Accelerator experiments with soft protons and hyper-velocity dust particles: application to ongoing projects of future x-ray missions

E. Perinati; S. Diebold; E. Kendziorra; A. Santangelo; C. Tenzer; J. Jochum; S. Bugiel; R. Srama; E. Del Monte; M. Feroci; A. Rubini; A. Rachevski; G. Zampa; N. Zampa; I. Rashevskaya; A. Vacchi; P. Azzarello; E. Bozzo; J.-W. den Herder; S. Zane; S. Brandt; M. Hernanz; M. A. Leutenegger; R. L. Kelley; C. A. Kilbourne; N. Meidinger; L. Strüder; B. Cordier; D. Götz; G. W. Fraser; J. P. Osborne; K. Dennerl; M. Freyberg; P. Friedrich

doi:10.1117/12.926118

17 September 2012 Accelerator experiments with soft protons and hyper-velocity dust particles: application to ongoing projects of future x-ray missions

E. Perinati, S. Diebold, E. Kendziorra, A. Santangelo, C. Tenzer, J. Jochum, S. Bugiel, R. Srama, E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, A. Rubini, A. Rachevski, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, I. Rashevskaya, A. Vacchi, P. Azzarello, E. Bozzo, J.-W. den Herder, S. Zane, S. Brandt, M. Hernanz, M. A. Leutenegger, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, N. Meidinger, L. Strüder, B. Cordier, D. Götz, G. W. Fraser, J. P. Osborne, K. Dennerl, M. Freyberg, P. Friedrich

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Proceedings Volume 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 84430O (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926118
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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We report on our activities, currently in progress, aimed at performing accelerator experiments with soft protons and hyper-velocity dust particles. They include tests of different types of X-ray detectors and related components (such as filters) and measurements of scattering of soft protons and hyper-velocity dust particles off X-ray mirror shells. These activities have been identified as a goal in the context of a number of ongoing space projects in order to assess the risk posed by environmental radiation and dust and qualify the adopted instrumentation with respect to possible damage or performance degradation. In this paper we focus on tests for the Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) used aboard the LOFT space mission. We use the Van de Graaff accelerators at the University of Tübingen and at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK) in Heidelberg, for soft proton and hyper-velocity dust tests respectively. We present the experimental set-up adopted to perform the tests, status of the activities and some very preliminary results achieved at present time.

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E. Perinati, S. Diebold, E. Kendziorra, A. Santangelo, C. Tenzer, J. Jochum, S. Bugiel, R. Srama, E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, A. Rubini, A. Rachevski, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, I. Rashevskaya, A. Vacchi, P. Azzarello, E. Bozzo, J.-W. den Herder, S. Zane, S. Brandt, M. Hernanz, M. A. Leutenegger, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, N. Meidinger, L. Strüder, B. Cordier, D. Götz, G. W. Fraser, J. P. Osborne, K. Dennerl, M. Freyberg, and P. Friedrich "Accelerator experiments with soft protons and hyper-velocity dust particles: application to ongoing projects of future x-ray missions", Proc. SPIE 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 84430O (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926118

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