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Title: | Building the BEaTriX facility for the ATHENA mirror modules X-ray testing | Authors: | SALMASO, Bianca BASSO, Stefano COTRONEO, Vincenzo GHIGO, Mauro PARESCHI, Giovanni Redaelli, E. SIRONI, GIORGIA SPIGA, Daniele TAGLIAFERRI, Gianpiero VECCHI, Gabriele FIORINI, MAURO INCORVAIA, SALVATORE USLENGHI, MICHELA PAOLETTI, Lorenzo 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. |
Issue Date: | 2021 | Volume: | Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy X | Editors: | O'Dell, Stephen L.; Gaskin, Jessica A.; Pareschi, Giovanni | Series: | PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE | Number: | 11822 | First Page: | 16 | Abstract: | 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. | Conference Name: | SPIE OPTICAL ENGINEERING + APPLICATIONS | Conference Place: | San Diego | Conference Date: | 1-5 August, 2021 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/33003 | URL: | https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/11822/2594182/Building-the-BEaTriX-facility-for-the-ATHENA-mirror-modules-X/10.1117/12.2594182.full | ISSN: | 0277-786X | ISBN: | 9781510644823 | DOI: | 10.1117/12.2594182 | Fulltext: | open |
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