The X-IFU Consortium represented at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation

Event

13 juin 2024

The X-IFU consortium will be represented at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, held in Yokohama, Japan on 16—21 June 2024. It is a technical event for ground-based, airborne, and space-based telescopes, and their supporting instrumentation. 

16 presentations at the SPIE conference related to X-IFU:

  • « Ground calibration plan for the Athena X-IFU microcalorimeter spectrometer » – Alexeï MOLIN, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP, France)

  • « System performance of a cryogenic test-bed for the time-division multiplexing readout for Athena X-IFU » – Davide VACCARO, Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON, Netherlands)

  • « The end-to-end simulator of the Athena X-IFU Cryogenic AntiCoincidence detector (CryoAC) » – Matteo D’ANDREA, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (INAF, Italy)

  • « The DEMUX module of the Athena X-IFU digital readout electronics demonstration model » – David MURAT, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP, France)

  • « ASIC design evolution of ATHENA X-IFU warm front-end electronics » – Si CHEN, AstroParticules et Cosmologie (APC, France)

  • « Development of the microcalorimeter array for the Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit » – Stephen J. SMITH, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)

  • « The X-ray Integral Field Unit architecture following the Athena mission rescope » – Philippe PEILLE, Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES, France)

  • « The detection chain for Athena X-IFU: a status on the design and demonstrations » – Hervé GEOFFRAY, Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES, France)

  • « The X-IFU focal plane assembly development model: thermal characterization«  – Emanuele TARALLI, Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON, Netherlands)
  • « The X-IFU focal plane assembly development model: evaluation of the global magnetic shielding factor«  – Emanuele TARALLI, Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON, Netherlands)

  • « The X-IFU focal plane assembly development model: micro-vibrations characterization«  – Emanuele TARALLI, Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON, Netherlands)

  • « X-IFU magnetic field modeling including multi-stage ADR and FPA using a hybrid 2D axisymmetric and 3D-approach«  – Henk J. VAN WEERS, Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON, Netherlands)

  • « X-IFU Focal Plane Assembly Development Model design upgrade and critical technology developments«  – Henk J. VAN WEERS, Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON, Netherlands)

  • « Rejection and crosstalk measurements on the X-IFU warm front-end readout using lock-in amplifier up to 50 MHz » – Damien PRÊLE, AstroParticules et Cosmologie (APC, France)

  • « X-IFU warm front end electronic demonstrator model measured performances«  – Damien PRÊLE, AstroParticules et Cosmologie (APC, France)

  • « Advanced electronics development for temperature control in X-IFU’s ADR System«  – Ayoub BOUNAB, Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers, (CEA-Paris-Saclay, France)

Find out more: the full program is available on the conference website.

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