Latest scientific publications related to X-IFU – May, June & July 2024

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.

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.

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.