EURECA: a European-Japanese microcalorimeter array

Piet A. J. de Korte; Jose V. Anquita; Xavier Barcons; Paolo Bastia; Joern Beyer; Fernando Briones; Marcel Bruijn; Javier Bussons; Augustin Camón; F. Carrera; Maria Teresa Ceballos; Luca Colasanti; Bob Dirks; Dietmar Drung; Lourdes Fabrega; Flavio Gatti; Raquel Gonzalez-Arrabal; Luciano Gottardi; Wojtek Hajdas; Panu Helistö; Jan-Willem den Herder; Henk Hoevers; Yoshitaka Ishisaki; Mikko Kiviranta; Jan van der Kuur; Claudio Macculi; Aliko Mchedlishvili; Kazu Mitsuda; Stéphane Paltani; Maria Parra-Borderías; Luigi Piro; Reiner Rohlfs; Javier Sese; Yoh Takei; Guido Torrioli; Noriko Yamasaki

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15 July 2008 EURECA: a European-Japanese microcalorimeter array

Piet A. J. de Korte, Jose V. Anquita, Xavier Barcons, Paolo Bastia, Joern Beyer, Fernando Briones, Marcel Bruijn, Javier Bussons, Augustin Camón, F. Carrera, Maria Teresa Ceballos, Luca Colasanti, Bob Dirks, Dietmar Drung, Lourdes Fabrega, Flavio Gatti, Raquel Gonzalez-Arrabal, Luciano Gottardi, Wojtek Hajdas, Panu Helistö, Jan-Willem den Herder, Henk Hoevers, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Mikko Kiviranta, Jan van der Kuur, Claudio Macculi, Aliko Mchedlishvili, Kazu Mitsuda, Stéphane Paltani, Maria Parra-Borderías, Luigi Piro, Reiner Rohlfs, Javier Sese, Yoh Takei, Guido Torrioli, Noriko Yamasaki

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Proceedings Volume 7011, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 701122 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788963
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

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The EURECA (EURopean-JapanEse Calorimeter Array) project aims to demonstrate the science performance and technological readiness of an imaging X-ray spectrometer based on a micro-calorimeter array for application in future X-ray astronomy missions, like Constellation-X and XEUS. The prototype instrument consists of a 5 × 5 pixel array of TES-based micro-calorimeters read out by by two SQUID-amplifier channels using frequency-domain-multiplexing (FDM). The SQUID-amplifiers are linearized by digital base-band feedback. The detector array is cooled in a cryogenfree cryostat consisting of a pulse tube cooler and a two stage ADR. A European-Japanese consortium designs, fabricates, and tests this prototype instrument. This paper describes the instrument concept, and shows the design and status of the various sub-units, like the TES detector array, LC-filters, SQUID-amplifiers, AC-bias sources, digital electronics, etc. Initial tests of the system at the PTB beam line of the BESSY synchrotron showed stable performance and an X-ray energy resolution of 1.58 eV at 250 eV and 2.5 eV @ 5.9 keV for the read-out of one TES-pixel only. Next step is deployment of FDM to read-out the full array. Full performance demonstration is expected mid 2009.

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Piet A. J. de Korte, Jose V. Anquita, Xavier Barcons, Paolo Bastia, Joern Beyer, Fernando Briones, Marcel Bruijn, Javier Bussons, Augustin Camón, F. Carrera, Maria Teresa Ceballos, Luca Colasanti, Bob Dirks, Dietmar Drung, Lourdes Fabrega, Flavio Gatti, Raquel Gonzalez-Arrabal, Luciano Gottardi, Wojtek Hajdas, Panu Helistö, Jan-Willem den Herder, Henk Hoevers, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Mikko Kiviranta, Jan van der Kuur, Claudio Macculi, Aliko Mchedlishvili, Kazu Mitsuda, Stéphane Paltani, Maria Parra-Borderías, Luigi Piro, Reiner Rohlfs, Javier Sese, Yoh Takei, Guido Torrioli, and Noriko Yamasaki "EURECA: a European-Japanese microcalorimeter array", Proc. SPIE 7011, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 701122 (15 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788963

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