Summer is upon us and we are all looking forward to some relaxing holidays. With this in mind, we have prepared a short edition of the X-IFU newsletter to give you the latest information before your break. We start, as always, with some news from the Consortium. A major step is underway with ESA’s Intermediate […]
We are starting this newsletter #18 with a short update from the X-IFU Principal Investigator, Didier Barret, about the release of new X-IFU resources in time for ESA’s Red Book On the technical side, you will find out more about the Silicon Pore Optics technology and its potential to meet the Athena performance requirements in […]
Happy New Year 2021! We hope that you have all enjoyed some well-deserved holidays and came back motivated for the beginning of this new year. Back in November, we held the 12th X-IFU Consortium Meeting online and asked all participants to fill in a post-meeting survey. Thank you to all those who shared their feedback. […]
This 16th issue opens with a short presentation of the next X-IFU Consortium meeting #12. We hope all consortium members are registered by now as we are looking forward to seeing you online. The third X-IFU Working Group focusing on the TES – Detection Chain is introduced by Frank Brachet and Brian Jackson. If you […]
This 15th issue brings you the latest X-IFU information right before the summer break! We will start with an update on the cryostat handover to industry. Our Principal Investigator, Didier Barret, will give you some details about the various exchanges with the Primes considered for this new ESA-funded contract. This will be followed by short […]
The 14th issue of the X-IFU Gazette has been released! As we move through the Covid-19 pandemic, I first hope that this newsletter finds you and yours healthy and safe. Working conditions for most of us have changed dramatically, from a very interactive environment to a rather isolated one in an office at home, and […]
The 13th issue of the X-IFU Gazette has been released! After all the exceptional achievements of 2019, it is now time to start this new year with the same determination and look forward to many more successes. To open this first newsletter of 2020, Gregor Rauw, from the University of Liège, will deliver the latest […]
The 12th issue of the X-IFU Gazette has been released! For this issue, our contributors from IRAP, CNES and the University of Geneva have prepared some great articles about the latest updates on the instrument, its sub-systems and the consortium. You will find below the table of content: Editorial A successful CM10 in Toulouse What […]
The 11th issue of the X-IFU Gazette has been released! This issue of the X-IFU newsletter will come back to the Instrument Preliminary Requirement Review (IPRR), which the X-IFU successfully completed on April 11th, with the joint ESA-CNES review board meeting held at ESTEC. This success has been a major achievement by the team, but […]