Le Consortium X-IFU au rendez-vous de la Nuit des Chercheur·e·s 2024 et de la Fête de la Science ! (fr)
L’événement a eu lieu le vendredi 4 octobre de 18h à minuit à la Cité de l’espace.
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Latest scientific publications related to X-IFU – May, June & July 2024
Find the latest scientific publications related to X-IFU for the period May, June & July 2024 and links to ArXiv and Springer.
“Life Cycle Assessment of the Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit” was published in Experimental Astronomy (en/fr)
The publication is freely available on ArXiv.
A new Cryogenic Workshop and NASA’s 4-K Cooler contribution
A new cryogenic workshop, the first gathering of all the main parties in the newly reformulated X-IFU cooling chain, took place January 31st through February 2nd in Toulouse, at CNES.
Delivery of the DRE DEMUX Demonstrator Model PCB at IRAP
The DRE De-multiplexing (DEMUX) Demonstrator Model (DM) printed circuit board (PCB) arrived at IRAP on January 15. It was designed by the DRE team at IRAP, with CAO-concept handling the layout and CIBEL the manufacturing.
Successful tests of the ADR control electronics
We’re delighted to share with you one of the latest news on the project’s progress. At the end of 2023, successful tests were carried out at CEA DSBT in Grenoble.
Best wishes for 2024!
The year 2023 has just come to an end. 2024 opens with new perspectives for the X-IFU project and for the Consortium. On behalf of the X-IFU Consortium, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your confidence. We wish you all a very happy and successful new year!
Two postdoc positions to join the X-IFU team
Athena is the second large mission of the Cosmic Vision science program of the European Space Agency. Dedicated to the study of the Hot and Energetic Universe, Athena will carry a large aperture X-ray telescope, and two complementary focal plane instruments: the Wide Field Imager (WFI) and the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU). The X-IFU […]
The X-IFU Consortium meeting #10
The 10th X-IFU Consortium Meeting was hosted by IRAP in Toulouse from Monday 16th to Friday 20th of September. Participants met during various splinters and all together for the two days of plenary sessions. The programme was rich in topics related to activities triggered by the Instrument Preliminary Requirement Review (IPRR), which was held and […]