, Kazuhiro, Zuchniak, Monika, Brachet, Frank, Lo Cicero, Ugo, van Weers, Henk, Wilms, Joern, Fiore, Fabrizio, Abdoelkariem, Shariefa, Adam, Thomas, Adami, Christophe, Aicardi, Corinne, Fossecave, Hervé, Akamatsu, Hiroki, Merino Alonso, Pablo Eleazar, Amato, Roberta, André, Jérôme, Angelinelli, Matteo, Poyatos, David, Anon-Cancela, Manuel, Yamasaki, Noriko, Anvar, Shebli, Atienza, Ricardo, Attard, Anthony, Franssen, Philippe, Auricchio, Natalia, Balado, Ana, Bancel, Florian, Barusso, Lorenzo Ferrari, Prouvé, Thomas, and Bascuñan, Arturo

Abstract

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. Athena is a versatile observatory designed to address the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme, as selected in November 2013 by the Survey Science Committee. Based on a large format array of Transition Edge Sensors (TES), X-IFU aims to provide spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy, with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV (up to 7 keV) over a hexagonal field of view of 5 arc minutes (equivalent diameter). The X-IFU entered its System Requirement Review (SRR) in June 2022, at about the same time when ESA called for an overall X-IFU redesign (including the X-IFU cryostat and the cooling chain), due to an unanticipated cost overrun of Athena. In this paper, after illustrating the breakthrough capabilities of the X-IFU, we describe the instrument as presented at its SRR (i.e. in the course of its preliminary definition phase, so-called B1), browsing through all the subsystems and associated requirements. We then show the instrument budgets, with a particular emphasis on the anticipated budgets of some of its key performance parameters, such as the instrument efficiency, spectral resolution, energy scale knowledge, count rate capability, non X-ray background and target of opportunity efficiency. Finally, we briefly discuss the ongoing key technology demonstration activities, the calibration and the activities foreseen in the X-IFU Instrument Science Center, touch on communication and outreach activities, the consortium organisation and the life cycle assessment of X-IFU aiming at minimising the environmental footprint, associated with the development of the instrument. Thanks to the studies conducted so far on X-IFU, it is expected that along the design-to-cost exercise requested by ESA, the X-IFU will maintain flagship capabilities in spatially resolved high resolution X-ray spectroscopy, enabling most of th

Published
2023

3. Soft proton flux on ATHENA focal plane and its impact on the magnetic diverter design.

Author

Lotti, Simone, Mineo, Teresa, Jacquey, Christian, Laurenza, Monica, Fioretti, Valentina, Minervini, Gabriele, Santin, Giovanni, Molendi, Silvano, Alberti, Tommaso, Dondero, Paolo, Mantero, Alfonso, Ivanchencko, Vladimir, Macculi, Claudio, and Piro, Luigi

Subjects
X-ray telescopes, FOCAL planes, SPACE environment, MONTE Carlo method
Abstract

The experience gained with the current generation of X-ray telescopes like Chandra and XMM-Newton has shown that low energy “soft” protons can pose a severe threat to the possibility to exploit scientific data, reducing the available exposure times by up to 50% and introducing a poorly reproducible background component. These soft protons are present in orbits outside the radiation belts and enter the mirrors, being concentrated towards the focal plane instruments, losing energy along their path and finally depositing their remaining energy in the detectors. Their contribution to the residual background will be even higher for ATHENA with respect to previous missions, given the much higher collecting area of the mirrors, even if the instruments will likely suffer no significant radiation damage from this particles flux. As a consequence this soft proton flux shall be damped with the use of a magnetic diverter to avoid excess background loading on the WFI or X-IFU instruments. We present here a first complete evaluation of this background component for the two focal plane instruments of the ATHENA mission in absence of a magnetic diverter, and derive the requirements for such device to reduce the soft protons induced background below the level required to enable the mission science. We estimate the soft proton flux expected in L2 for the interplanetary component and for the component generated locally by acceleration processes in the magnetotail. We produce a proton response matrix for each of the two instruments of ATHENA focal plane, exploiting two independent Monte Carlo simulations to estimate the optics concentration efficiency, and Geant4 simulations to evaluate the energy loss inside the radiation filters and deposited in the detector. With this modular approach we derive the expected fluxes and spectra for the soft protons component of the background. Finally, we calculate the specifics of a magnetic diverter able to reduce such flux below the required level for both X-IFU and WFI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results