Athena and its high count rate capabilities

From the calcium in our bones to the iron in our blood, and oxygen we breathe, are largely the result of stellar processes, particularly supernovae. In the well known sentence  “we are all made of stars,” we acknowledge our cosmic heritage and the role of these stellar explosions in making life possible.

L’événement a eu lieu le vendredi 4 octobre de 18h à minuit à la Cité de l’espace.

Find the latest scientific publications related to X-IFU for the period May, June & July 2024 and links to ArXiv and Springer.

The publication is freely available on ArXiv.

The X-IFU has recently undergone several changes in its design architecture. An important work ahead of the launch is to analyse, verify and understand the X-IFU capabilities when observing. That’s why the instrument response files have been updated.