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24 July 2014Background studies for ATHENA: towards a new assessment phase
In view of the endorsement of ATHENA as the future large space mission to explore the Hot and Energetic Universe scientific theme recently selected by ESA, we summarize here some aspects of the interplanetary radiation environment that will require further investigation in the new phase of assessment studies of background and radiation damage for the ATHENA focal plane instrumentation.
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E. Perinati, A. Santangelo, C. Tenzer, "Background studies for ATHENA: towards a new assessment phase," Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 91445Y (24 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055550