Barbera, M;
Argan, A;
Bozzo, E;
Branduardi-Raymont, G;
Ciaravella, A;
Collura, A;
Cuttaia, F;
... Villa, F; + view all
(2016)
Thermal Filters for the ATHENA X-IFU: Ongoing Activities Toward the Conceptual Design.
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
, 184
(3-4)
pp. 706-711.
10.1007/s10909-016-1501-4.
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Abstract
ATHENA is the L2 mission selected by ESA to pursue the science theme “Hot and Energetic Universe.” One of the two focal plane instruments is the X-ray Integral Field Unit, an array of TES microcalorimeters operated at T << 100 mK. To allow the X-ray photons focused by the telescope to reach the detector, windows have to be opened on the cryostat thermal shields. X-ray transparent filters need to be mounted on these open windows to attenuate the IR radiation from warm surfaces, to attenuate RF electromagnetic interferences on TES sensors and SQUID electronics, and to protect the detector from contamination. This paper reviews the ongoing activities driving the design of the X-IFU thermal filters.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Thermal Filters for the ATHENA X-IFU: Ongoing Activities Toward the Conceptual Design |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10909-016-1501-4 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10909-016-1501-4 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10909-016-1501-4 |
| Keywords: | X-ray Astronomy, ATHENA, X-IFU, Thermal Filters |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475587 |
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