TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermal Filters for the ATHENA X-IFU: Ongoing Activities Toward the Conceptual Design
AU - Nuzzo, Flavio
AU - Barbera, Marco
AU - Sciortino, Luisa
AU - Gatti, null
AU - Cuttaia, null
AU - Sciortino, null
AU - Lo Cicero, null
AU - Lotti, null
AU - Jimenez Escobar, null
AU - Bozzo, null
AU - Villa, null
AU - Branduardi-Raymont, null
AU - Parodi, null
AU - Nuzzo, null
AU - Paltani, null
AU - Argan, null
AU - Macculi, null
AU - Collura, null
AU - Sciortino, null
AU - Ciaravella, null
AU - Rauw, null
AU - Piro, null
AU - Barbera, Marco
AU - Mineo, null
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - ATHENA is the L2 mission selected by ESA to pursue the science theme “Hot and Energetic Universe.” One of the two focal plane instruments is the X-ray Integral Field Unit, an array of TES microcalorimeters operated at T(Formula presented.) 100 mK. To allow the X-ray photons focused by the telescope to reach the detector, windows have to be opened on the cryostat thermal shields. X-ray transparent filters need to be mounted on these open windows to attenuate the IR radiation from warm surfaces, to attenuate RF electromagnetic interferences on TES sensors and SQUID electronics, and to protect the detector from contamination. This paper reviews the ongoing activities driving the design of the X-IFU thermal filters.
AB - ATHENA is the L2 mission selected by ESA to pursue the science theme “Hot and Energetic Universe.” One of the two focal plane instruments is the X-ray Integral Field Unit, an array of TES microcalorimeters operated at T(Formula presented.) 100 mK. To allow the X-ray photons focused by the telescope to reach the detector, windows have to be opened on the cryostat thermal shields. X-ray transparent filters need to be mounted on these open windows to attenuate the IR radiation from warm surfaces, to attenuate RF electromagnetic interferences on TES sensors and SQUID electronics, and to protect the detector from contamination. This paper reviews the ongoing activities driving the design of the X-IFU thermal filters.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/204174
UR - http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0022-2291
M3 - Article
VL - 184
SP - 706
EP - 711
JO - Journal of Low Temperature Physics
JF - Journal of Low Temperature Physics
SN - 0022-2291
ER -