Science
Latest Athena and X-IFU presentation given at the Breaking the limits conference in Sardinia (Italy, September 2016). Click here to see the Athena and X-IFU presentation. Contact Didier Barret for any inquiries.
Science
The SPIE paper was submitted to the SPIE digital proceedings. This is a rather large overview paper describing on where we stand in the middle of Phase A. Click here.
Event
This is the group picture of Consortium Meeting #4.
Announcement
The new X-IFU web site, developed by Studio Urbain, released on May 11th, 2016. It is an evolution of the previous web site version.
Event
The Cryogenic AntiCoincidence Detector for ATHENA X-IFU: a program overview – Dr. Claudio Macculi The Cryogenic AntiCoincidence Detector for ATHENA X-IFU: preliminary test and data analysis of the new “bridges-suspended” single pixel – Dr. Matteo D’Andrea Microcalorimeter pulse analysis by means of principle component decomposition – Dr. Cor P de Vries TES pixel parameter design […]
Event
On 26th and 27th of October, 2015 IRAP hosted the 3rd X-IFU consortium meeting. This meeting was focussed on describing the project organisation with the new CNES team, the development philosophy, and the activities towards the definition of the instrument specifications. It was also the opportunity for the consortium partners across Europe, US and Japan […]
Science
Presentation given on behalf of the X-IFU consortium can be found here.
Announcement
Resources for the Athena Working Groups for the Athena Science Impact Exercise have been uploaded. See Resources
Announcement
ESA appointed today the Athena Science Study Team: Kirpal Nandra (Lead scientist), Xavier Barcons, Didier Barret, Anne Decourchelle, Andy Fabian, Jan-Willem den Herder, Hironori Matsumoto, Luigi Piro, Randall Smith, Dick Willingale. More here