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Titolo: | The Cryogenic Anti-Coincidence detector for ATHENA X-IFU: pulse analysis of the AC-S7 single pixel prototype | Autori: | D'ANDREA, MATTEO ARGAN, ANDREA LOTTI, Simone MACCULI, CLAUDIO PIRO, LUIGI Biasotti, Michele Corsini, Dario Gatti, Flavio Torrioli, Guido |
Data pubblicazione: | 2016 | Titolo del volume in cui è pubblicato il poster: | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray | Curatore/i del volume in cui è pubblicato il contributo: | den Herder, Jan-Willem A.; Takahashi, Tadayuki; Bautz, Marshall | Serie: | PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE | Numero: | 9905 | Da pagina:: | 99055X | Abstract: | The ATHENA observatory is the second large-class mission in ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025, with a launch foreseen in 2028 towards the L2 orbit. The mission addresses the science theme "The Hot and Energetic Universe", by coupling a high-performance X-ray Telescope with two complementary focal-plane instruments. One of these is the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU): it is a TES based kilo-pixel order array able to provide spatially resolved high-resolution spectroscopy (2.5 eV at 6 keV) over a 5 arcmin FoV. The X-IFU sensitivity is degraded by the particles background expected at L2 orbit, which is induced by primary protons of both galactic and solar origin, and mostly by secondary electrons. To reduce the background level and enable the mission science goals, a Cryogenic Anticoincidence (CryoAC) detector is placed < 1 mm below the TES array. It is a 4- pixel TES based detector, with wide Silicon absorbers sensed by Ir:Au TESes. The CryoAC development schedule foresees by Q1 2017 the delivery of a Demonstration Model (DM) to the X-IFU FPA development team. The DM is a single-pixel detector that will address the final design of the CryoAC. It will verify some representative requirements at single-pixel level, especially the detector operation at 50 mK thermal bath and the threshold energy at 20 keV. To reach the final DM design we have developed and tested the AC-S7 prototype, with 1 cm<SUP>2</SUP> absorber area sensed by 65 Ir TESes. Here we will discuss the pulse analysis of this detector, which has been illuminated by the 60 keV line from a <SUP>241</SUP>Am source. First, we will present the analysis performed to investigate pulses timings and spectrum, and to disentangle the athermal component of the pulses from the thermal one. Furthermore, we will show the application to our dataset of an alternative method of pulse processing, based upon Principal Component Analysis (PCA). This kind of analysis allow us to recover better energy spectra than achievable with traditional methods, improving the evaluation of the detector threshold energy, a fundamental parameter characterizing the CryoAC particle rejection efficiency. | Titolo del convegno: | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray | Luogo del convegno: | Edinburgh, UK | Periodo del convegno: | 26 June-1 July, 2016 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/25116 | URL: | https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9905/1/The-Cryogenic-Anti-Coincidence-detector-for-ATHENA-X-IFU/10.1117/12.2231412.short?SSO=1 | ISSN: | 0277-786X | ISBN: | 9781510601895 | DOI: | 10.1117/12.2231412 | Bibcode ADS: | 2016SPIE.9905E..5XD | Fulltext: | open |
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