A key design meeting on the 4K Core DM

Home > Consortium > Posts > A key design meeting on the 4K Core DM

Figures & 3D views of the X-IFU 4K Core DM

Date.

A key design point on the 4K Core demonstration model was held on April 30 at CNES. The main objective was to present the demonstrator’s preliminary design, development plan and test plan, and to check the demonstrator’s compatibility with the recently delivered test cryostat (SVOL). The meeting enabled discussions of the technological challenges of the system. The review board highlighted the quality of the technical dossier presented by an excellent project team.

The purpose of the X-IFU 4K Core demonstration model is to prepare for future development of the engineering and flight models of the X-IFU 4K Core, and to enhance the teams’ skills in design, integration and testing. At this key design point, the demonstrator was presented to a group of CNES experts, external to the project team, to gather their opinions and recommendations on its implementation. A critical design review (CDR) will be held at the end of 2024.

Article en français :

Un point clé de design sur le modèle de démonstration du 4K Core s’est tenu le 30 avril au CNES. L’objectif principal était de présenter le design préliminaire du démonstrateur, le plan de développement et le plan de test et de vérifier la compatibilité du démonstrateur avec le cryostat de test récemment livré (SVOL). La réunion a permis de discuter des défis technologiques du système. Le groupe de revue a souligné la qualité du dossier technique présenté par une excellente équipe projet.

Le modèle de démonstration du 4K Core du X-IFU a pour objectifs de préparer les futurs développements des modèles d’ingénierie (engineering model) et de vol (flight model) du 4K Core du X-IFU et de faire monter les équipes en compétences sur les aspects design, intégration et test. Ce point clé de design a été l’occasion de présenter le design du démonstrateur à un groupe d’experts CNES, externes à l’équipe projet, pour recueillir leur avis et leurs recommandations avant d’étudier en détail la configuration choisie. Une critical design review (CDR) se tiendra en fin d’année 2024.

Related articles

People of X-IFU – Interview with Aurora SIMIONESCU

Aurora Simionescu is co-Principal Investigator for the NewAthena X-IFU project & Research Scientist at SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research. In this interview, she looks back on her career and her new role as Co-PI.

Read more

Thomas DAUSER receives the 2024 HEAD Innovation Prize from the AAS

Congratulations to Thomas Dauser, who receives the 2024 HEAD Innovation Prize from the American Astronomical Society (AAS).

Read more

People of X-IFU – Interview with Simon BANDLER

Simon Bandler is Project manager for the U.S. contribution to the X-IFU & Research Astrophysicist at NASA. He shares with us his background in low-temperature physics detection and explains his role in the project.

Read more

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.

Read more

People of X-IFU – Interview with Sophie BEAUMONT

Sophie Beaumont is a detection chain engineer in the optoelectronics department at CNES. In this interview, she explains her motivations and different roles and tasks within the project.

Read more

Stay in the loop!

Get the Athena X-IFU newsletter