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X-IFU
The X-IFU in a nutshell
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SCIENCE
The Hot and Energetic Universe revealed by the X-IFU
The Hot Universe
The energetic Universe
Observatory science
CONSORTIUM
The X-IFU consortium
Consortium members per country
The X-IFU overall organization
Recent Posts
Release of the July 2017 issue of the X-IFU Gazette
X-IFU status presentation at X-ray Universe Conference – Roma
Integrated progress meeting at CNES
Release of the April 2017 issue of the X-IFU Gazette
Agenda of X-IFU Consortium meeting #5
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First X-IFU Consortium meeting
The first X-IFU consortium took place at IRAP in Toulouse (France). The meeting focused on the mission proposal and the organisation of the X-IFU proto-consortium.
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[13 July 2017] Release of the July 2017 issue of the X-IFU Gazette
Thanks to Françoise Douchin, on behalf of the editorial team, I am pleased to announce the release of the N°4...
[10 June 2017] X-IFU status presentation at X-ray Universe Conference – Roma
Overview status presentation at the 2017 X-ray Universe conference in Roma by Didier Barret (see slides).
[20 May 2017] Integrated progress meeting at CNES
The next IPM (#2) will take place at CNES Toulouse on June 14-15th, 2017. It will review the progresses made...
[15 April 2017] Release of the April 2017 issue of the X-IFU Gazette
Thanks to Françoise Douchin, on behalf of the editorial team, I am pleased to announce the release of the N°3...
[17 March 2017] Agenda of X-IFU Consortium meeting #5
Agenda of the X-IFU Consortium meeting #5 is here.
[17 March 2017] Agenda of X-IFU Consortium meeting #5
Agenda of the X-IFU Consortium meeting #5 is here.
[8 February 2017] Athena and its high count rate capabilities
Talk given by D. Barret at the EXTP Conference in Roma (Feb 6-8th, 2017).
[17 January 2017] Improving the X-IFU count rate capability through defocussing
Defocussing of the Athena optics is now a requirement and can be considered in evaluating the count rate performance of the...
