Background studies for ATHENA: towards a new assessment phase

E. Perinati; A. Santangelo; C. Tenzer

doi:10.1117/12.2055550

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24 July 2014 Background studies for ATHENA: towards a new assessment phase

E. Perinati, A. Santangelo, C. Tenzer

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Proceedings Volume 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 91445Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055550
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

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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, and 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

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