Silicon pore optics development for ATHENA

Maximilien J. Collon; Giuseppe Vacanti; Ramses Günther; Alex Yanson; Nicolas Barrière; Boris Landgraf; Mark Vervest; Abdelhakim Chatbi; Marco W. Beijersbergen; Marcos Bavdaz; Eric Wille; Jeroen Haneveld; Arenda Koelewijn; Anne Leenstra; Maurice Wijnperle; Coen van Baren; Peter Müller; Michael Krumrey; Vadim Burwitz; Giovanni Pareschi; Paolo Conconi; Finn E. Christensen

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4 September 2015 Silicon pore optics development for ATHENA

Maximilien J. Collon, Giuseppe Vacanti, Ramses Günther, Alex Yanson, Nicolas Barrière, Boris Landgraf, Mark Vervest, Abdelhakim Chatbi, Marco W. Beijersbergen, Marcos Bavdaz, Eric Wille, Jeroen Haneveld, Arenda Koelewijn, Anne Leenstra, Maurice Wijnperle, Coen van Baren, Peter Müller, Michael Krumrey, Vadim Burwitz, Giovanni Pareschi, Paolo Conconi, Finn E. Christensen

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Proceedings Volume 9603, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII; 96030K (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188988
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The ATHENA mission, a European large (L) class X-ray observatory to be launched in 2028, will essentially consist of an X-ray lens and two focal plane instruments. The lens, based on a Wolter-I type double reflection grazing incidence angle design, will be very large (~ 3 m in diameter) to meet the science requirements of large effective area (1-2 m² at a few keV) at a focal length of 12 m. To meet the high angular resolution (5 arc seconds) requirement the X-ray lens will also need to be very accurate. Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) technology has been invented to enable building such a lens and thus enabling the ATHENA mission. We will report in this paper on the latest status of the development, including details of X-ray test campaigns.

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Maximilien J. Collon, Giuseppe Vacanti, Ramses Günther, Alex Yanson, Nicolas Barrière, Boris Landgraf, Mark Vervest, Abdelhakim Chatbi, Marco W. Beijersbergen, Marcos Bavdaz, Eric Wille, Jeroen Haneveld, Arenda Koelewijn, Anne Leenstra, Maurice Wijnperle, Coen van Baren, Peter Müller, Michael Krumrey, Vadim Burwitz, Giovanni Pareschi, Paolo Conconi, and Finn E. Christensen "Silicon pore optics development for ATHENA", Proc. SPIE 9603, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII, 96030K (4 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188988

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