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X-ray tests of the ATHENA mirror modules in BEaTriX:from design to reality
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- Salmaso , B , Basso , S , Ghigo , M , Spiga , D , Vecchi , G , Sironi , G , Cotroneo , V , Conconi , P , Redaelli , E , Bianco , A , Pareschi , G , Tagliaferri , G , Sisana , D , Pelliciari , C , Fiorini , M , Incorvaia , S , Uslenghi , M , Paoletti , L , Ferrari , C , Lolli , R , Zappettini , A , Sanchez Del Rio , M , Parodi , G , Burwitz , V , Rukdee , S , Hartner , G , Müller , T , Schmidt , T , Langmeier , A , Ferreira , D D , Massahi , S , Gellert , N C , Christensen , F , Bavdaz , M , Ferreira , I , Collon , M , Vacanti , G & Barrière , N 2022 , X-ray tests of the ATHENA mirror modules in BEaTriX : from design to reality . in J-W A den Herder , S Nikzad & K Nakazawa (eds) , Proceedings of SPIE : Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray . vol. 12181 , 121810W , SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering , Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , vol. 12181 , Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray , Montréal , Quebec , Canada , 17/07/2022 .
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray) facility is now operative at the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico Brera (Merate, Italy). This facility has been specifically designed and built for the X-ray acceptance tests (PSF and Effective Area) of the ATHENA Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) Mirror Modules (MM). The unique setup creates a parallel, monochromatic, large X-ray beam, that fully illuminates the aperture of the MMs, generating an image at the ATHENA focal length of 12 m. This is made possible by a microfocus X-ray source followed by a chain of optical components (a paraboloidal mirror, 2 channel cut monochromators, and an asymmetric silicon crystal) able to expand the X-ray beam to a 6 cm × 17 cm size with a residual divergence of 1.5 arcsec (vertical) × 2.5 arcsec (horizontal). This paper reports the commissioning of the 4.5 keV beam line, and the first light obtained with a Mirror Module.
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- Salmaso , B , Basso , S , Ghigo , M , Spiga , D , Vecchi , G , Sironi , G , Cotroneo , V , Conconi , P , Redaelli , E , Bianco , A , Pareschi , G , Tagliaferri , G , Sisana , D , Pelliciari , C , Fiorini , M , Incorvaia , S , Uslenghi , M , Paoletti , L , Ferrari , C , Lolli , R , Zappettini , A , Sanchez Del Rio , M , Parodi , G , Burwitz , V , Rukdee , S , Hartner , G , Müller , T , Schmidt , T , Langmeier , A , Ferreira , D D , Massahi , S , Gellert , N C , Christensen , F , Bavdaz , M , Ferreira , I , Collon , M , Vacanti , G & Barrière , N 2022 , X-ray tests of the ATHENA mirror modules in BEaTriX : from design to reality . in J-W A den Herder , S Nikzad & K Nakazawa (eds) , Proceedings of SPIE : Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray . vol. 12181 , 121810W , SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering , Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , vol. 12181 , Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray , Montréal , Quebec , Canada , 17/07/2022 .
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- application/pdf, English
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- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1372617109
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource