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Title: | BEaTriX: the Beam Expander Testing X-Ray facility for testing ATHENA's SPO modules: progress in the realization | Authors: | SALMASO, Bianca BASSO, Stefano GIRO, Enrico SPIGA, Daniele SIRONI, GIORGIA VECCHI, Gabriele GHIGO, Mauro PARESCHI, Giovanni TAGLIAFERRI, Gianpiero USLENGHI, MICHELA FIORINI, MAURO PAOLETTI, Lorenzo Ferrari, C. Beretta, S. Zappettini, A. Sanchez del Rio, M. Pelliciari, C. Burwitz, V. Ferreira, I. Bavdaz, M. |
Issue Date: | 2019 | Volume: | Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IX | Editors: | O'Dell, Stephen; Pareschi, Giovanni | Series: | PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE | Number: | 11119 | First Page: | 111190N | Abstract: | The ATHENA X-ray telescope comprises an optical system with several hundreds of Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) Mirror Modules (MM) to be assembled. All the MMs have to be tested for acceptance before integration. INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico Brera is building in its premises of Merate (Italy) a unique pathfinder facility, BEaTriX, which is characterized by a broad (170 ×60 mm2), uniform and parallel X-ray beam (divergence ≤ 1.5 arcsec HEW) at the energies of 1.49 and 4.51 keV. BEaTriX prime goal is to prove that it is possible to perform the acceptance tests (PSF and Aeff) of the ATHENA SPO MM’s at the production rate of 3 MM/day. The system is very compact (9 × 18 m2) and it is designed with modular compartments where the vacuum can be broken independently to replace the optics under test. It works at a vacuum level of 10-3 mbar, easily evacuated in a short time. The expanded and parallel beam is obtained with an X-ray microfocus source placed in the focus of a paraboloidal mirror, a monochromation stage with 4 symmetrically cut crystals, and an expansion stage where the beam is diffracted and expanded by an asymmetrically-cut crystal. The key axes of all the optical components are motorized in vacuum for a proper beam alignment. The expanded beam fully illuminates the aperture of the MMs, imaging the focused beam at 12 m distance on a CCD camera, with the sensor in vacuum and motorized in air for XYZ movements. A thermal box is also present to radiatively heat the MM and check its optical performances under different temperatures. The design of the facility started in 2012 and has been finalised under an ESA contract. After completing the design, the facility is now in the realization phase. This paper provides an overview of the current status of the facility realization. | Acknowledgments: | The development of the BEaTriX facility is funded by the ESA contract No. 4000123152/18/NL/BW, “Advanced and Compact X-ray Test facility for the ATHENA SPO module”, the AHEAD consortium activities financed by the EU Horizon 2020 grant No. 654215, and INAF internal funds. We thank Paolo Conconi for his guidance and assistance in the project. Marco Riva and Matteo Aliverti are also acknowledged for help and support. | Conference Name: | Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IX | Conference Place: | San Diego, California | Conference Date: | 11-15 August, 2019 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/28792 | URL: | https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/11119/2530430/BEaTriX--the-Beam-Expander-Testing-X-Ray-facility-for/10.1117/12.2530430.full | ISSN: | 0277-786X | ISBN: | 9781510629318 9781510629325 |
DOI: | 10.1117/12.2530430 | Bibcode ADS: | 2019SPIE11119E..0NS | Fulltext: | open |
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