Design of a new long beam x-ray test facility for ATHENA

Vadim Burwitz; Miranda Bradshaw; Josef Eder; Elias Breunig; Mark Ayre; Marcos Bavdaz; Ivo Ferreira

doi:10.1117/12.2562725

13 December 2020 Design of a new long beam x-ray test facility for ATHENA

Vadim Burwitz, Miranda Bradshaw, Josef Eder, Elias Breunig, Mark Ayre, Marcos Bavdaz, Ivo Ferreira

Proceedings Volume 11444, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 114444L (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562725
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

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The European Space Agency (ESA) mission ATHENA is a next generation large X-ray observatory which is slated to be launched in the early 2030s. It will have mirror assembly with 2.6-m diameter and a 12-m focal length that is made up of ~600 Silicon Pore Optic (SPO) mirror modules integrated into mirror assembly support structure. Existing facilities cannot calibrate the such a large mirror assembly in full illumination. To avoid having to make compromises during calibration of the mirror assembly a new long beam X-ray test facility would be required. A study for ESA on a such a new long beam X-ray test facility and the necessary GSE has been performed by a team from MPEs PANTER X-ray test facility. Here we present the current status of the design of a 800-m long and 2.8-m diameter beam line X-ray test facility in Garching, Germany.

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Vadim Burwitz, Miranda Bradshaw, Josef Eder, Elias Breunig, Mark Ayre, Marcos Bavdaz, and Ivo Ferreira "Design of a new long beam x-ray test facility for ATHENA", Proc. SPIE 11444, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 114444L (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562725

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