Search

Your search keyword '"Van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost"' showing total 23 results
Start Over Author "Van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost"

Refine your results

more »

more »

more »

more »
23 results on '"Van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost"'

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

Author

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

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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, a versatile observatory designed to address the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme, selected in November 2013 by the Survey Science Committee. Based on a large format array of Transition Edge Sensors (TES), it aims to provide spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy, with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV (up to 7 keV) over an 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, 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. Finally we briefly discuss on the ongoing key technology demonstration activities, the calibration and the activities foreseen in the X-IFU Instrument Science Center, and touch on communication and outreach activities, the consortium organisation, and finally on 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 the original X-IFU related scientific objectives of the Athena mission to be retained. (abridged)., Comment: 48 pages, 29 figures, Accepted for publication in Experimental Astronomy with minor editing

Published
2022
Full Text
View/download PDF

2. Frequency domain multiplexing readout for large arrays of transition-edge sensors

Author

Vaccaro, Davide, Akamatsu, Hiroki, Gottardi, Luciano, van der Kuur, Jan, Nagayoshi, Kenichiro, Taralli, Emanuele, de Wit, Martin, Bruijn, Marcel P., van der Linden, Anton J., van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van der Hulst, Paul, Ravensberg, Kevin, de Vries, Cor P., Kiviranta, Mikko, Gao, Jian-Rong, and Herder, Jan-Willem A. den

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

We report our most recent progress and demonstration of a frequency domain multiplexing (FDM) readout technology for transition-edge sensor (TES) arrays, both of which we have been developing, in the framework of the X-IFU instrument on board the future Athena X-ray telescope. Using Ti/Au TES micro-calorimeters, high-Q LC filters and analog/digital electronics developed at SRON and low-noise two-stage SQUID amplifiers from VTT Finland, we demonstrated feasibility of our FDM readout technology, with the simultaneous readout of 37 pixels with an energy resolution at of 2.23 eV at an energy of 6 keV. We finally outline our plans for further scaling up and improving our technology., Comment: Version submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods A for the proceedings of the Pisa Meeting 2021 conference

Published
2022
Full Text
View/download PDF

3. Frequency Shift Algorithm: Design of a Baseband Phase Locked Loop for Frequency-Domain Multiplexing Readout of X-ray Transition-Edge Sensor Microcalorimeters

Author

van der Hulst, Paul, van der Kuur, Jan, Nieuwenhuizen, Ad, Vaccaro, Davide, Akamatsu, Hiroki, van Winden, Patrick, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, and Herder, Jan-Willem den

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control
Abstract

The Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) is an extremely sensitive device which is used to measure the energy of individual X-ray photons. For astronomical spectrometry applications, SRON develops a Frequency Domain Multiplexing (FDM) read-out system for kilopixel arrays of such TESs. Each TES is voltage biased at a specific frequency in the range 1 to 5 MHz. Isolation between the individual pixels is obtained through very narrow-band (high-Q) lithographic LC resonators. To prevent energy resolution degradation due to intermodulation line noise, the bias frequencies are distributed on a regular grid. The requirements on the accuracy of the LC resonance frequency are very high. The deviation of the resonance frequencies due to production tolerances is significant with respect to the bandwidth, and a controller is necessary to compensate for the LC series impedance. We present two such controllers: a simple orthogonal proportional-integrating (PI) controller and a more complex impedance estimator. Both controllers operate in baseband and try to make the TES current in-phase with the bias voltage, effectively operating as phase-locked loops (PLL). They allow off-LC-resonance operation of the TES pixels, while preserving TES thermal response and energy resolution. Extensive experimental results -- published in a companion paper recently -- with the proposed methods, show that these controllers allow the preservation of single pixel energy resolution in multiplexed operation.

Published
2021
Full Text
View/download PDF

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

Author

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

Published
2023
Full Text
View/download PDF

5. The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit

Author

Barret, Didier, Trong, Thien Lam, Herder, Jan-Willem den, Piro, Luigi, Cappi, Massimo, Huovelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rozanska, Agata, Wilms, Joern, Bandler, Simon, Barbera, Marco, Barcons, Xavier, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Costantini, Elisa, Decourchelle, Anne, Hartog, Roland den, Duband, Lionel, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Molendi, Silvano, Orleanski, Piotr, Pajot, François, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Sato, Kosuke, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Thibert, Tanguy, Valenziano, Luca, Valette, Veronique, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Wise, Michael, Yamasaki, Noriko, Delcelier-Douchin, Françoise, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Pontet, Bernard, Pradines, Alice, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Bulbul, Esra, Dadina, Mauro, Ettori, Stefano, Finoguenov, Alexis, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Kaastra, Jelle, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Miller, Jon, Miniutti, Giovanni, Nazé, Yaël, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Sciortino, Salvatore, Simionescu, Aurora, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Frezouls, Benoît, Geoffray, Hervé, Peille, Philippe, Aicardi, Corinne, André, Jérôme, Clénet, Antoine, Daniel, Christophe, Etcheverry, Christophe, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hervet, Gilles, Jolly, Antoine, Ledot, Aurélien, Maussang, Irwin, Paillet, Alexis, Schmisser, Roseline, Vella, Bruno, Damery, Jean-Charles, Boyce, Kevin, DiPirro, Michael, Lotti, Simone, Schwander, Denis, Smith, Stephen, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Weers, Henk, Clerc, Nicolas, Cobo, Beatriz, Dauser, Thomas, de Plaa, Jelle, Kirsch, Christian, Cucchetti, Edoardo, Eckart, Megan, Ferrando, Philippe, and Natalucci, Lorenzo

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer of the ESA Athena X-ray observatory. Over a field of view of 5' equivalent diameter, it will deliver X-ray spectra from 0.2 to 12 keV with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV up to 7 keV on ~5 arcsecond pixels. The X-IFU is based on a large format array of super-conducting molybdenum-gold Transition Edge Sensors cooled at about 90 mK, each coupled with an absorber made of gold and bismuth with a pitch of 249 microns. A cryogenic anti-coincidence detector located underneath the prime TES array enables the non X-ray background to be reduced. A bath temperature of about 50 mK is obtained by a series of mechanical coolers combining 15K Pulse Tubes, 4K and 2K Joule-Thomson coolers which pre-cool a sub Kelvin cooler made of a 3He sorption cooler coupled with an Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator. Frequency domain multiplexing enables to read out 40 pixels in one single channel. A photon interacting with an absorber leads to a current pulse, amplified by the readout electronics and whose shape is reconstructed on board to recover its energy with high accuracy. The defocusing capability offered by the Athena movable mirror assembly enables the X-IFU to observe the brightest X-ray sources of the sky (up to Crab-like intensities) by spreading the telescope point spread function over hundreds of pixels. Thus the X-IFU delivers low pile-up, high throughput (>50%), and typically 10 eV spectral resolution at 1 Crab intensities, i.e. a factor of 10 or more better than Silicon based X-ray detectors. In this paper, the current X-IFU baseline is presented, together with an assessment of its anticipated performance in terms of spectral resolution, background, and count rate capability. The X-IFU baseline configuration will be subject to a preliminary requirement review that is scheduled at the end of 2018., Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Proc. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Austin 2018

Published
2018

6. The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

Author

Barret, Didier, Trong, Thien Lam, Herder, Jan-Willem den, Piro, Luigi, Barcons, Xavier, Huovelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rożanska, Agata, Wilms, Joern, Barbera, Marco, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Decourchelle, Anne, Hartog, Roland den, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Molendi, Silvano, Orleanski, Piotr, Pajot, François, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Renotte, Etienne, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Valenziano, Luca, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Yamasaki, Noriko, Delcelier-Douchin, Françoise, Du, Michel Le, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Pradines, Alice, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Dadina, Mauro, Finoguenov, Alexis, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Miller, Jon, Nazé, Yaël, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Sciortino, Salvatore, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Geoffray, Hervé, Hernandez, Isabelle, Luno, Laure, Peille, Philippe, André, Jérôme, Daniel, Christophe, Etcheverry, Christophe, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hassin, Jérémie, Hervet, Gilles, Maussang, Irwin, Moueza, Jérôme, Paillet, Alexis, Vella, Bruno, Garrido, Gonzalo Campos, Damery, Jean-Charles, Panem, Chantal, Panh, Johan, Bandler, Simon, Biffi, Jean-Marc, Boyce, Kevin, Clénet, Antoine, DiPirro, Michael, Jamotton, Pierre, Lotti, Simone, Schwander, Denis, Smith, Stephen, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Weers, Henk, Brand, Thorsten, Cobo, Beatriz, Dauser, Thomas, de Plaa, Jelle, and Cucchetti, Edoardo

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) on board the Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics (Athena) will provide spatially resolved high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy from 0.2 to 12 keV, with 5 arc second pixels over a field of view of 5 arc minute equivalent diameter and a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV up to 7 keV. In this paper, we first review the core scientific objectives of Athena, driving the main performance parameters of the X-IFU, namely the spectral resolution, the field of view, the effective area, the count rate capabilities, the instrumental background. We also illustrate the breakthrough potential of the X-IFU for some observatory science goals. Then we briefly describe the X-IFU design as defined at the time of the mission consolidation review concluded in May 2016, and report on its predicted performance. Finally, we discuss some options to improve the instrument performance while not increasing its complexity and resource demands (e.g. count rate capability, spectral resolution). The X-IFU will be provided by an international consortium led by France, The Netherlands and Italy, with further ESA member state contributions from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and two international partners from the United States and Japan., Comment: 41 pages, 18 Figures

Published
2016
Full Text
View/download PDF

7. 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

8. Design of the detection chain for Athena X-IFU

Author

Geoffray, Hervé, primary, Jackson, Brian, additional, Bandler, Simon, additional, Smith, Stephen, additional, Doriese, William, additional, Durkin, Malcom, additional, van der Kuur, Jan, additional, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, additional, Kirivanta, Mikko, additional, Prêle, Damien, additional, Ravera, Laurent, additional, Parot, Yann, additional, van Weers, Henk, additional, den Herder, Jan-Willem, additional, Adams, Joseph, additional, Chervenak, James, additional, Reintsema, Carl, additional, Ullom, Joel, additional, Brachet, Frank, additional, Ledot, Aurélien, additional, Peille, Philippe, additional, and Barret, Didier, additional

Published
2022
Full Text
View/download PDF

10. Conceptual design of the detection chain for the X-IFU on Athena

Author

Geoffray, Hervé, primary, Bandler, Simon, additional, Doriese, W. Bertrand, additional, Kirivanta, Mikko, additional, Prêle, Damien, additional, Ravera, Laurent, additional, Argan, Andrea, additional, Barbera, Marco, additional, van der Kuur, Jan, additional, van Leeuwen, Bert Joost, additional, van Weers, Henk, additional, Hoogeveen, Ruud, additional, den herder, Jan-Willem, additional, Smith, Stephen, additional, Adams, Joe, additional, Chervenak, James, additional, Durkin, Malcom, additional, Reintsema, Carl, additional, Ullom, Joel, additional, Parot, Yann, additional, Barret, Didier, additional, Macculi, Claudio, additional, Piro, Luigi, additional, Brachet, Frank, additional, Ledot, Aurélien, additional, and Jackson, Brian, additional

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

11. The ATHENA X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

Author

Barret, Didier, Thien Lam Trong, den Herder, Jan-Willem, Piro, Luigi, Cappi, Massimo, Huovelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Paltani, Stephane, Rauw, Gregor, Rozanska, Agata, Wilms, Joern, Bandler, Simon, Barbera, Marco, Barcons, Xavier, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Costantini, Elisa, Decourchelle, Anne, den Hartog, Roland, Duband, Lionel, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Molendi, Silvano, Orleanski, Piotr, Pajot, Francois, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prele, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Sato, Kosuke, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Thibert, Tanguy, Valenziano, Luca, Valette, Veronique, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Wise, Michael, Yamasaki, Noriko, Delcelier-Douchin, Francoise, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Pontet, Bernard, Pradines, Alice, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Bulbul, Esra, Dadina, Mauro, Ettori, Stefano, Finoguenov, Alexis, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Kaastra, Jelle, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Miller, Jon, Miniutti, Giovanni, Naze, Yael, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Sciortino, Salvatore, Simionescu, Aurora, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Geoffray, Herve, Peille, Philippe, Aicardi, Corinne, Andre, Jerome, Garrido, Gonzalo Campos, Clenet, Antoine, Daniel, Christophe, Etcheverry, Christophe, Frezouls, Benot, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hervet, Gilles, Jolly, Antoine, Ledot, Aurelien, Maussang, Irwin, Paillet, Alexis, Schmisser, Roseline, Travert, Jean-Michel, Vella, Bruno, Damery, Jean-Charles, Boyce, Kevin, DiPirro, Michael, Lotti, Simone, Schwander, Denis, Smith, Stephen, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Weers, Henk, Clerc, Nicolas, Cobo, Beatriz, Dauser, Thomas, de Plaa, Jelle, Kirsch, Christian, Cucchetti, Edoardo, Eckart, Megan, Ferrando, Philippe, Natalucci, Lorenzo, European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles), High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), DenHerder, JWA, Nikzad, S, Nakazawa, K, Department of Physics, Barret, Didier, Lam Trong, Thien, den Herder, Jan-Willem, Piro, Luigi, Cappi, Massimo, Houvelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rozanska, Agata, Wilms, Joern, Bandler, Simon, Barbera, Marco, Barcons, Xavier, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Costantini, Elisa, Decourchelle, Anne, den Hartog, Roland, Duband, Lionel, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Molendi, Silvano, Orleanski, Piotr, Pajot, Françoi, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Sato, Kosuke, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Thibert, Tanguy, Valenziano, Luca, Valette, Véronique, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Wise, Michael, Yamasaki, Noriko, Douchin, Françoise, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Pontet, Bernard, Pradines, Alice, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Bulbul, Esra, Dadina, Mauro, Ettori, Stefano, Finoguenov, Alexi, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Kaastra, Jelle, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Miller, Jon, Miniutti, Giovanni, Naze, Yael, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Scioritino, Salavtore, Simonescu, Aurora, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Frezouls, Benoit, Geoffray, Hervé, Peille, Philippe, Aicardi, Corinne, André, Jérôme, Daniel, Christophe, Clénet, Antoine, Etcheverry, Christophe, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hervet, Gille, Jolly, Antoine, Ledot, Aurélien, Paillet, Irwin, Schmisser, Roseline, Vella, Bruno, Damery, Jean-Charle, Boyce, Kevin, Dipirro, Mike, Lotti, Simone, Schwander, Deni, Smith, Stephen, Van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Weers, Henk, Clerc, Nicola, Cobo, Beatriz, Dauser, Thoma, Kirsch, Christian, Cucchetti, Edoardo, Eckart, Megan, Ferrando, Philippe, Natalucci, Lorenzo, and Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgique)

Subjects
Point spread function, Photon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Field of view, Athena, Instrumentation, Space telescopes, X-ray Integral Field Unit, X-ray spectroscopy, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physic, Large format, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Telescope, Physics::Popular Physics, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisica, Optics, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Spectral resolution, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Spectrometer, business.industry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Material, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 115 Astronomy, Space science, Physics::History of Physics, Applied Mathematic, Space telescope, business
Abstract

Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States., The X-IFU will be provided by an international consortium led by France, The Netherlands and Italy, with further ESA member state contributions from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and two international partners from the United States and Japan: et al., The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer of the ESA Athena X-ray observatory. Over a field of view of 5’ equivalent diameter, it will deliver X-ray spectra from 0.2 to 12 keV with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV up to 7 keV on ∼ 5” pixels. The X-IFU is based on a large format array of super-conducting molybdenum-gold Transition Edge Sensors cooled at ∼ 90 mK, each coupled with an absorber made of gold and bismuth with a pitch of 249 μm. A cryogenic anti-coincidence detector located underneath the prime TES array enables the non X-ray background to be reduced. A bath temperature of ∼ 50 mK is obtained by a series of mechanical coolers combining 15K Pulse Tubes, 4K and 2K Joule-Thomson coolers which pre-cool a sub Kelvin cooler made of a 3He sorption cooler coupled with an Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator. Frequency domain multiplexing enables to read out 40 pixels in one single channel. A photon interacting with an absorber leads to a current pulse, amplified by the readout electronics and whose shape is reconstructed on board to recover its energy with high accuracy. The defocusing capability offered by the Athena movable mirror assembly enables the X-IFU to observe the brightest X-ray sources of the sky (up to Crab-like intensities) by spreading the telescope point spread function over hundreds of pixels. Thus the X-IFU delivers low pile-up, high throughput (< 50%), and typically 10 eV spectral resolution at 1 Crab intensities, i.e. a factor of 10 or more better than Silicon based X-ray detectors. In this paper, the current X-IFU baseline is presented, together with an assessment of its anticipated performance in terms of spectral resolution, background, and count rate capability. The X-IFU baseline configuration will be subject to a preliminary requirement review that is scheduled at the end of 2018., We acknowledge support from the Athena Science Study Team, the Athena Working Group Chairs, the Athena Topical Panel Chairs and the Topical Panel members in strengthening the X-IFU top level performance requirements. Particular thanks go to: E. Rasia, V. Biffi, S. Borgani and K. Dolag for providing cosmological hydrodynamic simulations of a cluster used to produce simulation of X-IFU observation presented in Fig. 2; P.T. O'Brien for assistance with Sect. 2.2.1, A.C. Fabian and C. Pinto for providing inputs for Figure 1. We also thank the ESA project team, and in particular Mark Ayre and Ivo Ferreira, for their work on the assessment of the ToO efficiency requirement. The Italian contribution to X-IFU is supported through the ASI contractn. 2015-046-R.0. XB, MTC and BC acknowledge nancial support by MINECO through grant ESP2014-53672-C3-1-P. A.R., P.O, and A.J. were supported by Polish NSC grants: 2015/17/B/ST9/03422 and 2015/18/M/ST9/00541. GR, ER, YN, and PJ acknowledges support by FNRS and Prodex (Belspo). This work was supported by the French Space Agency (CNES).

Published
2018

12. The focal plane assembly for the ATHENA x-ray integral field unit instrument (Conference Presentation)

Author

Jackson, Brian D., primary, den Hartog, Roland H., additional, van der Kuur, Jan, additional, van Weers, Henk J., additional, Akamatsu, Hiroki, additional, Argan, Andrea, additional, Bandler, Simon R., additional, Barbera, Marco, additional, Barret, Didier, additional, Bruijn, Marcel P., additional, Chervenak, James A., additional, Dercksen, Johannes P. C., additional, Gatti, Flavio, additional, Geoffray, Hervé, additional, Gottardi, Luciano G., additional, den Herder, Jan-Willem, additional, Hoogeveen, Ruud W. M., additional, Kilbourne, Caroline A., additional, Kiviranta, Mikko, additional, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, additional, van Loon, Dennis, additional, Macculi, Claudio, additional, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, additional, Peille, Phillipe, additional, Piro, Luigi, additional, Smith, Stephen J., additional, and Douchin, Francoise, additional

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

13. Radio frequency shielding of thin aluminized plastic filters investigated for the ATHENA X-IFU detector

Author

Cuttaia, Francesco, primary, Collura, Alfonso, primary, D’Anca, Fabio, primary, Ferruggia Bonura, Salvatore, primary, Lo Cicero, Giuseppe, primary, Lo Cicero, Ugo, primary, Sciortino, Luisa, primary, Törmä, Pekka, primary, Villa, Fabrizio, primary, Barbera, Marco, primary, Lullo, Giuseppe, primary, Gloaguen, Emilie, primary, Varisco, Salvatore, primary, Puccio, Elena, primary, Montinaro, Nicola, primary, Gulli, Daniele, primary, Todaro, Michela, primary, Calandra, Enrico, primary, Jackson, Brian D., primary, and van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, primary

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

14. Radio Frequency shielding of thin aluminized plastic filters investigated for the ATHENA X-IFU detector.

Author

Lo Cicero, Ugo, Lo Cicero, Giuseppe, Puccio, Elena, Montinaro, Nicola, Gulli, Daniele, Todaro, Michela, Calandra, Enrico, Törmä, Pekka P., Cuttaia, Francesco, Villa, Fabrizio, Bonurab, Salvatore Ferruggia, Lullo, Giuseppe, Collura, Alfonso, D'Anca, Fabio, Sciortino, Luisa, Varisco, Salvatore, Jackson, Brian, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, Gloaguen, Emilie, and Barbera, M.

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

15. The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

Author

Barret, Didier, additional, Lam Trong, Thien, additional, den Herder, Jan-Willem, additional, Piro, Luigi, additional, Barcons, Xavier, additional, Huovelin, Juhani, additional, Kelley, Richard, additional, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, additional, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, additional, Paltani, Stéphane, additional, Rauw, Gregor, additional, Rożanska, Agata, additional, Wilms, Joern, additional, Barbera, Marco, additional, Bozzo, Enrico, additional, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, additional, Charles, Ivan, additional, Decourchelle, Anne, additional, den Hartog, Roland, additional, Duval, Jean-Marc, additional, Fiore, Fabrizio, additional, Gatti, Flavio, additional, Goldwurm, Andrea, additional, Jackson, Brian, additional, Jonker, Peter, additional, Kilbourne, Caroline, additional, Macculi, Claudio, additional, Mendez, Mariano, additional, Molendi, Silvano, additional, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Pajot, François, additional, Pointecouteau, Etienne, additional, Porter, Frederick, additional, Pratt, Gabriel W., additional, Prêle, Damien, additional, Ravera, Laurent, additional, Renotte, Etienne, additional, Schaye, Joop, additional, Shinozaki, Keisuke, additional, Valenziano, Luca, additional, Vink, Jacco, additional, Webb, Natalie, additional, Yamasaki, Noriko, additional, Delcelier-Douchin, Françoise, additional, Le Du, Michel, additional, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, additional, Pradines, Alice, additional, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, additional, Dadina, Mauro, additional, Finoguenov, Alexis, additional, Fukazawa, Yasushi, additional, Janiuk, Agnieszka, additional, Miller, Jon, additional, Nazé, Yaël, additional, Nicastro, Fabrizio, additional, Sciortino, Salvatore, additional, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, additional, Geoffray, Hervé, additional, Hernandez, Isabelle, additional, Luno, Laure, additional, Peille, Philippe, additional, André, Jérôme, additional, Daniel, Christophe, additional, Etcheverry, Christophe, additional, Gloaguen, Emilie, additional, Hassin, Jérémie, additional, Hervet, Gilles, additional, Maussang, Irwin, additional, Moueza, Jérôme, additional, Paillet, Alexis, additional, Vella, Bruno, additional, Campos Garrido, Gonzalo, additional, Damery, Jean-Charles, additional, Panem, Chantal, additional, Panh, Johan, additional, Bandler, Simon, additional, Biffi, Jean-Marc, additional, Boyce, Kevin, additional, Clénet, Antoine, additional, DiPirro, Michael, additional, Jamotton, Pierre, additional, Lotti, Simone, additional, Schwander, Denis, additional, Smith, Stephen, additional, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, additional, van Weers, Henk, additional, Brand, Thorsten, additional, Cobo, Beatriz, additional, Dauser, Thomas, additional, de Plaa, Jelle, additional, and Cucchetti, Edoardo, additional

Published
2016
Full Text
View/download PDF

16. The DRE: the digital readout electronics for ATHENA X-IFU

Author

Ravera, Laurent, additional, Cara, Christophe, additional, Ceballos, María Teresa, additional, Barcons, Xavier, additional, Barret, Didier, additional, Clédassou, Rodolphe, additional, Clénet, Antoine, additional, Cobo, Beatriz, additional, Doumayrou, Eric, additional, den Hartog, Roland H., additional, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, additional, van Loon, Dennis, additional, Mas-Hesse, José Miguel, additional, Pigot, Claude, additional, and Pointecouteau, Etienne, additional

Published
2014
Full Text
View/download PDF

17. Radio frequency shielding of thin aluminized plastic filters investigated for the ATHENA X-IFU detector

Author

den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Lo Cicero, Ugo, Lo Cicero, Giuseppe, Puccio, Elena, Montinaro, Nicola, Gulli, Daniele, Todaro, Michela, Calandra, Enrico, Törmä, Pekka, Cuttaia, Francesco, Villa, Fabrizio, Ferruggia Bonura, Salvatore, Lullo, Giuseppe, Collura, Alfonso, D’Anca, Fabio, Sciortino, Luisa, Varisco, Salvatore, Jackson, Brian, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, Gloaguen, Emilie, and Barbera, M.

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

18. The ATHENA X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

Author

den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Barret, Didier, Lam Trong, Thien, den Herder, Jan-Willem, Piro, Luigi, Cappi, Massimo, Houvelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rozanska, Agata, Wilms, Joern, Bandler, Simon, Barbera, Marco, Barcons, Xavier, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Costantini, Elisa, Decourchelle, Anne, den Hartog, Roland, Duband, Lionel, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Molendi, Silvano, Orleanski, Piotr, Pajot, François, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Sato, Kosuke, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Thibert, Tanguy, Valenziano, Luca, Valette, Véronique, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Wise, Michael, Yamasaki, Noriko, Douchin, Françoise, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Pontet, Bernard, Pradines, Alice, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Bulbul, Esra, Dadina, Mauro, Ettori, Stefano, Finoguenov, Alexis, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Kaastra, Jelle, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Miller, Jon, Miniutti, Giovanni, Naze, Yael, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Scioritino, Salavtore, Simonescu, Aurora, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Frezouls, Benoit, Geoffray, Hervé, Peille, Philippe, Aicardi, Corinne, André, Jérôme, Daniel, Christophe, Clénet, Antoine, Etcheverry, Christophe, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hervet, Gilles, Jolly, Antoine, Ledot, Aurélien, Paillet, Irwin, Schmisser, Roseline, Vella, Bruno, Damery, Jean-Charles, Boyce, Kevin, Dipirro, Mike, Lotti, Simone, Schwander, Denis, Smith, Stephen, Van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Weers, Henk, Clerc, Nicolas, Cobo, Beatriz, Dauser, Thomas, Kirsch, Christian, Cucchetti, Edoardo, Eckart, Megan, Ferrando, Philippe, and Natalucci, Lorenzo

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

19. Frequency Domain Multiplexed Readout of TES Detector Arrays With Baseband Feedback

Author

den Hartog, Roland, primary, Beyer, Jörn, additional, Boersma, Dick, additional, Bruijn, Marcel, additional, Gottardi, Luciano, additional, Hoevers, Henk, additional, Hou, Rui, additional, Kiviranta, Mikko, additional, de Korte, Piet, additional, van der Kuur, Jan, additional, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, additional, Lindeman, Mark, additional, and Nieuwenhuizen, Ad, additional

Published
2011
Full Text
View/download PDF

20. The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

Author

den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Takahashi, Tadayuki, Bautz, Marshall, Barret, Didier, Lam Trong, Thien, den Herder, Jan-Willem, Piro, Luigi, Barcons, Xavier, Huovelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rożanska, Agata, Wilms, Joern, Barbera, Marco, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Decourchelle, Anne, den Hartog, Roland, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Molendi, Silvano, Orleanski, Piotr, Pajot, François, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Renotte, Etienne, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Valenziano, Luca, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Yamasaki, Noriko, Delcelier-Douchin, Françoise, Le Du, Michel, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Pradines, Alice, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Dadina, Mauro, Finoguenov, Alexis, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Miller, Jon, Nazé, Yaël, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Sciortino, Salvatore, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Geoffray, Hervé, Hernandez, Isabelle, Luno, Laure, Peille, Philippe, André, Jérôme, Daniel, Christophe, Etcheverry, Christophe, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hassin, Jérémie, Hervet, Gilles, Maussang, Irwin, Moueza, Jérôme, Paillet, Alexis, Vella, Bruno, Campos Garrido, Gonzalo, Damery, Jean-Charles, Panem, Chantal, Panh, Johan, Bandler, Simon, Biffi, Jean-Marc, Boyce, Kevin, Clénet, Antoine, DiPirro, Michael, Jamotton, Pierre, Lotti, Simone, Schwander, Denis, Smith, Stephen, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Weers, Henk, Brand, Thorsten, Cobo, Beatriz, Dauser, Thomas, de Plaa, Jelle, and Cucchetti, Edoardo

Published
2016
Full Text
View/download PDF

21. The DRE: the digital readout electronics for ATHENA X-IFU

Author

Takahashi, Tadayuki, den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Bautz, Mark, Ravera, Laurent, Cara, Christophe, Ceballos, María Teresa, Barcons, Xavier, Barret, Didier, Clédassou, Rodolphe, Clénet, Antoine, Cobo, Beatriz, Doumayrou, Eric, den Hartog, Roland H., van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Loon, Dennis, Mas-Hesse, José Miguel, Pigot, Claude, and Pointecouteau, Etienne

Published
2014
Full Text
View/download PDF

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

Author

Didier Barret, Vincent Albouys, Jan-Willem den Herder, Luigi Piro, Massimo Cappi, Juhani Huovelin, Richard Kelley, J. Miguel Mas-Hesse, Stéphane Paltani, Gregor Rauw, Agata Rozanska, Jiri Svoboda, Joern Wilms, Noriko Yamasaki, Marc Audard, Simon Bandler, Marco Barbera, Xavier Barcons, Enrico Bozzo, Maria Teresa Ceballos, Ivan Charles, Elisa Costantini, Thomas Dauser, Anne Decourchelle, Lionel Duband, Jean-Marc Duval, Fabrizio Fiore, Flavio Gatti, Andrea Goldwurm, Roland den Hartog, Brian Jackson, Peter Jonker, Caroline Kilbourne, Seppo Korpela, Claudio Macculi, Mariano Mendez, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Silvano Molendi, François Pajot, Etienne Pointecouteau, Frederick Porter, Gabriel W. Pratt, Damien Prêle, Laurent Ravera, Kosuke Sato, Joop Schaye, Keisuke Shinozaki, Konrad Skup, Jan Soucek, Tanguy Thibert, Jacco Vink, Natalie Webb, Laurence Chaoul, Desi Raulin, Aurora Simionescu, Jose Miguel Torrejon, Fabio Acero, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, Stefano Ettori, Alexis Finoguenov, Nicolas Grosso, Jelle Kaastra, Pasquale Mazzotta, Jon Miller, Giovanni Miniutti, Fabrizio Nicastro, Salvatore Sciortino, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Sophie Beaumont, Edoardo Cucchetti, Matteo D’Andrea, Megan Eckart, Philippe Ferrando, Elias Kammoun, Simone Lotti, Jean-Michel Mesnager, Lorenzo Natalucci, Philippe Peille, Jelle de Plaa, Florence Ardellier, Andrea Argan, Elise Bellouard, Jérôme Carron, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Mauro Fiorini, Pourya Khosropanah, Sylvain Martin, James Perry, Frederic Pinsard, Alice Pradines, Manuela Rigano, Peter Roelfsema, Denis Schwander, Guido Torrioli, Joel Ullom, Isabel Vera, Eduardo Medinaceli Villegas, Monika Zuchniak, Frank Brachet, Ugo Lo Cicero, William Doriese, Malcom Durkin, Valentina Fioretti, Hervé Geoffray, Lionel Jacques, Christian Kirsch, Stephen Smith, Joseph Adams, Emilie Gloaguen, Ruud Hoogeveen, Paul van der Hulst, Mikko Kiviranta, Jan van der Kuur, Aurélien Ledot, Bert-Joost van Leeuwen, Dennis van Loon, Bertrand Lyautey, Yann Parot, Kazuhiro Sakai, Henk van Weers, Shariefa Abdoelkariem, Thomas Adam, Christophe Adami, Corinne Aicardi, Hiroki Akamatsu, Pablo Eleazar Merino Alonso, Roberta Amato, Jérôme André, Matteo Angelinelli, Manuel Anon-Cancela, Shebli Anvar, Ricardo Atienza, Anthony Attard, Natalia Auricchio, Ana Balado, Florian Bancel, Lorenzo Ferrari Barusso, Arturo Bascuñan, Vivian Bernard, Alicia Berrocal, Sylvie Blin, Donata Bonino, François Bonnet, Patrick Bonny, Peter Boorman, Charles Boreux, Ayoub Bounab, Martin Boutelier, Kevin Boyce, Daniele Brienza, Marcel Bruijn, Andrea Bulgarelli, Simona Calarco, Paul Callanan, Alberto Prada Campello, Thierry Camus, Florent Canourgues, Vito Capobianco, Nicolas Cardiel, Florent Castellani, Oscar Cheatom, James Chervenak, Fabio Chiarello, Laurent Clerc, Nicolas Clerc, Beatriz Cobo, Odile Coeur-Joly, Alexis Coleiro, Stéphane Colonges, Leonardo Corcione, Mickael Coriat, Alexandre Coynel, Francesco Cuttaia, Antonino D’Ai, Fabio D’anca, Mauro Dadina, Christophe Daniel, Lea Dauner, Natalie DeNigris, Johannes Dercksen, Michael DiPirro, Eric Doumayrou, Luc Dubbeldam, Michel Dupieux, Simon Dupourqué, Jean Louis Durand, Dominique Eckert, Valvanera Eiriz, Eric Ercolani, Christophe Etcheverry, Fred Finkbeiner, Mariateresa Fiocchi, Hervé Fossecave, Philippe Franssen, Martin Frericks, Stefano Gabici, Florent Gant, Jian-Rong Gao, Fabio Gastaldello, Ludovic Genolet, Simona Ghizzardi, Ma Angeles Alcacera Gil, Elisa Giovannini, Olivier Godet, Javier Gomez-Elvira, Raoul Gonzalez, Manuel Gonzalez, Luciano Gottardi, Dolorès Granat, Michel Gros, Nicolas Guignard, Paul Hieltjes, Adolfo Jesús Hurtado, Kent Irwin, Christian Jacquey, Agnieszka Janiuk, Jean Jaubert, Maria Jiménez, Antoine Jolly, Thierry Jourdan, Sabine Julien, Bartosz Kedziora, Andrew Korb, Ingo Kreykenbohm, Ole König, Mathieu Langer, Philippe Laudet, Philippe Laurent, Monica Laurenza, Jean Lesrel, Sebastiano Ligori, Maximilian Lorenz, Alfredo Luminari, Bruno Maffei, Océane Maisonnave, Lorenzo Marelli, Didier Massonet, Irwin Maussang, Alejandro Gonzalo Melchor, Isabelle Le Mer, Francisco Javier San Millan, Jean-Pierre Millerioux, Teresa Mineo, Gabriele Minervini, Alexeï Molin, David Monestes, Nicola Montinaro, Baptiste Mot, David Murat, Kenichiro Nagayoshi, Yaël Nazé, Loïc Noguès, Damien Pailot, Francesca Panessa, Luigi Parodi, Pascal Petit, Enrico Piconcelli, Ciro Pinto, Jose Miguel Encinas Plaza, Borja Plaza, David Poyatos, Thomas Prouvé, Andy Ptak, Simonetta Puccetti, Elena Puccio, Pascale Ramon, Manuel Reina, Guillaume Rioland, Louis Rodriguez, Anton Roig, Bertrand Rollet, Mauro Roncarelli, Gilles Roudil, Tomasz Rudnicki, Julien Sanisidro, Luisa Sciortino, Vitor Silva, Michael Sordet, Javier Soto-Aguilar, Pierre Spizzi, Christian Surace, Miguel Fernández Sánchez, Emanuele Taralli, Guilhem Terrasa, Régis Terrier, Michela Todaro, Pietro Ubertini, Michela Uslenghi, Jan Geralt Bij de Vaate, Davide Vaccaro, Salvatore Varisco, Peggy Varnière, Laurent Vibert, María Vidriales, Fabrizio Villa, Boris Martin Vodopivec, Angela Volpe, Cor de Vries, Nicholas Wakeham, Gavin Walmsley, Michael Wise, Martin de Wit, Grzegorz Woźniak, Barret, Didier, Albouys, Vincent, Herder, Jan-Willem den, Piro, Luigi, Cappi, Massimo, Huovelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rozanska, Agata, Svoboda, Jiri, Wilms, Joern, Yamasaki, Noriko, Audard, Marc, Bandler, Simon, Barbera, Marco, Barcons, Xavier, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Costantini, Elisa, Dauser, Thoma, Decourchelle, Anne, Duband, Lionel, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Hartog, Roland den, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Korpela, Seppo, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Molendi, Silvano, Pajot, Françoi, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Sato, Kosuke, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Skup, Konrad, Soucek, Jan, Thibert, Tanguy, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Chaoul, Laurence, Raulin, Desi, Simionescu, Aurora, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Acero, Fabio, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Ettori, Stefano, Finoguenov, Alexi, Grosso, Nicola, Kaastra, Jelle, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Miller, Jon, Miniutti, Giovanni, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Sciortino, Salvatore, Yamaguchi, Hiroya, Beaumont, Sophie, Cucchetti, Edoardo, D’Andrea, Matteo, Eckart, Megan, Ferrando, Philippe, Kammoun, Elia, Lotti, Simone, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Natalucci, Lorenzo, Peille, Philippe, de Plaa, Jelle, Ardellier, Florence, Argan, Andrea, Bellouard, Elise, Carron, Jérôme, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Fiorini, Mauro, Khosropanah, Pourya, Martin, Sylvain, Perry, Jame, Pinsard, Frederic, Pradines, Alice, Rigano, Manuela, Roelfsema, Peter, Schwander, Deni, Torrioli, Guido, Ullom, Joel, Vera, Isabel, Villegas, Eduardo Medinaceli, Zuchniak, Monika, Brachet, Frank, Cicero, Ugo Lo, Doriese, William, Durkin, Malcom, Fioretti, Valentina, Geoffray, Hervé, Jacques, Lionel, Kirsch, Christian, Smith, Stephen, Adams, Joseph, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hoogeveen, Ruud, van der Hulst, Paul, Kiviranta, Mikko, van der Kuur, Jan, Ledot, Aurélien, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Loon, Denni, Lyautey, Bertrand, Parot, Yann, Sakai, Kazuhiro, van Weers, Henk, Abdoelkariem, Shariefa, Adam, Thoma, Adami, Christophe, Aicardi, Corinne, Akamatsu, Hiroki, Alonso, Pablo Eleazar Merino, Amato, Roberta, André, Jérôme, Angelinelli, Matteo, Anon-Cancela, Manuel, Anvar, Shebli, Atienza, Ricardo, Attard, Anthony, Auricchio, Natalia, Balado, Ana, Bancel, Florian, Barusso, Lorenzo Ferrari, Bascuñan, Arturo, Bernard, Vivian, Berrocal, Alicia, Blin, Sylvie, Bonino, Donata, Bonnet, Françoi, Bonny, Patrick, Boorman, Peter, Boreux, Charle, Bounab, Ayoub, Boutelier, Martin, Boyce, Kevin, Brienza, Daniele, Bruijn, Marcel, Bulgarelli, Andrea, Calarco, Simona, Callanan, Paul, Campello, Alberto Prada, Camus, Thierry, Canourgues, Florent, Capobianco, Vito, Cardiel, Nicola, Castellani, Florent, Cheatom, Oscar, Chervenak, Jame, Chiarello, Fabio, Clerc, Laurent, Clerc, Nicola, Cobo, Beatriz, Coeur-Joly, Odile, Coleiro, Alexi, Colonges, Stéphane, Corcione, Leonardo, Coriat, Mickael, Coynel, Alexandre, Cuttaia, Francesco, D’Ai, Antonino, D’anca, Fabio, Dadina, Mauro, Daniel, Christophe, Dauner, Lea, DeNigris, Natalie, Dercksen, Johanne, DiPirro, Michael, Doumayrou, Eric, Dubbeldam, Luc, Dupieux, Michel, Dupourqué, Simon, Durand, Jean Loui, Eckert, Dominique, Eiriz, Valvanera, Ercolani, Eric, Etcheverry, Christophe, Finkbeiner, Fred, Fiocchi, Mariateresa, Fossecave, Hervé, Franssen, Philippe, Frericks, Martin, Gabici, Stefano, Gant, Florent, Gao, Jian-Rong, Gastaldello, Fabio, Genolet, Ludovic, Ghizzardi, Simona, Gil, Ma Angeles Alcacera, Giovannini, Elisa, Godet, Olivier, Gomez-Elvira, Javier, Gonzalez, Raoul, Gonzalez, Manuel, Gottardi, Luciano, Granat, Dolorè, Gros, Michel, Guignard, Nicola, Hieltjes, Paul, Hurtado, Adolfo Jesú, Irwin, Kent, Jacquey, Christian, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Jaubert, Jean, Jiménez, Maria, Jolly, Antoine, Jourdan, Thierry, Julien, Sabine, Kedziora, Bartosz, Korb, Andrew, Kreykenbohm, Ingo, König, Ole, Langer, Mathieu, Laudet, Philippe, Laurent, Philippe, Laurenza, Monica, Lesrel, Jean, Ligori, Sebastiano, Lorenz, Maximilian, Luminari, Alfredo, Maffei, Bruno, Maisonnave, Océane, Marelli, Lorenzo, Massonet, Didier, Maussang, Irwin, Melchor, Alejandro Gonzalo, Le Mer, Isabelle, Millan, Francisco Javier San, Millerioux, Jean-Pierre, Mineo, Teresa, Minervini, Gabriele, Molin, Alexeï, Monestes, David, Montinaro, Nicola, Mot, Baptiste, Murat, David, Nagayoshi, Kenichiro, Nazé, Yaël, Noguès, Loïc, Pailot, Damien, Panessa, Francesca, Parodi, Luigi, Petit, Pascal, Piconcelli, Enrico, Pinto, Ciro, Plaza, Jose Miguel Encina, Plaza, Borja, Poyatos, David, Prouvé, Thoma, Ptak, Andy, Puccetti, Simonetta, Puccio, Elena, Ramon, Pascale, Reina, Manuel, Rioland, Guillaume, Rodriguez, Loui, Roig, Anton, Rollet, Bertrand, Roncarelli, Mauro, Roudil, Gille, Rudnicki, Tomasz, Sanisidro, Julien, Sciortino, Luisa, Silva, Vitor, Sordet, Michael, Soto-Aguilar, Javier, Spizzi, Pierre, Surace, Christian, Sánchez, Miguel Fernández, Taralli, Emanuele, Terrasa, Guilhem, Terrier, Régi, Todaro, Michela, Ubertini, Pietro, Uslenghi, Michela, de Vaate, Jan Geralt Bij, Vaccaro, Davide, Varisco, Salvatore, Varnière, Peggy, Vibert, Laurent, Vidriales, María, Villa, Fabrizio, Vodopivec, Boris Martin, Volpe, Angela, de Vries, Cor, Wakeham, Nichola, Walmsley, Gavin, Wise, Michael, de Wit, Martin, Woźniak, Grzegorz, 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, Astronomía y Astrofísica, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), European Space Agency (ESA), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), Department of Physics [Helsinki], Falculty of Science [Helsinki], Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki-Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique [Liège], Université de Liège, Centrum Astronomiczne im. M. Kopernika, Warszawa (CAMK), Faculty of Civil Engineering [Prague] (FSV CTU), Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory (CAL), Columbia University [New York], NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), and Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES)

Subjects
X-IFU: The X-ray Integral Field Unit, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), The X-ray Integral Field Unit [X-IFU], Solar and stellar astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisica, X-rays, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics of Galaxies, Athena: the advanced telescope for high energy astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysical phenomena, Space instrumentation, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, High energy, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), [PHYS.GRQC]Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc], the advanced telescope for high energy astrophysics [Athena], Athena: the advanced telescope for high energy astrophysics · X-IFU: The X-ray Integral Field Unit · Space instrumentation · X-rays · Observatory, Observatory, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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, a versatile observatory designed to address the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme, selected in November 2013 by the Survey Science Committee. Based on a large format array of Transition Edge Sensors (TES), it aims to provide spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy, with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV (up to 7 keV) over an 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, 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. Finally we briefly discuss on the ongoing key technology demonstration activities, the calibration and the activities foreseen in the X-IFU Instrument Science Center, and touch on communication and outreach activities, the consortium organisation, and finally on 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 the original X-IFU related scientific objectives of the Athena mission to be retained. (abridged)., Comment: 48 pages, 29 figures, Accepted for publication in Experimental Astronomy with minor editing

Published
2023

23. Radio frequency shielding of thin aluminized plastic filters investigated for the ATHENA X-IFU detector

Author

E.F. Calandra, Pekka Törmä, Brian Jackson, Emilie Gloaguen, Daniele Gulli, Michela Todaro, Marco Barbera, F. Cuttaia, Giuseppe Lo Cicero, Nicola Montinaro, Salvatore Ferruggia Bonura, Fabrizio Villa, Ugo Lo Cicero, Luisa Sciortino, Fabio D'Anca, Giuseppe Lullo, Bert-Joost van Leeuwen, Elena Puccio, Salvatore Varisco, Alfonso Collura, Lo Cicero, Ugo, Lo Cicero, Giuseppe, Puccio, Elena, Montinaro, Nicola, Gulli, Daniele, Todaro, Michela, Calandra, Enrico, Törmä, Pekka, Cuttaia, Francesco, Villa, Fabrizio, Ferruggia Bonura, Salvatore, Lullo, Giuseppe, Collura, Alfonso, D'Anca, Fabio, Sciortino, Luisa, Varisco, Salvatore, Jackson, Brian, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, Gloaguen, Emilie, and Barbera, Marco

Subjects
Cryostat, Materials science, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, X-ray detector, RF attenuation, Field of view, Condensed Matter Physic, 02 engineering and technology, reverberation chamber, 7. Clean energy, Electromagnetic interference, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisica, Optics, X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU), thermal thin-film filter, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, business.industry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Material, 020502 materials, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, x-ray detector, Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 020206 networking & telecommunications, resonance mode, Applied Mathematic, ATHENA X-ray observatory, EMI shielding, 0205 materials engineering, Electromagnetic shielding, Radio frequency, Antenna (radio), business
Abstract

Copyright 2018 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited. The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is one of the two detectors of the ATHENA astrophysics space mission approved by ESA in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Science Programme. The X-IFU consists of a large array of transition edge sensors (TES) micro-calorimeters covering a field of view of 5' diameter, sensitive in the energy range 0.2-12 keV, and providing a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV at 7 keV. Both the TES and superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUID) based read-out electronics are very sensitive to electromagnetic interferences (EMI), and a proper shielding of the focal plane assembly (FPA) is required to prevent a deterioration of the energy resolution. A set of thin filters, highly transparent to X-rays, will be mounted on the FPA and on the cryostat thermal shields in order to attenuate the infrared radiative load, and to protect the detector from contamination. Some of these filters are also aimed at providing proper radio frequency (RF) shielding in the frequency range of the satellite telemetry downlink antenna. In addition, filters should also be effective in shielding any RF interference generated by other on-board electronics. In this paper, we present results from RF measurements performed on thin plastic foils coated with an aluminum layer, with and without metal meshes, and identify the filter characteristics matching the RF shielding requirements.

Published
2018
Full Text
View/download PDF

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results