Building the BEaTriX facility for the ATHENA mirror modules X-ray testing
| Autor: | M. Fiorini, G. Vecchi, Vincenzo Cotroneo, G. Tagliaferri, Andrea Zappettini, Nis C. Gellert, Mauro Ghigo, Giorgia Sironi, Vadim Burwitz, Edoardo Maria Alberto Redaelli, G. Pareschi, Sonny Massahi, S. Incorvaia, F. E. Christensen, L. Paoletti, M. Sanchez del Rio, Michela Uslenghi, Bianca Salmaso, R. Lolli, Marcos Bavdaz, Desiree Della Monica Ferreira, Ivo Ferreira, C. Ferrari, Stefano Basso, Daniele Spiga |
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| Přispěvatelé: | O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Pareschi, Giovanni, ITA, USA, FRA, DEU, NLD |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Salmaso, B, Basso, S, Cotroneo, V, Ghigo, M, Pareschi, G, Redaelli, E, Sironi, G, Spiga, D, Tagliaferri, G, Vecchi, G, Fiorini, M, Incorvaia, S, Uslenghi, M, Paoletti, L, Ferrari, C, Zappettini, A, Lolli, R, Sanchez Del Rio, M, Burwitz, V, Christensen, F, Ferreira, D D, Gellert, N C, Massahi, S, Bavdaz, M & Ferreira, I 2021, Building the BEaTriX facility for the ATHENA mirror modules X-ray testing . in S L O'Dell, J A Gaskin & G Pareschi (eds), Proceedings of SPIE : Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy X ., 118220M, SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering, Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11822, SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications 2021, San Diego, California, United States, 01/08/2021 . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594182 Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy X |
| Popis: | BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray) is the X-ray facility under construction at the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico Brera (Merate, Italy) to prove that it is possible to perform the X-ray acceptance tests (PSF and Aeff) of the ATHENA mirror modules at the required rate and with the required accuracy. The unique optical setup makes use of a micro-focus X-ray source with anode in Titanium, a paraboloidal mirror with small radius of curvature, and a set of crystals to monochromate and expand the beam to fully illuminate the entrance pupil of the ATHENA MMs. The quality of the optical components, and their precise alignment, guarantees the production of a parallel beam at 4.51 keV, to be extended in a second phase to 1.49 keV in order to complete the acceptance requirements for the ATHENA MMs. The completion of the facility is expected to occur in July this year, while the commissioning will start in September. In this paper, we present the current status. |
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