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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/32858| Title: | X-ray tests of the ATHENA mirror modules in BEaTriX: from design to reality | Authors: | SALMASO, Bianca Basso, S. Ghigo, M. SPIGA, Daniele Vecchi, G. SIRONI, GIORGIA COTRONEO, Vincenzo Conconi, Paolo REDAELLI, Edoardo Maria Alberto BIANCO, ANDREA PARESCHI, Giovanni TAGLIAFERRI, Gianpiero Sisana Davide Pelliciari Carlo FIORINI, MAURO INCORVAIA, SALVATORE USLENGHI, MICHELA PAOLETTI, Lorenzo FERRARI, CLAUDIO Lolli R. Zappettini, A. Sanchez del Rio, M. Parodi, G. Burwitz, V. Rukdee, S. Hartner, G Muller, T. Schmidt, T. Langmeier, A. Ferreira, D.D. Massahi, S. Gellert, N.C. Christensen, F. Bavdaz, M. Ferreira, I. Collon, M. Vacanti, G. Barriere, N. |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Volume: | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray | Editors: | den Herder, Jan-Willem A.; Nikzad, Shouleh; Nakazawa, Kazuhiro | Series: | PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE | Abstract: | The BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray) facility is now operative at the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico Brera (Merate, Italy). This facility has been specifically designed and built for the X-ray acceptance tests (PSF and Effective Area) of the ATHENA Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) Mirror Modules (MM). The unique setup creates a parallel, monochromatic, large X-ray beam, that fully illuminates the aperture of the MMs, generating an image at the ATHENA focal length of 12 m. This is made possible by a microfocus X-ray source followed by a chain of optical components (a paraboloidal mirror, 2 channel cut monochromators, and an asymmetric silicon crystal) able to expand the X-ray beam to a 6 cm × 17 cm size with a residual divergence of 1.5 arcsec (vertical) × 2.5 arcsec (horizontal). This paper reports the commissioning of the 4.5 keV beam line, and the first light obtained with a Mirror Module. | Conference Name: | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray | Conference Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Conference Date: | July 17-23, 2022 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/32858 | URL: | https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628227 | ISSN: | 0277-786X | ISBN: | 9781510653436 | DOI: | 10.1117/12.2628227 | Fulltext: | open |
| Appears in Collections: | 3.01 Contributi in Atti di convegno |
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