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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/30431| Title: | VERT-X: VERTical X-ray raster-scan facility for ATHENA calibration. The concept design | Authors: | MORETTI, Alberto PARESCHI, Giovanni USLENGHI, MICHELA Tordi, Massimiliano Bressan, Riccardo Valsecchi, Giuseppe Zocchi, Fabio E. ATTINA', PRIMO Amisano, Franco SIRONI, GIORGIA SALMASO, Bianca BASSO, Stefano TAGLIAFERRI, Gianpiero SPIGA, Daniele LA PALOMBARA, NICOLA FIORINI, MAURO Dury, Francois Marioni, Fabio Parissenti, Guido Parodi, Giancarlo Wille, Eric Corradi, Paolo Bavdaz, Marcos Ferreira, Ivo |
Issue Date: | 2019 | Volume: | Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IX | Editors: | O'Dell, Stephen; Pareschi, Giovanni | Series: | PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE | First Page: | 23 | Abstract: | Calibration of the ATHENA telescope is a critical aspect of the project and raises significant difficulties due to the unprecedented size, mass and focal length of the mirror assembly. The VERT-X project, financed by ESA and started in January 2019 by a Consortium led by INAF and which includes EIE, Media Lario Technologies, GPAP, and BCV Progetti, aims to design an innovative calibration facility. In the VERT-X design the parallel beam, needed for calibration, is produced placing a source in the focus of an X-ray collimator. This system is mounted on a raster-scan mechanism which covers the entire ATHENA optics. The compactness of the VERT-X design allows a vertical geometry for the ATHENA calibration facility, with several potential benefits with respect to the long horizontal tube calibration facilities. | Conference Name: | Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IX | Conference Place: | San Diego, California, USA | Conference Date: | 11-15 August, 2019 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/30431 | URL: | https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/11119/2530713/VERT-X--VERTical-X-ray-raster-scan-facility-for/10.1117/12.2530713.short?SSO=1 | ISSN: | 0277-786X | ISBN: | 9781510629318 9781510629325 |
DOI: | 10.1117/12.2530713 | Bibcode ADS: | 2019SPIE11119E..0OM | Fulltext: | open |
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