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In preparation of the consortium formalization by ESA, an additional five X-IFU co-investigators were recently appointed : S. Bandler (US), E. Costantini (NS), L. Duband (FR), K. Sakai (JP) to which a German CoI will be soon added. Four scientists joined the X-IFU science advisory team : S. Ettori (IT), J. Kaastra (NL), P. Mazzotta (IT), A. Simionescu (NL) to strengthen the coverage of the hot universe science, which is driving key X-IFU performance parameters.
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!
The Warm Front-End Electronics (WFEE) Demonstrator Model was delivered to CNES on November 6, 7 and 8, 2023. Supply of the WFEE has been the responsibility of the Astroparticle and Cosmology (APC) laboratory.
On Wednesday November 8, 2023, ESA’s Science Programme Committee (SPC) formally and unanimously approved the restart of industrial studies for the Athena mission, still considered as a flagship mission.
We are pleased to announce the publication of a brand-new website for the X-IFU spectrometer. This website has a new […]
The Nature Astronomy journal has published, this Thursday, 10th of September, a series of articles written by astronomers about the […]
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