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1. The Wide Field Monitor (WFM) of the China-Europe eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission

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Hernanz, Margarita, Feroci, Marco, Evangelista, Yuri, Meuris, Aline, Schanne, Stéphane, Zampa, Gianluigi, Tenzer, Chris, Bayer, Jörg, Nowosielski, Witold, Michalska, Malgorzata, Kalemci, Emrah, Sungur, Müberra, Brandt, Søren, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Franco, Daniel Alvarez, Carmona, Alex, Gálvez, José-Luis, Patruno, Alessandro, Zand, Jean in' t, Zwart, Frans, Santangelo, Andrea, Bozzo, Enrico, Zhang, Shuang-Nan, Lu, Fangjun, Xu, Yupeng, Campana, Riccardo, Del Monte, Ettore, Ceraudo, Francesco, Nuti, Alessio, Della Casa, Giovanni, Argan, Andrea, Minervini, Gabriele, Antonelli, Matias, Bonvicini, Valter, Boezio, Mirko, Cirrincione, Daniela, Munini, Riccardo, Rachevski, Alexandre, Vacchi, Andrea, Zampa, Nicola, Rashevskaya, Irina, Ficorella, Francesco, Picciotto, Antonino, Zorzi, Nicola, Baudin, David, Bouyjou, Florent, Gevin, Olivier, Limousin, Olivier, Hedderman, Paul, Pliego, Samuel, Xiong, Hao, de la Rie, Rob, Laubert, Phillip, Aitink-Kroes, Gabby, Kuiper, Lucien, Orleanski, Piotr, Skup, Konrad, Tcherniak, Denis, Turhan, Onur, Bozkurt, Ayhan, and Onat, Ahmet

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The eXTP mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with a large involvement of Europe. Its scientific payload includes four instruments: SFA, PFA, LAD and WFM. They offer an unprecedented simultaneous wide-band Xray timing and polarimetry sensitivity. A large European consortium is contributing to the eXTP study, both for the science and the instrumentation. Europe is expected to provide two of the four instruments: LAD and WFM; the LAD is led by Italy and the WFM by Spain. The WFM for eXTP is based on the design originally proposed for the LOFT ESA M3 mission, that underwent a Phase A feasibility study. It will be a wide field of view X-ray monitor instrument working in the 2-50 keV energy range, achieved with large-area Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs), similar to the ones used for the LAD but with better spatial resolution. The WFM will consist of 3 pairs of coded mask cameras with a total combined field of view (FoV) of 90x180 degrees at zero response and a source localisation accuracy of ~1 arc min. The main goal of the WFM is to provide triggers for the target of opportunity observations of the SFA, PFA and LAD, in order to perform the core science programme, dedicated to the study of matter under extreme conditions of density, gravity and magnetism. In addition, the unprecedented combination of large field of view and imaging capability, down to 2 keV, of the WFM will allow eXTP to make important discoveries of the variable and transient X-ray sky, and provide X-ray coverage of a broad range of astrophysical objects covered under 'observatory science', such as gamma-ray bursts, fast radio bursts, gravitational wave electromagnetic counterparts. In this paper we provide an overview of the WFM instrument, explaining its design, configuration, and anticipated performance., Comment: 15 pages, 13 figures, Proceedings of SPIE 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 130931Y (2024); doi: 10.1117/12.3020020

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2024
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2. The X/Gamma-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XGIS) on-board THESEUS: design, main characteristics, and concept of operation

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Labanti, Claudio, Amati, Lorenzo, Frontera, Filippo, Mereghetti, Sandro, Gasent-Blesa, José Luis, Tenzer, Christoph, Orleanski, Piotr, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Campana, Riccardo, Fuschino, Fabio, Terenzi, Luca, Virgilli, Enrico, Morgante, Gianluca, Orlandini, Mauro, Butler, Reginald C., Stephen, John B., Auricchio, Natalia, De Rosa, Adriano, Da Ronco, Vanni, Evangelisti, Federico, Melchiorri, Michele, Squerzanti, Stefano, Fiorini, Mauro, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Mele, Filippo, Gandola, Massimo, Malcovati, Piero, Grassi, Marco, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Borghi, Giacomo, Ficorella, Francesco, Picciotto, Antonino, Zanini, Vittorio, Zorzi, Nicola, Demenev, Evgeny, Rashevskaya, Irina, Rachevski, Alexander, Zampa, Gianluigi, Vacchi, Andrea, Zampa, Nicola, Baldazzi, Giuseppe, La Rosa, Giovanni, Sottile, Giuseppe, Volpe, Angela, Winkler, Marek, Reglero, Victor, Connell, Paul H., Pinazo-Herrero, Benjamin, Navarro-González, Javier, Rodríguez-Martínez, Pedro, Castro-Tirado, Alberto J., Santangelo, Andrea, Hedderman, Paul, Lorenzi, Paolo, Sarra, Paolo, Pedersen, Søren M., Tcherniak, Denis, Guidorzi, Cristiano, Rosati, Piero, Trois, Alessio, and Piazzolla, Raffaele

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

THESEUS is one of the three missions selected by ESA as fifth medium class mission (M5) candidates in its Cosmic Vision science program, currently under assessment in a phase A study with a planned launch date in 2032. THESEUS is designed to carry on-board two wide and deep sky monitoring instruments for X/gamma-ray transients detection: a wide-field soft X-ray monitor with imaging capability (Soft X-ray Imager, SXI, 0.3 - 5 keV), a hard X-ray, partially-imaging spectroscopic instrument (X and Gamma Imaging Spectrometer, XGIS, 2 keV - 10 MeV), and an optical/near-IR telescope with both imaging and spectroscopic capability (InfraRed Telescope, IRT, 0.7 - 1.8 $\mu$m). The spacecraft will be capable of performing fast repointing of the IRT to the error region provided by the monitors, thus allowing it to detect and localize the transient sources down to a few arcsec accuracy, for immediate identification and redshift determination. The prime goal of the XGIS will be to detect transient sources, with monitoring timescales down to milliseconds, both independently of, or following, up SXI detections, and identify the sources performing localisation at < 15 arcmin and characterize them over a broad energy band, thus providing also unique clues to their emission physics. The XGIS system consists of two independent but identical coded mask cameras, arranged to cover 2 steradians . The XGIS will exploit an innovative technology coupling Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD) with crystal scintillator bars and a very low-noise distributed front-end electronics (ORION ASICs), which will produce a position sensitive detection plane, with a large effective area over a huge energy band (from soft X-rays to soft gamma-rays) with timing resolution down to a few $\mu$s.Here is presented an overview of the XGIS instrument design, its configuration, and capabilities., Comment: Proceedings of the SPIE 2020, paper 11444-303

Published
2021

3. The XGIS instrument on-board THESEUS: the detection plane and on-board electronics

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Fuschino, Fabio, Campana, Riccardo, Labanti, Claudio, Amati, Lorenzo, Virgilli, Enrico, Terenzi, Luca, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Borghi, Giacomo, Ficorella, Francesco, Gandola, Massimo, Grassi, Marco, La Rosa, Giovanni, Lorenzi, Paolo, Malcovati, Piero, Mele, Filippo, Orleański, Piotr, Picciotto, Antonino, Rachevski, Alexandre, Rashevskaya, Irina, Santangelo, Andrea, Sarra, Paolo, Sottile, Giuseppe, Tenzer, Christoph, Vacchi, Andrea, Gianluigi, Zampa, Zampa, Nicola, Zorzi, Nicola, hedderman, Paul, Winkler, M., Gemelli, Alessandro, Kuvvetli, Ifran, Pedersen, Søren Møller, Tcherniak, Denis, and Jensen, Lucas Christoffer Bune

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The X and Gamma Imaging Spectrometer instrument on-board the THESEUS mission (selected by ESA in the framework of the Cosmic Vision M5 launch opportunity, currently in phase A) is based on a detection plane composed of several thousands of single active elements. Each element comprises a 4.5x4.5x30 mm 3 CsI(Tl) scintillator bar, optically coupled at both ends to Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs). The SDDs acts both as photodetectors for the scintillation light and as direct X-ray sensors. In this paper the design of the XGIS detection plane is reviewed, outlining the strategic choices in terms of modularity and redundancy of the system. Results on detector-electronics prototypes are also described. Moreover, the design and development of the low-noise front-end electronics is presented, emphasizing the innovative architectural design based on custom-designed Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)., Comment: Proceedings of the SPIE 2020, paper 11444-277

Published
2021

4. The Modular X- and Gamma-Ray Sensor (MXGS)of the ASIM Payload on the International Space Station

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Østgaard, Nikolai, Balling, Jan E., Bjørnsen, Thomas, Brauer, Peter, Budtz-Jørgensen, Carl, Bujwan, Waldemar, Carlson, Brant, Christiansen, Freddy, Connell, Paul, Eyles, Chris, Fehlker, Dominik, Genov, Georgi, Grudziński, Pawel, Kochkin, Pavlo, Kohfeldt, Anja, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Thomsen, Per Lundahl, Pedersen, Søren Møller, Navarro-Gonzalez, Javier, Neubert, Torsten, Njøten, Kåre, Orleanski, Piotr, Qureshi, Bilal Hasan, Cenkeramaddi, Linga Reddy, Reglero, Victor, Reina, Manuel, Rodrigo, Juan Manuel, Rostad, Maja, Sabau, Maria D., Kristensen, Steen Savstrup, Skogseide, Yngve, Solberg, Arne, Stadsnes, Johan, Ullaland, Kjetil, and Yang, Shiming

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Space Physics
Abstract

The Modular X- and Gamma-ray Sensor (MXGS) is an imaging and spectral X- and Gamma-ray instrument mounted on the starboard side of the Columbus module on the International Space Station. Together with the Modular Multi-Spectral Imaging Assembly (MMIA) (Chanrion et al. this issue) MXGS constitutes the instruments of the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) (Neubert et al. this issue). The main objectives of MXGS are to image and measure the spectrum of X- and $\gamma$-rays from lightning discharges, known as Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs), and for MMIA to image and perform high speed photometry of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) and lightning discharges. With these two instruments specifically designed to explore the relation between electrical discharges, TLEs and TGFs, ASIM is the first mission of its kind.

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2019
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5. The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP

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Zhang, ShuangNan, Santangelo, Andrea, Feroci, Marco, Xu, YuPeng, Lu, FangJun, Chen, Yong, Feng, Hua, Zhang, Shu, Brandt, Søren, Hernanz, Margarita, Baldini, Luca, Bozzo, Enrico, Campana, Riccardo, De Rosa, Alessandra, Dong, YongWei, Evangelista, Yuri, Karas, Vladimir, Meidinger, Norbert, Meuris, Aline, Nandra, Kirpal, Pan, Teng, Pareschi, Giovanni, Orleanski, Piotr, Huang, QiuShi, Schanne, Stephane, Sironi, Giorgia, Spiga, Daniele, Svoboda, Jiri, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, Tenzer, Christoph, Vacchi, Andrea, Zane, Silvia, Walton, Dave, Wang, ZhanShan, Winter, Berend, Wu, Xin, Zand, Jean J. M. in 't, Ahangarianabhari, Mahdi, Ambrosi, Giovanni, Ambrosino, Filippo, Barbera, Marco, Basso, Stefano, Bayer, Jörg, Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Bertucci, Bruna, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Borghi, Giacomo, Cao, XueLei, Cadoux, Franck, Ceraudo, Francesco, Chen, TianXiang, Chen, YuPeng, Chevenez, Jerome, Civitani, Marta, Cui, Wei, Cui, WeiWei, Dauser, Thomas, Del Monte, Ettore, Di Cosimo, Sergio, Diebold, Sebastian, Doroshenko, Victor, Dovciak, Michal, Du, YuanYuan, Ducci, Lorenzo, Fan, QingMei, Favre, Yannick, Fuschino, Fabio, Gálvez, José Luis, Gao, Min, Ge, MingYu, Gevin, Olivier, Grassi, Marco, Gu, QuanYing, Gu, YuDong, Han, DaWei, Hong, Bin, Hu, Wei, Ji, Long, Jia, ShuMei, Jiang, WeiChun, Kennedy, Thomas, Kreykenbohm, Ingo, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Labanti, Claudio, Latronico, Luca, Li, Gang, Li, MaoShun, Li, Xian, Li, Wei, Li, ZhengWei, Limousin, Olivier, Liu, HongWei, Liu, XiaoJing, Lu, Bo, Luo, Tao, Macera, Daniele, Malcovati, Piero, Martindale, Adrian, Michalska, Malgorzata, Meng, Bin, Minuti, Massimo, Morbidini, Alfredo, Muleri, Fabio, Paltani, Stephane, Perinati, Emanuele, Picciotto, Antonino, Piemonte, Claudio, Qu, JinLu, Rachevski, Alexandre, Rashevskaya, Irina, Rodriguez, Jerome, Schanz, Thomas, Shen, ZhengXiang, Sheng, LiZhi, Song, JiangBo, Song, LiMing, Sgro, Carmelo, Sun, Liang, Tan, Ying, Uttley, Phil, Wang, Juan, Wang, LangPing, Wang, YuSa, Watts, Anna L., Wen, XiangYang, Wilms, Jörn, Xiong, ShaoLin, Yang, JiaWei, Yang, Sheng, Yang, YanJi, Yu, Nian, Zhang, WenDa, Zampa, Gianluigi, Zampa, Nicola, Zdziarski, Andrzej A., Zhang, AiMei, Zhang, ChengMo, Zhang, Fan, Zhang, Long, Zhang, Tong, Zhang, Yi, Zhang, XiaoLi, Zhang, ZiLiang, Zhao, BaoSheng, Zheng, ShiJie, Zhou, YuPeng, Zorzi, Nicola, and Zwart, J. Frans

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

In this paper we present the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP. eXTP is a space science mission designed to study fundamental physics under extreme conditions of density, gravity and magnetism. The mission aims at determining the equation of state of matter at supra-nuclear density, measuring effects of QED, and understanding the dynamics of matter in strong-field gravity. In addition to investigating fundamental physics, eXTP will be a very powerful observatory for astrophysics that will provide observations of unprecedented quality on a variety of galactic and extragalactic objects. In particular, its wide field monitoring capabilities will be highly instrumental to detect the electro-magnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources. The paper provides a detailed description of: (1) the technological and technical aspects, and the expected performance of the instruments of the scientific payload; (2) the elements and functions of the mission, from the spacecraft to the ground segment., Comment: Accepted for publication on Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. (2019)

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2018
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6. From Graphs to the Science Computer of a Space Telescope : The Power of Petri Nets in Systems Engineering

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Graczyk, Rafal, Bujwan, Waldemar, Darmetko, Marcin, Dziezyc, Marcin, Galano, Damien, Grochowski, Konrad, Kurowski, Michal, Juchnikowski, Grzegorz, Morawski, Marek, Mosdorf, Michal, Orleanski, Piotr, Thizy, Cedric, Völp, Marcus, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Bernardinello, Luca, editor, and Petrucci, Laure, editor

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2022
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7. The Large Area Detector onboard the eXTP mission

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Feroci, Marco, Ahangarianabhari, Mahdi, Ambrosi, Giovanni, Ambrosino, Filippo, Argan, Andrea, Barbera, Marco, Bayer, Joerg, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Bertucci, Bruna, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Borghi, Giacomo, Bozzo, Enrico, Cadoux, Franck, Campana, Riccardo, Ceraudo, Francesco, Chen, Tianxiang, Cirrincione, Daniela, De Rosa, Alessandra, Del Monte, Ettore, Di Cosimo, Sergio, Diebold, Sebastian, Evangelista, Yuri, Fan, Qingmei, Favre, Yannick, Ficorella, Francesco, Fuschino, Fabio, Gevin, Olivier, Grassi, Marco, Hong, Bin, Mao, Hanqi, Karas, Vladimir, Kennedy, Tom, Labanti, Claudio, Limousin, Olivier, Cicero, Ugo Lo, Lu, Fang-Jun, Luo, Tao, Malcovati, Piero, Martindale, Adrian, Meuris, Aline, Michalska, Malgorzata, Morbidini, Alfredo, Muleri, Fabio, Orleanski, Piotr, Paltani, Stephane, Pan, Teng, Perinati, Emanuele, Picciotto, Antonino, Pohl, Martin, Rashevskaia, Irina, Santangelo, Andrea, Schanne, Stephane, Skup, Konrad, Svoboda, Jiri, Tenzer, Chris, Vacchi, Andrea, Walton, Dave, Winter, Berend, Wu, Xin, Xu, Yupeng, Zampa, Ganluigi, Zampa, Nicola, Zane, Silvia, Zdziarski, Andrzej, Zhang, Long, Zhang, Shu, Zhang, Shuang-Nan, Zhang, Wenda, Zhang, Xiaoli, Zhou, Yupeng, and Zorzi, Nicola

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and China National Space Administration (CNSA) currently performing an extended phase A study and proposed for a launch by 2025 in a low-earth orbit. The eXTP scientific payload envisages a suite of instruments (Spectroscopy Focusing Array, Polarimetry Focusing Array, Large Area Detector and Wide Field Monitor) offering unprecedented simultaneous wide-band X-ray spectral, timing and polarimetry sensitivity. A large European consortium is contributing to the eXTP study and it is expected to provide key hardware elements, including a Large Area Detector (LAD). The LAD instrument for eXTP is based on the design originally proposed for the LOFT mission within the ESA context. The eXTP/LAD envisages a deployed 3.4 m2 effective area in the 2-30 keV energy range, achieved through the technology of the large-area Silicon Drift Detectors - offering a spectral resolution of up to 200 eV FWHM at 6 keV - and of capillary plate collimators - limiting the field of view to about 1 degree. In this paper we provide an overview of the LAD instrument design, including new elements with respect to the earlier LOFT configuration., Comment: Paper presented at SPIE Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018

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2018
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8. The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit

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Barret, Didier, Trong, Thien Lam, Herder, Jan-Willem den, Piro, Luigi, Cappi, Massimo, Huovelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rozanska, Agata, Wilms, Joern, Bandler, Simon, Barbera, Marco, Barcons, Xavier, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Costantini, Elisa, Decourchelle, Anne, Hartog, Roland den, Duband, Lionel, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Molendi, Silvano, Orleanski, Piotr, Pajot, François, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Sato, Kosuke, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Thibert, Tanguy, Valenziano, Luca, Valette, Veronique, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Wise, Michael, Yamasaki, Noriko, Delcelier-Douchin, Françoise, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Pontet, Bernard, Pradines, Alice, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Bulbul, Esra, Dadina, Mauro, Ettori, Stefano, Finoguenov, Alexis, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Kaastra, Jelle, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Miller, Jon, Miniutti, Giovanni, Nazé, Yaël, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Sciortino, Salvatore, Simionescu, Aurora, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Frezouls, Benoît, Geoffray, Hervé, Peille, Philippe, Aicardi, Corinne, André, Jérôme, Clénet, Antoine, Daniel, Christophe, Etcheverry, Christophe, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hervet, Gilles, Jolly, Antoine, Ledot, Aurélien, Maussang, Irwin, Paillet, Alexis, Schmisser, Roseline, Vella, Bruno, Damery, Jean-Charles, Boyce, Kevin, DiPirro, Michael, Lotti, Simone, Schwander, Denis, Smith, Stephen, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Weers, Henk, Clerc, Nicolas, Cobo, Beatriz, Dauser, Thomas, de Plaa, Jelle, Kirsch, Christian, Cucchetti, Edoardo, Eckart, Megan, Ferrando, Philippe, and Natalucci, Lorenzo

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer of the ESA Athena X-ray observatory. Over a field of view of 5' equivalent diameter, it will deliver X-ray spectra from 0.2 to 12 keV with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV up to 7 keV on ~5 arcsecond pixels. The X-IFU is based on a large format array of super-conducting molybdenum-gold Transition Edge Sensors cooled at about 90 mK, each coupled with an absorber made of gold and bismuth with a pitch of 249 microns. A cryogenic anti-coincidence detector located underneath the prime TES array enables the non X-ray background to be reduced. A bath temperature of about 50 mK is obtained by a series of mechanical coolers combining 15K Pulse Tubes, 4K and 2K Joule-Thomson coolers which pre-cool a sub Kelvin cooler made of a 3He sorption cooler coupled with an Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator. Frequency domain multiplexing enables to read out 40 pixels in one single channel. A photon interacting with an absorber leads to a current pulse, amplified by the readout electronics and whose shape is reconstructed on board to recover its energy with high accuracy. The defocusing capability offered by the Athena movable mirror assembly enables the X-IFU to observe the brightest X-ray sources of the sky (up to Crab-like intensities) by spreading the telescope point spread function over hundreds of pixels. Thus the X-IFU delivers low pile-up, high throughput (>50%), and typically 10 eV spectral resolution at 1 Crab intensities, i.e. a factor of 10 or more better than Silicon based X-ray detectors. In this paper, the current X-IFU baseline is presented, together with an assessment of its anticipated performance in terms of spectral resolution, background, and count rate capability. The X-IFU baseline configuration will be subject to a preliminary requirement review that is scheduled at the end of 2018., Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Proc. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Austin 2018

Published
2018

9. BRITE-Constellation: Data processing and photometry

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Popowicz, Adam, Pigulski, Andrzej, Bernacki, Krzysztof, Kuschnig, Rainer, Pablo, Herbert, Ramiaramanantsoa, Tahina, Zoclonska, Elzbieta, Baade, Dietrich, Handler, Gerald, Moffat, Anthony F., Wade, Gregg A., Neiner, Carolie, Rucinski, Slavek M., Weiss, Werner W., Koudelka, Otto, Orleanski, Piotr, Schwarzenberg-Czerny, Alexander, and Zwintz, Konstanze

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The BRITE mission is a pioneering space project aimed at the long-term photometric monitoring of the brightest stars in the sky by means of a constellation of nano-satellites. Its main advantage is high photometric accuracy and time coverage inaccessible from the ground. The main aim of this paper is the presentation of procedures used to obtain high-precision photometry from a series of images acquired by the BRITE satellites in two modes of observing, stare and chopping. We developed two pipelines corresponding to the two modes of observing. The assessment of the performance of both pipelines is presented. It is based on two comparisons, which use data from six runs of the UniBRITE satellite: (i) comparison of photometry obtained by both pipelines on the same data, which were partly affected by charge transfer inefficiency (CTI), (ii) comparison of real scatter with theoretical expectations. It is shown that for CTI-affected observations, the chopping pipeline provides much better photometry than the other pipeline. For other observations, the results are comparable only for data obtained shortly after switching to chopping mode. Starting from about 2.5 years in orbit, the chopping mode of observing provides significantly better photometry for UniBRITE data than the stare mode. This paper shows that high-precision space photometry with low-cost nano-satellites is achievable. The proposed meth- ods, used to obtain photometry from images affected by high impulsive noise, can be applied to data from other space missions or even to data acquired from ground-based observations.

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2017
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10. The e-ASTROGAM mission (exploring the extreme Universe with gamma rays in the MeV-GeV range)

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De Angelis, Alessandro, Tatischeff, Vincent, Tavani, Marco, Oberlack, Uwe, Grenier, Isabelle A., Hanlon, Lorraine, Walter, Roland, Argan, Andrea, von Ballmoos, Peter, Bulgarelli, Andrea, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Hernanz, Margarita, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Pearce, Mark, Zdziarski, Andrzej, Aboudan, Alessio, Ajello, Marco, Ambrosi, Giovanni, Bernard, Denis, Bernardini, Elisa, Bonvicini, Valter, Brogna, Andrea, Branchesi, Marica, Budtz-Jorgensen, Carl, Bykov, Andrei, Campana, Riccardo, Cardillo, Martina, Coppi, Paolo, De Martino, Domitilla, Diehl, Roland, Doro, Michele, Fioretti, Valentina, Funk, Stefan, Ghisellini, Gabriele, Grove, J. Eric, Hamadache, Clarisse, Hartmann, Dieter H., Hayashida, Masaaki, Isern, Jordi, Kanbach, Gottfried, Kiener, Jurgen, Knodlseder, Jurgen, Labanti, Claudio, Laurent, Philippe, Limousin, Olivier, Longo, Francesco, Mannheim, Karl, Marisaldi, Martino, Martinez, Manel, Mazziotta, Mario N., McEnery, Julie, Mereghetti, Sandro, Minervini, Gabriele, Moiseev, Alexander, Morselli, Aldo, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Orleanski, Piotr, Paredes, Josep M., Patricelli, Barbara, Peyre, Jean, Piano, Giovanni, Pohl, Martin, Ramarijaona, Harald, Rando, Riccardo, Reichardt, Ignasi, Roncadelli, Marco, da Silva, Rui Curado, Tavecchio, Fabrizio, Thompson, David J., Turolla, Roberto, Ulyanov, Alexei, Vacchi, Andrea, Wu, Xin, and Zoglauer, Andreas

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

e-ASTROGAM (`enhanced ASTROGAM') is a breakthrough Observatory mission dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range from 0.3 MeV to 3 GeV. The mission is based on an advanced space-proven detector technology, with unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolution, combined with polarimetric capability. In the largely unexplored MeV-GeV domain, e-ASTROGAM will open a new window on the non-thermal Universe, making pioneering observations of the most powerful Galactic and extragalactic sources, elucidating the nature of their relativistic outflows and their effects on Galactic ecosystems. With a line sensitivity in the MeV energy range one to two orders of magnitude better than previous generation instruments, will determine the origin of key isotopes fundamental for the understanding of supernova explosion and the chemical evolution of our Galaxy. The mission will provide unique data of significant interest to a broad astronomical community, complementary to powerful observatories such as LIGO-Virgo-GEO600-KAGRA, SKA, ALMA, E-ELT, TMT, LSST, JWST, Athena, CTA, IceCube, KM3NeT, and the promise of eLISA. Keywords: High-energy gamma-ray astronomy, High-energy astrophysics, Nuclear Astrophysics, Compton and Pair creation telescope, Gamma-ray bursts, Active Galactic Nuclei, Jets, Outflows, Multiwavelength observations of the Universe, Counterparts of gravitational waves, Fermi, Dark Matter, Nucleosynthesis, Early Universe, Supernovae, Cosmic Rays, Cosmic antimatter., Comment: Exp Astron (2017)

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2016
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11. The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

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Barret, Didier, Trong, Thien Lam, Herder, Jan-Willem den, Piro, Luigi, Barcons, Xavier, Huovelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rożanska, Agata, Wilms, Joern, Barbera, Marco, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Decourchelle, Anne, Hartog, Roland den, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Molendi, Silvano, Orleanski, Piotr, Pajot, François, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Renotte, Etienne, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Valenziano, Luca, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Yamasaki, Noriko, Delcelier-Douchin, Françoise, Du, Michel Le, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Pradines, Alice, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Dadina, Mauro, Finoguenov, Alexis, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Miller, Jon, Nazé, Yaël, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Sciortino, Salvatore, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Geoffray, Hervé, Hernandez, Isabelle, Luno, Laure, Peille, Philippe, André, Jérôme, Daniel, Christophe, Etcheverry, Christophe, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hassin, Jérémie, Hervet, Gilles, Maussang, Irwin, Moueza, Jérôme, Paillet, Alexis, Vella, Bruno, Garrido, Gonzalo Campos, Damery, Jean-Charles, Panem, Chantal, Panh, Johan, Bandler, Simon, Biffi, Jean-Marc, Boyce, Kevin, Clénet, Antoine, DiPirro, Michael, Jamotton, Pierre, Lotti, Simone, Schwander, Denis, Smith, Stephen, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Weers, Henk, Brand, Thorsten, Cobo, Beatriz, Dauser, Thomas, de Plaa, Jelle, and Cucchetti, Edoardo

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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) on board the Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics (Athena) will provide spatially resolved high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy from 0.2 to 12 keV, with 5 arc second pixels over a field of view of 5 arc minute equivalent diameter and a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV up to 7 keV. In this paper, we first review the core scientific objectives of Athena, driving the main performance parameters of the X-IFU, namely the spectral resolution, the field of view, the effective area, the count rate capabilities, the instrumental background. We also illustrate the breakthrough potential of the X-IFU for some observatory science goals. Then we briefly describe the X-IFU design as defined at the time of the mission consolidation review concluded in May 2016, and report on its predicted performance. Finally, we discuss some options to improve the instrument performance while not increasing its complexity and resource demands (e.g. count rate capability, spectral resolution). The X-IFU will be provided by an international consortium led by France, The Netherlands and Italy, with further ESA member state contributions from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and two international partners from the United States and Japan., Comment: 41 pages, 18 Figures

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2016
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12. From Graphs to the Science Computer of a Space Telescope

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Graczyk, Rafal, primary, Bujwan, Waldemar, additional, Darmetko, Marcin, additional, Dziezyc, Marcin, additional, Galano, Damien, additional, Grochowski, Konrad, additional, Kurowski, Michal, additional, Juchnikowski, Grzegorz, additional, Morawski, Marek, additional, Mosdorf, Michal, additional, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Thizy, Cedric, additional, and Völp, Marcus, additional

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2022
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13. GAMMA-LIGHT: High-Energy Astrophysics above 10 MeV

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Morselli, Aldo, Argan, Andrea, Barbiellini, Guido, Bonvicini, Walter, Bulgarelli, Andrea, Cardillo, Martina, Chen, Andrew, Coppi, Paolo, Di Giorgio, Anna Maria, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Del Monte, Ettore, Fioretti, Valentina, Galli, Marcello, Giusti, Manuela, Ferrari, Attilio, Fuschino, Fabio, Giommi, Paolo, Giuliani, Andrea, Labanti, Claudio, Lipari, Paolo, Longo, Francesco, Marisaldi, Martino, Molinari, Sergio, Muñoz, Carlos, Neubert, Torsten, Orleanski, Piotr, Paredes, Josep M., Pérez-García, M. Ángeles, Piano, Giovanni, Picozza, Piergiorgio, Pilia, Maura, Pittori, Carlotta, Pucella, Gianluca, Sabatini, Sabina, Striani, Edoardo, Tavani, Marco, Trois, Alessio, Vacchi, Andrea, Vercellone, Stefano, Verrecchia, Francesco, Vittorini, Valerio, and Zdziarski, Andrzej

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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

High-energy phenomena in the cosmos, and in particular processes leading to the emission of gamma- rays in the energy range 10 MeV - 100 GeV, play a very special role in the understanding of our Universe. This energy range is indeed associated with non-thermal phenomena and challenging particle acceleration processes. The technology involved in detecting gamma-rays is challenging and drives our ability to develop improved instruments for a large variety of applications. GAMMA-LIGHT is a Small Mission which aims at an unprecedented advance of our knowledge in many sectors of astrophysical and Earth studies research. The Mission will open a new observational window in the low-energy gamma-ray range 10-50 MeV, and is configured to make substantial advances compared with the previous and current gamma-ray experiments (AGILE and Fermi). The improvement is based on an exquisite angular resolution achieved by GAMMA-LIGHT using state-of-the-art Silicon technology with innovative data acquisition. GAMMA-LIGHT will address all astrophysics issues left open by the current generation of instruments. In particular, the breakthrough angular resolution in the energy range 100 MeV - 1 GeV is crucial to resolve patchy and complex features of diffuse sources in the Galaxy as well as increasing the point source sensitivity. This proposal addresses scientific topics of great interest to the community, with particular emphasis on multifrequency correlation studies involving radio, optical, IR, X-ray, soft gamma-ray and TeV emission. At the end of this decade several new observatories will be operational including LOFAR, SKA, ALMA, HAWK, CTA. GAMMA-LIGHT will "fill the vacuum" in the 10 MeV-10 GeV band, and will provide invaluable data for the understanding of cosmic and terrestrial high-energy sources., Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures

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2014
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14. The Large Area Detector for the eXTP mission

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den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Feroci, Marco, Ambrosi, Giovanni, Antonelli, Matias, Argan, Andrea, Babinec, Viktor, Barbera, Marco, Bastia, Paolo, Bayer, Joerg, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Bertucci, Bruna, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Bonfitto, Federica, Bonvicini, Valter, Bozzo, Enrico, Baudin, David, Bouyjou, Florent, Brienza, Daniele, Cadoux, Franck, Campana, Riccardo, Candia, Roberto, Cao, Jiewei, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Ceraudo, Francesco, Chen, Tianxiang, Chen, Wen, Coimbra, Artur, Colucci, Angelo, Cong, Xiaoqing, Cirrincione, Daniela, De Angelis, Nicolas, De Rosa, Alessandra, Della Casa, Giovanni, Del Monte, Ettore, Di Cicca, Gaspare, Di Cosimo, Sergio, Dilillo, Giuseppe, Dohnal, Roman, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Evangelista, Yuri, Fan, Peng, Fan, Qingmei, Favre, Yannick, Fiandrini, Emanuele, Ficorella, Francesco, Gao, Na, Gevin, Olivier, Grassi, Marco, Guedel, Manuel, Guzman Cabrera, Alejandro, Han, Dong, He, Huilin, Hedderman, Paul, den Herder, Jan-Willem, Hynek, Richard, Reynaard Kole, Merlin, Karas, Vladimir, Komarek, Martin, Labanti, Claudio, La Marra, Daniel, Lesci, Giuseppe, Li, Gang, Li, Loghui, Li, Tiangtong, Limousin, Olivier, Liu, Hongwei, Liu, Rui, Liu, Yichen, Liu, Xiaojing, Lo Cicero, Ugo, Loehring, Jens, Lombardi, Giovanni, Lu, Fang-Jun, Luo, Tao, Malcovati, Piero, Marinucci, Andrea, Mele, Filippo, Mendes, Vasco, Merkl, Martin, Meuris, Aline, Michalska, Malgorzata, Morbidini, Alfredo, Morgante, Gianluca, Muleri, Fabio, Munini, Riccardo, Mussolin, Lorenzo, Negri, Barbara, Novák, Petr, Nowosielski, Witold, Nuti, Alessio, Orleanski, Piotr, Ottensamer, Roland, Pacciani, Luigi, Paltani, Stephane, Pan, Teng, Pepponi, Giancarlo, Perinati, Emanuele, Piazzolla, Raffaele, Picciotto, Antonino, Pliego, Samuel, Putz, Andreas, Rachevski, Alexandre, Rashevskaia, Irina, Samusenko, Alina, Santangelo, Andrea, Schanne, Stephane, Serafinelli, Roberto, Skup, Konrad, Sveda, Libor, Svoboda, Jiri, Tenzer, Chris, Todaro, Michela, Torok, Gabriel, Trois, Alessio, Vacchi, Andrea, Varisco, Salvatore, Villa, Francesco, Virgilli, Enrico, Xiang, Hongwen, Xiong, Hao, Wang, Jian, Wang, Xianqi, Winter, Berend, Wu, Zhenyu, Wu, Xin, Xu, Yupeng, Zampa, Gianluigi, Zampa, Nicola, Zdziarski, Andrzej A., Zhang, Long, Zhang, Shu, Zhang, Shuang-Nan, Zhang, Yonghe, Zhang, Wenda, Zhao, Qiao, Zhu, Cheng, Zhu, Xiaofei, and Zorzi, Nicola

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2024
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15. The Wide Field Monitor (WFM) of the China-Europe eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission

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den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Hernanz, Margarita, Feroci, Marco, Evangelista, Yuri, Meuris, Aline, Schanne, Stéphane, Zampa, Gianluigi, Tenzer, Chris, Bayer, Jörg, Nowosielski, Witold, Michalska, Malgorzata, Kalemci, Emrah, Sungur, Müberra, Brandt, Søren, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Alvarez Franco, Daniel, Carmona, Alex, Gálvez, José-Luis, Patruno, Alessandro, In' t Zand, Jean, Zwart, Frans, Santangelo, Andrea, Bozzo, Enrico, Zhang, Shuang-Nan, Lu, Fangjun, Xu, Yupeng, Campana, Riccardo, Del Monte, Ettore, Ceraudo, Francesco, Nuti, Alessio, Della Casa, Giovanni, Argan, Andrea, Minervini, Gabriele, Antonelli, Matias, Bonvicini, Valter, Boezio, Mirko, Cirrincione, Daniela, Munini, Riccardo, Rachevski, Alexandre, Vacchi, Andrea, Zampa, Nicola, Rashevskaya, Irina, Ficorella, Francesco, Picciotto, Antonino, Zorzi, Nicola, Baudin, David, Bouyjou, Florent, Gevin, Olivier, Limousin, Olivier, Hedderman, Paul, Pliego, Samuel, Xiong, Hao, de la Rie, Rob, Laubert, Phillip, Aitink-Kroes, Gabby, Kuiper, Lucien, Orleanski, Piotr, Skup, Konrad, Tcherniak, Denis, Turhan, Onur, Bozkurt, Ayhan, and Onat, Ahmet

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2024
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16. The enhanced x-ray timing and polarimetry mission: eXTP: an update on its scientific cases, mission profile and development status

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Zhang, Shuang Nan, Santangelo, Andrea, Xu, Yupeng, Feroci, Marco, Hernanz, Margarita, Lu, Fangjun, Chen, Yong, Feng, Hua, Nandra, Kirpal, Jiang, Weichun, Svoboda, Jiri, Brandt, Søren, Schanne, Stéphane, Zand, Jean, Michalska, Malgorzata, Bozzo, Enrico, Kalemci, Emrah, Agudo, Ivan, Ahangarianabhari, Mahdi, Aitink-Kroes, Gabby, Ambrosi, Giovanni, Ambrosino, Filippo, An, Zhenghua, Perez Torres, Miguel Angel, Antonelli, Matias, Argan, Andrea, Babinec, Viktor, Baldini, Luca, Barbera, Marco, van Baren, Coen, Baudin, David, Bayer, Jörg, Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Bertucci, Bruna, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Bi, Xingzi, Boezio, Mirko, Bonvicini, Valter, Bonvicini, Walter, Bordas, Pol, Borghese, Alice, Borghi, Giacomo, Bouyjou, Florent, Bozkurt, Ayhan, Brez, Alessandro, Brienza, Daniele, Cadoux, Franck, Campana, Riccardo, Cao, Jiewei, Cao, Xuelei, Casares, Jorge, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Ceraudo, Francesco, Chen, Tianxiang, Chen, Wen, Chen, Can, Chen, Yupeng, Chen, Xin, Chen, Yehai, Chenevez, Jerome, Cheng, Yaodong, Cirrincione, Daniela, Civitani, Marta, Cong, Min, Zelati, Francesco Coti, Cui, Weiwei, Cui, Tao, Cui, Wei, Dai, Boyu, Dauser, Thomas, De Angelis, Nicolas, De Marco, Barbara, De Rosa, Alessandra, Monte, Ettore Del, Cosimo, Sergio Di, Diebold, Sebastian, Dilillo, Giuseppe, Ding, Fei, Dohnal, Roman, Dong, Zefang, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Dovciak, Michal, Du, Yuanyuan, Ducci, Lorenzo, Evangelista, Yuri, Fan, Qingmei, Favre, Yannick, Ferrés, Patrícia, Fiandrini, Emanuele, Ficorella, Francesco, Fuschino, Fabio, Gálvez, José Luis, Gao, Na, Gao, Min, Ge, Yuqiang, Ge, Mingyu, Gevin, Olivier, Grassi, Marco, Gu, Yudong, Gu, Quanying, Guan, Ju, Guedel, Manuel, Han, Xingbo, Han, Dawei, He, Huilin, He, Junwang, Hedderman, Paul, den Herder, Jan Willem, Hong, Bin, Hormaetxe, Ander, Hou, Dongjie, Hu, Zexun, Hu, Hao, Hu, Qingbao, Hu, Yu, Huang, Yue, Huang, Jiangjiang, Huang, Qiushi, Huo, Jia, Hynek, Richard, Iwasawa, Kazumi, Izzo, Lucca, Ji, Long, Jia, Shumei, Jiang, Bowen, Jiang, Wei, Jiang, Jiechen, Jiang, Xiaowei, Jiao, Yang, Jin, Ge, Jin, Fan, Jose, Jordi, Karas, Vladimir, Kennedy, Thomas, Kirsch, Christian, Kole, Merlin, Komarek, Martin, Kreykenbohm, Ingo, Kuiper, Lucien, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Labanti, Claudio, Latronico, Luca, Laubert, Phillip, Li, Tao, Li, Longhui, Li, Hong, Li, Duo, Li, Wei, Li, Maoshun, Li, Gang, Li, Xiaobo, Li, Chengkui, Li, Bing, Li, Haibo, Liang, Hong, Liao, Qiuyan, Liao, Jinyuan, Limousin, Olivier, Lin, Yanjian, Linares, Manuel, Liu, Rui, Liu, Yichen, Liu, Zhihao, Liu, Hongwei, Liu, Xiaojing, Liu, Xiaohua, Cicero, Ugo Lo, Loehring, Jens, Lombardi, Giovanni, Lorenz, Maximilian, Lu, Bing, Lucchesi, Leonardo, Luo, Tao, Luo, Laidan, Ma, Jia, Ma, Xiang, Macera, Daniele, Malcovati, Piero, Manfreda, Alberto, Paredes, Josep Maria, Marinucci, Andrea, Martindale, Adrian, Meidinger, Norbert, Mele, Filippo, Mendes, Vasco, Meng, Bin, Merkl, Martin, Meuris, Aline, Miniutti, Giovanni, Minuti, Massimo, Morbidini, Alfredo, Morgante, Gianluca, Muleri, Fabio, Munini, Riccardo, Mussolin, Lorenzo, Negri, Barbara, Nie, Jianyin, Novák, Petr, Nowosielski, Witold, Nuti, Alessio, Onat, Ahmet, Orleanski, Piotr, Orsini, Leonardo, Ottensamer, Roland, Ou, Ge, Pacciani, Luigi, Paltani, Stephane, Pan, Teng, Pan, Kai, Pareschi, Giovanni, Patruno, Alessandro, Pepponi, Giancarlo, Perinati, Emanuele, Piazzolla, Raffaele, Picciotto, Antonino, Piemonte, Claudio, Pinchera, Michele, Pliego, Samuel, Poutanen, Juri, Qi, Liqiang, Qi, Fazhi, Qiang, Pengfei, Qiao, Fangjian, Qiao, Zheng, Qiu, Xiangbiao, Qiu, Chengbo, Qu, Jinlu, Rachevski, Alexandre, Rashevskaia, Irina, Rea, Nanda, Ribo, Marc, de la Rie, Rob, Rodriguez, Jerome, Gil, Pablo Rodríguez, Sala, Gloria, Schanz, Thomas, Serafinelli, Roberto, Sgro, Carmelo, Shen, Zhengxiang, Sheng, Lizhi, Shi, Jingyan, Sironi, Giorgia, Skup, Konrad, Song, Liming, Song, Zeyu, Song, Jiangbo, Spandre, Gloria, Spiga, Daniele, Su, Yongquan, Sun, Liang, Sungur, Müberra, Svéda, Libor, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, Tan, Ying, Tao, Lian, Tcherniak, Denis, Tenzer, Chris, Todaro, Michela, Tolos, Laura, Torok, Gabriel, Torres, Diego F., Trois, Alessio, Turhan, Onur, Uttley, Phil, Vacchi, Andrea, Virgilli, Enrico, Vogel, Channah, Walton, Dave, Wang, Jian, Wang, Xianqi, Wang, Bo, Wang, Langping, Wang, Xiaofeng, Wang, Dianlong, Wang, Yusa, Wang, Juan, Wang, Hao, Wang, Ruijie, Wang, Ping, Wang, Lingjun, Wang, Wenshuai, Wang, Tian, Wang, Haoyu, Wang, Zhanshan, Watts, Anna L., Wen, Xiangyang, Wilms, Jörn, Winter, Berend, Wu, Xin, Wu, Chao, Wu, Zhenyu, Wu, Qiong, Wu, Kaiji, Xiong, Hao, Xiong, Shaolin, Xu, Wei, Xu, Zhao, Xu, Jingjing, Xu, Xiongwei, Xue, Jiadai, Yan, Yongqing, Yan, Xingtao, Yang, Xianghui, Yang, Yanji, Yang, Xiongtao, Yang, Sheng, Yang, Jiawei, Yang, Yingquan, Yi, Shuxu, Yu, Yonggao, Yu, Ke, Zampa, Ganluigi, Zampa, Nicola, Zane, Silvia, Zdziarski, Andrzej A., Zhang, Long, Zhang, Shu, Zhang, Wenda, Zhang, Xiaoli, Zhang, Zhen, Zhang, Jiawei, Zhang, Fan, Zhang, Ziliang, Zhang, Dali, Zhang, Honglin, Zhang, Aimei, Zhang, Tong, Zhang, Hongmei, Zhang, Juan, Zhang, Liang, Zhang, Yueting, Zhao, Li, Zhao, Baosheng, Zhao, Zijian, Zhao, Xiaofan, Zhao, Haisheng, Zhao, Xiaoyun, Zheng, Shijie, Zhou, Yupeng, Zhou, Xiaohong, Zhu, Jiahuan, Zhu, Yuxuan, Zhu, Cheng, Zhu, Zhencai, Zorzi, Nicola, Zwart, Frans, den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany), and Foundation for Polish Science

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Equation of state, Extreme gravity, Black hole, X-ray timing, X-ray polarimetry, Neutron star, Extreme magnetism, Extreme density
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Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray (2022), Montreal, Jul 17-22, 2022.--Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering vol. 12181 Article number 121811W.-- Full list of authors: Zhang, Shuang-Nan; Santangelo, Andrea; Xu, Yupeng; Feroci, Marco; Hernanz, Margarita; Lu, Fangjun; Chen, Yong; Feng, Hua; Nandra, Kirpal; Jiang, Weichun; Svoboda, Jiri; Brandt, Soren; Schanne, Stephane; in't Zand, Jean; Michalska, Malgorzata; Bozzo, Enrico; Kalemci, Emrah; Agudo, Ivan; Ahangarianabhari, Mahdi; Aitink-Kroes, Gabby; Ambrosi, Giovanni; Ambrosino, Filippo; An, Zhenghua; Perez Torres, Miguel Angel; Antonelli, Matias; Argan, Andrea; Babinec, Viktor; Baldini, Luca; Barbera, Marco; van Baren, Coen; Baudin, David; Bayer, Joerg; Bellazzini, Ronaldo; Bellutti, Pierluigi; Bertucci, Bruna; Bertuccio, Giuseppe; Bi, Xingzi; Boezio, Mirko; Bonvicini, Valter; Bonvicini, Walter; Bordas, Pol; Borghese, Alice; Borghi, Giacomo; Bouyjou, Florent; Bozkurt, Ayhan; Brez, Alessandro; Brienza, Daniele; Cadoux, Franck; Campana, Riccardo; Cao, Jiewei; Cao, Xuelei; Casares, Jorge; Cavazzuti, Elisabetta; Ceraudo, Francesco; Chen, Tianxiang; Chen, Wen; Chen, Can; Chen, Yupeng; Chen, Xin; Chen, Yehai; Chenevez, Jerome; Cheng, Yaodong; Cirrincione, Daniela; Civitani, Marta; Cong, Min; Coti Zelati, Francesco; Cui, Weiwei; Cui, Tao; Cui, Wei; Dai, Boyu; Dauser, Thomas; De Angelis, Nicolas; De Marco, Barbara; De Rosa, Alessandra; Del Monte, Ettore; Di Cosimo, Sergio; Diebold, Sebastian; Dilillo, Giuseppe; Ding, Fei; Dohnal, Roman; Dong, Zefang; Donnarumma, Immacolata; Dovciak, Michal; Du, Yuanyuan; Ducci, Lorenzo; Evangelista, Yuri; Fan, Qingmei; Favre, Yannick; Ferres, Patricia; Fiandrini, Emanuele; Ficorella, Francesco; Fuschino, Fabio; Luis Galvez, Jose; Gao, Na; Gao, Min; Ge, Yuqiang; Ge, Mingyu; Gevin, Olivier; Grassi, Marco; Gu, Yudong; Gu, Quanying; Guan, Ju; Guedel, Manuel; Han, Xingbo; Han, Dawei; He, Huilin; He, Junwang; Hedderman, Paul; den Herder, Jan-Willem; Hong, Bin; Hormaetxe, Ander; Hou, Dongjie; Hu, Zexun; Hu, Hao; Hu, Qingbao; Hu, Yu; Huang, Yue; Huang, Jiangjiang; Huang, Qiushi; Huo, Jia; Hynek, Richard; Iwasawa, Kazumi; Izzo, Lucca; Ji, Long; Jia, Shumei; Jiang, Bowen; Jiang, Wei; Jiang, Jiechen; Jiang, Xiaowei; Jiao, Yang; Jin, Ge; Jin, Fan; Jose, Jordi; Karas, Vladimir; Kennedy, Thomas; Kirsch, Christian; Kole, Merlin; Komarek, Martin; Kreykenbohm, Ingo; Kuiper, Lucien; Kuvvetli, Irfan; Labanti, Claudio; Latronico, Luca; Laubert, Phillip; Li, Tao; Li, Longhui; Li, Hong; Li, Duo; Li, Wei; Li, Maoshun; Li, Gang; Li, Xiaobo; Li, Chengkui; Li, Bing; Li, Haibo; Liang, Hong; Liao, Qiuyan; Liao, Jinyuan; Limousin, Olivier; Lin, Yanjian; Linares, Manuel; Liu, Rui; Liu, Yichen; Liu, Zhihao; Liu, Hongwei; Liu, Xiaojing; Liu, Xiaohua; Lo Cicero, Ugo; Loehring, Jens; Lombardi, Giovanni; Lorenz, Maximilian; Lu, Bing; Lucchesi, Leonardo; Luo, Tao; Luo, Laidan; Ma, Jia; Ma, Xiang; Macera, Daniele; Malcovati, Piero; Manfreda, Alberto; Maria Paredes, Josep; Marinucci, Andrea; Martindale, Adrian; Meidinger, Norbert; Mele, Filippo; Mendes, Vasco; Meng, Bin; Merkl, Martin; Meuris, Aline; Miniutti, Giovanni; Minuti, Massimo; Morbidini, Alfredo; Morgante, Gianluca; Muleri, Fabio; Munini, Riccardo; Mussolin, Lorenzo; Negri, Barbara; Nie, Jianyin; Novak, Petr; Nowosielski, Witold; Nuti, Alessio; Onat, Ahmet; Orleanski, Piotr; Orsini, Leonardo; Ottensamer, Roland; Ou, Ge; Pacciani, Luigi; Paltani, Stephane; Pan, Teng; Pan, Kai; Pareschi, Giovanni; Patruno, Alessandro; Pepponi, Giancarlo; Perinati, Emanuele; Piazzolla, Raffaele; Picciotto, Antonino; Piemonte, Claudio; Pinchera, Michele; Pliego, Samuel; Poutanen, Juri; Qi, Liqiang; Qi, Fazhi; Qiang, Pengfei; Qiao, Fangjian; Qiao, Zheng; Qiu, Xiangbiao; Qiu, Chengbo; Qu, Jinlu; Rachevski, Alexandre; Rashevskaia, Irina; Rea, Nanda; Ribo, Marc; de la Rie, Rob; Rodriguez, Jerome; Rodriguez Gil, Pablo; Sala, Gloria; Schanz, Thomas; Serafinelli, Roberto; Sgro, Carmelo; Shen, Zhengxiang; Sheng, Lizhi; Shi, Jingyan; Sironi, Giorgia; Skup, Konrad; Song, Liming; Song, Zeyu; Song, Jiangbo; Spandre, Gloria; Spiga, Daniele; Su, Yongquan; Sun, Liang; Sungur, Muberra; Sveda, Libor; Tagliaferri, Gianpiero; Tan, Ying; Tao, Lian; Tcherniak, Denis; Tenzer, Chris; Todaro, Michela; Tolos, Laura; Torok, Gabriel; Torres, Diego F.; Trois, Alessio; Turhan, Onur; Uttley, Phil; Vacchi, Andrea; Virgilli, Enrico; Vogel, Channah; Walton, Dave; Wang, Jian; Wang, Xianqi; Wang, Bo; Wang, Langping; Wang, Xiaofeng; Wang, Dianlong; Wang, Yusa; Wang, Juan; Wang, Hao; Wang, Ruijie; Wang, Ping; Wang, Lingjun; Wang, Wenshuai; Wang, Tian; Wang, Haoyu; Wang, Zhanshan; Watts, Anna L.; Wen, Xiangyang; Wilms, Joern; Winter, Berend; Wu, Xin; Wu, Chao; Wu, Zhenyu; Wu, Qiong; Wu, Kaiji; Xiong, Hao; Xiong, Shaolin; Xu, Wei; Xu, Zhao; Xu, Jingjing; Xu, Xiongwei; Xue, Jiadai; Yan, Yongqing; Yan, Xingtao; Yang, Xianghui; Yang, Yanji; Yang, Xiongtao; Yang, Sheng; Yang, Jiawei; Yang, Yingquan; Yi, Shuxu; Yu, Yonggao; Yu, Ke; Zampa, Ganluigi; Zampa, Nicola; Zane, Silvia; Zdziarski, Andrzej A.; Zhang, Long; Zhang, Shu; Zhang, Wenda; Zhang, Xiaoli; Zhang, Zhen; Zhang, Jiawei; Zhang, Fan; Zhang, Ziliang; Zhang, Dali; Zhang, Honglin; Zhang, Aimei; Zhang, Tong; Zhang, Hongmei; Zhang, Juan; Zhang, Liang; Zhang, Yueting; Zhao, Li; Zhao, Baosheng; Zhao, Zijian; Zhao, Xiaofan; Zhao, Haisheng; Zhao, Xiaoyun; Zheng, Shijie; Zhou, Yupeng; Zhou, Xiaohong; Zhu, Jiahuan; Zhu, Yuxuan; Zhu, Cheng; Zhu, Zhencai; Zorzi, Nicola; Zwart, Frans, The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission (eXTP) is a flagship observatory for X-ray timing, spectroscopy and polarimetry developed by an International Consortium. Thanks to its very large collecting area, good spectral resolution and unprecedented polarimetry capabilities, eXTP will explore the properties of matter and the propagation of light in the most extreme conditions found in the Universe. eXTP will, in addition, be a powerful X-ray observatory. The mission will continuously monitor the X-ray sky, and will enable multiwavelength and multi-messenger studies. The mission is currently in phase B, which will be completed in the middle of 2022. © 2022 SPIE. All rights reserved., The Chinese team acknowledges support by the Chinese Academy of Sciences through the Strategic Priority Research Program, Grant No. XDA15020100. The Italian authors acknowledge funding support by the Italian Space Agency (under agreement n. 2020-3-HH.0 and ASI-INAF n.2017-14-H.O) and INFN (project XRO -X-ray Observatories). The Spanish authors acknowledge funding support from the MICIN/AEI grant PID2019-108709GB-I00. The German team acknowledges support from the Bundesministerium fur Wirtschaft und Technologie through the Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) under the grant number FKZ 50 OO 1902. The Polish team acknowledges FNP grant POIR.04.04.00-00-5C65/17. The Czech team acknowledges support from the GACR project 21-06825X. The Turkish team acknowledges support from the Turkish Space Agency., With funding from the Spanish government through the Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation SEV-2017-0709

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17. The instrument control unit processing hardware and software of the wide field monitor on eXTP

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Kalemci, Emrah, primary, Turhan, Onur, additional, Kuvvetli, Irfan, additional, Schanne, Stéphane, additional, Hernanz, Margarita, additional, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Tenzer, Chris, additional, Sungur, Müberra, additional, Onat, Ahmet, additional, Bozkurt, Ayhan, additional, Baltaci, Mehmet A., additional, Galvez, José-Luis ., additional, Brandt, Søren, additional, Skup, Konrad R., additional, Tcherniak, Denis, additional, and Michalska, Malgorzata, additional

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18. The wide field monitor onboard the Chinese-European x-ray mission eXTP

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Hernanz, Margarita, primary, Brandt, Søren, additional, In't Zand, Jean, additional, Evangelista, Yuri, additional, Meuris, Aline, additional, Tenzer, Chris, additional, Zampa, Gianluigi, additional, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Kalemci, Emrah, additional, Sungur, Müberra, additional, Schanne, Stéphane, additional, Zwart, Frans, additional, de la Rie, Rob, additional, Laubert, Phillip, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Aitink-Kroes, Gabby, additional, Kuiper, Lucien, additional, Bayer, Jörg, additional, Hedderman, Paul, additional, Pliego, Samuel, additional, Xiong, Hao, additional, Campana, Riccardo, additional, Del Monte, Ettore, additional, Feroci, Marco, additional, Ceraudo, Francesco, additional, Gevin, Olivier, additional, Kuvvetli, Irfan, additional, Tcherniak, Denis, additional, Skup, Konrad, additional, Michalska, Malgorzata, additional, Nowosielski, Witold, additional, Hormaetxe, Ander, additional, Gálvez, José-Luis, additional, Ferrés, Patrícia, additional, Patruno, Alessandro, additional, Bonvicini, Walter, additional, Antonelli, Matias, additional, Boezio, Mirko, additional, Cirrincione, Daniela, additional, Munini, Riccardo, additional, Rachevski, Alexandre, additional, Vacchi, Andrea, additional, Zampa, Nicola, additional, Rashevskaya, Irina, additional, Argan, Andrea, additional, Turhan, Onur, additional, Bozkurt, Ayhan, additional, Onat, Ahmet, additional, Bozzo, Enrico, additional, Santangelo, Andrea, additional, Zhang, Shuang-Nan, additional, Lu, Fangjun, additional, and Xu, Yupeng, additional

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19. The large area detector onboard the eXTP mission

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Feroci, Marco, primary, Ambrosi, Giovanni, additional, Ambrosino, Filippo, additional, Antonelli, Matias, additional, Argan, Andrea, additional, Babinec, Viktor, additional, Barbera, Marco, additional, Bayer, Jörg, additional, Bellutti, Pierluigi, additional, Bertucci, Bruna, additional, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, additional, Bi, Xingzi, additional, Boezio, Mirko, additional, Bonvicini, Walter, additional, Borghi, Giacomo, additional, Bozzo, Enrico, additional, Baudin, David, additional, Bouyjou, Florent, additional, Brienza, Daniele, additional, Cadoux, Franck, additional, Campana, Riccardo, additional, Cao, Jiewei, additional, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, additional, Ceraudo, Francesco, additional, Chen, Tianxiang, additional, Chen, Wen, additional, Cirrincione, Daniela, additional, De Angelis, Nicolas, additional, De Rosa, Alessandra, additional, Del Monte, Ettore, additional, Di Cosimo, Sergio, additional, Dilillo, Giuseppe, additional, Dohnal, Roman, additional, Donnarumma, Immacolata, additional, Evangelista, Yuri, additional, Fan, Qingmei, additional, Favre, Yannick, additional, Fiandrini, Emanuele, additional, Ficorella, Francesco, additional, Fuschino, Fabio, additional, Gao, Na, additional, Gevin, Olivier, additional, Grassi, Marco, additional, Guedel, Manuel, additional, Han, Xingbo, additional, He, Huilin, additional, Hedderman, Paul, additional, den herder, jan-willem, additional, Hynek, Richard, additional, Hong, Bing, additional, Jin, Ge, additional, Kole, Merlin, additional, Karas, Vladimír, additional, Komarek, Martin, additional, Labanti, Claudio, additional, Li, Loghui, additional, Li, Tianming, additional, Liang, Hong, additional, Limousin, Olivier, additional, Liu, Rui, additional, Lo Cicero, Ugo, additional, Lohering, Jens, additional, Lombardi, Giovanni, additional, Lu, Fang-Jun, additional, Luo, Tao, additional, Malcovati, Piero, additional, Mao, Hanqi, additional, Marinucci, Andrea, additional, Mele, Filippo, additional, Mendes, Vasco, additional, Merkl, Martin, additional, Meuris, Aline, additional, Michalska, Małgorzata, additional, Morbidini, Alfredo, additional, Morgante, Gianluca, additional, Muleri, Fabio, additional, Munini, Riccardo, additional, Mussolin, Lorenzo, additional, Negri, Barbara, additional, Novak, Petr, additional, Nowosielski, Witold, additional, Nuti, Alessio, additional, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Ottensamer, Roland, additional, Pacciani, Luigi, additional, Paltani, Stephane, additional, Pan, Teng, additional, Pepponi, Giancarlo, additional, Perinati, Emanuele, additional, Piazzolla, Raffaele, additional, Picciotto, Antonino, additional, Pliego, Samuel, additional, Rachevski, Alexandre, additional, Rashevskaia, Irina, additional, Santangelo, Andrea, additional, Serafinelli, Roberto, additional, Schanne, Stéphane, additional, Skup, Konrad, additional, Sveda, Libor, additional, Svoboda, Jiri, additional, Tenzer, Christopher, additional, Todaro, Michela, additional, Torok, Gabreil, additional, Trois, Alessio, additional, Vacchi, Andrea, additional, Virgilli, Enrico, additional, Xiong, Hao, additional, Wang, Jian, additional, Wang, Xianqi, additional, Winter, Berend, additional, Wu, Xin, additional, Xu, Yupeng, additional, Zampa, Gianluigi, additional, Zampa, Nicola, additional, Zdziarski, Andrei, additional, Zhang, Long, additional, Zhang, Shu, additional, Zhang, Shuang-Nan, additional, Zhang, Wenda, additional, Zhang, Xiaoli, additional, Zhang, Zhen, additional, Zhou, Yupeng, additional, and Zorzi, Nicola, additional

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20. The X/Gamma-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XGIS) for THESEUS and other mission opportunities

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Amati, Lorenzo, primary, Labanti, Claudio, additional, Mereghetti, Sandro, additional, Frontera, Filippo, additional, Campana, Riccardo, additional, Auricchio, Natalia, additional, Baldazzi, Giuseppe, additional, Bellutti, Pierluigi, additional, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, additional, Branchesi, Marica, additional, Butler, Reginald C., additional, Caballero-Garcia, Maria D., additional, Camisasca, Anna E., additional, Castro-Tirado, Alberto J., additional, Cavazzini, Leo, additional, Ciolfi, Riccardo, additional, De Rosa, Adriano, additional, Evangelisti, Federico, additional, Farinelli, Ruben, additional, Ferro, Lisa, additional, Ficorella, Francesco, additional, Fiorini, Mauro, additional, Fuschino, Fabio, additional, Gasent-Blesa, José L., additional, Ghirlanda, Giancarlo, additional, Grassi, Marco, additional, Guidorzi, Cristiano, additional, Hedderman, Paul, additional, Kuvvetli, Irfan, additional, La Rosa, Giovanni, additional, Lorenzi, Paolo, additional, Malcovati, Piero, additional, Marchesini, Ezequiel, additional, Marisaldi, Martino, additional, Melchiorri, Michele, additional, Mele, Filippo, additional, Mikhalska, Malgorzata, additional, Orlandini, Mauro, additional, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Pedersen, Soren M., additional, Pizzolla, Raffaele, additional, Rachevski, Alexandre, additional, Rashevskaya, Irina, additional, Rosati, Piero, additional, Reglero, Victor, additional, Ronchini, Samuele, additional, Santangelo, Andrea, additional, Salvaterra, Ruben, additional, Sarra, Paolo, additional, Sortino, Francesca, additional, Sottile, Giuseppe, additional, Stratta, Giulia, additional, Squerzanti, Stefano, additional, Stephen, John B., additional, Tenzer, Chris, additional, Terenzi, Luca, additional, Trois, Alessio, additional, Vacchi, Andrea, additional, Virgilli, Enrico, additional, Volpe, Angela, additional, Winkler, Marek, additional, Zampa, Gianluigi, additional, Zampa, Nicola, additional, and Zdziarski, Andrzej, additional

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21. From Graphs to the Science Computer of a Space Telescope. The power of Petri Nets in Systems Engineering

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) > Critical and Extreme Security and Dependability Research Group (CritiX) [research center], Fonds National de la Recherche - FnR [sponsor], Graczyk, Rafal, Bujwan, Waldemar, Darmetko, Marcin, Dziezyc, Marcin, Galano, Damien, Grochowski, Konrad, Kurowski, Michal, Juchnikowski, Grzegorz, Morawski, Marek, Mosdorf, Michal, Orleanski, Piotr, Thizy, Cedric, Volp, Marcus, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) > Critical and Extreme Security and Dependability Research Group (CritiX) [research center], Fonds National de la Recherche - FnR [sponsor], Graczyk, Rafal, Bujwan, Waldemar, Darmetko, Marcin, Dziezyc, Marcin, Galano, Damien, Grochowski, Konrad, Kurowski, Michal, Juchnikowski, Grzegorz, Morawski, Marek, Mosdorf, Michal, Orleanski, Piotr, Thizy, Cedric, and Volp, Marcus

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Space system engineering has to follow a rigorous design process to manage performance/risk trade-offs at each development stage and possibly across several functional and organizational domains. The process is further complicated by the co-development of multiple solutions, each contributing differently to the goal and with different tradeoffs. Moreover, the design process is iterative, involving both changing requirements and specifications along the different ways that lead to the set goal of the mission. The above requires rigorous modeling that, in addition, must be easily extendible and maintainable across organizational units. On the example of the PROBA-3 science computer (instrument control unit, CCB DPU), we show how Petri Nets can serve as such a simple-to-maintain, holistic model, combining finite-state characterizations with dynamic system behavior caused by hardware-software interactions, to express the component-state dependent end-to-end performance characteristics of the system. The paper elaborates on how the proposed Petri-Net modeling scheme allows for system architecture optimization that result in safely reduced technical margins and in turn substantial savings in components costs. We show that performance metrics, obtained from simulation, correlate well with the real performance characteristics of the flight model of PROBA-3's science computer.

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22. The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission – eXTP:an update on its scientific cases, mission profile and development status

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den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Zhang, Shuang Nan, Santangelo, Andrea, Xu, Yupeng, Feroci, Marco, Hernanz, Margarita, Lu, Fangjun, Chen, Yong, Feng, Hua, Nandra, Kirpal, Jiang, Weichun, Svoboda, Jiri, Brandt, Søren, Schanne, Stéphane, Zand, Jean, Michalska, Malgorzata, Bozzo, Enrico, Kalemci, Emrah, Agudo, Ivan, Ahangarianabhari, Mahdi, Aitink-Kroes, Gabby, Ambrosi, Giovanni, Ambrosino, Filippo, An, Zhenghua, Perez Torres, Miguel Angel, Antonelli, Matias, Argan, Andrea, Babinec, Viktor, Baldini, Luca, Barbera, Marco, van Baren, Coen, Baudin, David, Bayer, Jörg, Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Bertucci, Bruna, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Bi, Xingzi, Boezio, Mirko, Bonvicini, Valter, Bonvicini, Walter, Bordas, Pol, Borghese, Alice, Borghi, Giacomo, Bouyjou, Florent, Bozkurt, Ayhan, Brez, Alessandro, Brienza, Daniele, Cadoux, Franck, Campana, Riccardo, Cao, Jiewei, Cao, Xuelei, Casares, Jorge, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Ceraudo, Francesco, Chen, Tianxiang, Chen, Wen, Chen, Can, Chen, Yupeng, Chen, Xin, Chen, Yehai, Chenevez, Jerome, Cheng, Yaodong, Cirrincione, Daniela, Civitani, Marta, Cong, Min, Zelati, Francesco Coti, Cui, Weiwei, Cui, Tao, Cui, Wei, Dai, Boyu, Dauser, Thomas, De Angelis, Nicolas, De Marco, Barbara, De Rosa, Alessandra, Monte, Ettore Del, Cosimo, Sergio Di, Diebold, Sebastian, Dilillo, Giuseppe, Ding, Fei, Dohnal, Roman, Dong, Zefang, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Dovciak, Michal, Du, Yuanyuan, Ducci, Lorenzo, Evangelista, Yuri, Fan, Qingmei, Favre, Yannick, Ferrés, Patrícia, Fiandrini, Emanuele, Ficorella, Francesco, Fuschino, Fabio, Gálvez, José Luis, Gao, Na, Gao, Min, Ge, Yuqiang, Ge, Mingyu, Gevin, Olivier, Grassi, Marco, Gu, Yudong, Gu, Quanying, Guan, Ju, Guedel, Manuel, Han, Xingbo, Han, Dawei, He, Huilin, He, Junwang, Hedderman, Paul, den Herder, Jan Willem, Hong, Bin, Hormaetxe, Ander, Hou, Dongjie, Hu, Zexun, Hu, Hao, Hu, Qingbao, Hu, Yu, Huang, Yue, Huang, Jiangjiang, Huang, Qiushi, Huo, Jia, Hynek, Richard, Iwasawa, Kazumi, Izzo, Lucca, Ji, Long, Jia, Shumei, Jiang, Bowen, Jiang, Wei, Jiang, Jiechen, Jiang, Xiaowei, Jiao, Yang, Jin, Ge, Jin, Fan, Jose, Jordi, Karas, Vladimir, Kennedy, Thomas, Kirsch, Christian, Kole, Merlin, Komarek, Martin, Kreykenbohm, Ingo, Kuiper, Lucien, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Labanti, Claudio, Latronico, Luca, Laubert, Phillip, Li, Tao, Li, Longhui, Li, Hong, Li, Duo, Li, Wei, Li, Maoshun, Li, Gang, Li, Xiaobo, Li, Chengkui, Li, Bing, Li, Haibo, Liang, Hong, Liao, Qiuyan, Liao, Jinyuan, Limousin, Olivier, Lin, Yanjian, Linares, Manuel, Liu, Rui, Liu, Yichen, Liu, Zhihao, Liu, Hongwei, Liu, Xiaojing, Liu, Xiaohua, Cicero, Ugo Lo, Loehring, Jens, Lombardi, Giovanni, Lorenz, Maximilian, Lu, Bing, Lucchesi, Leonardo, Luo, Tao, Luo, Laidan, Ma, Jia, Ma, Xiang, Macera, Daniele, Malcovati, Piero, Manfreda, Alberto, Paredes, Josep Maria, Marinucci, Andrea, Martindale, Adrian, Meidinger, Norbert, Mele, Filippo, Mendes, Vasco, Meng, Bin, Merkl, Martin, Meuris, Aline, Miniutti, Giovanni, Minuti, Massimo, Morbidini, Alfredo, Morgante, Gianluca, Muleri, Fabio, Munini, Riccardo, Mussolin, Lorenzo, Negri, Barbara, Nie, Jianyin, Novák, Petr, Nowosielski, Witold, Nuti, Alessio, Onat, Ahmet, Orleanski, Piotr, Orsini, Leonardo, Ottensamer, Roland, Ou, Ge, Pacciani, Luigi, Paltani, Stephane, Pan, Teng, Pan, Kai, Pareschi, Giovanni, Patruno, Alessandro, Pepponi, Giancarlo, Perinati, Emanuele, Piazzolla, Raffaele, Picciotto, Antonino, Piemonte, Claudio, Pinchera, Michele, Pliego, Samuel, Poutanen, Juri, Qi, Liqiang, Qi, Fazhi, Qiang, Pengfei, Qiao, Fangjian, Qiao, Zheng, Qiu, Xiangbiao, Qiu, Chengbo, Qu, Jinlu, Rachevski, Alexandre, Rashevskaia, Irina, Rea, Nanda, Ribo, Marc, de la Rie, Rob, Rodriguez, Jerome, Gil, Pablo Rodríguez, Sala, Gloria, Schanz, Thomas, Serafinelli, Roberto, Sgro, Carmelo, Shen, Zhengxiang, Sheng, Lizhi, Shi, Jingyan, Sironi, Giorgia, Skup, Konrad, Song, Liming, Song, Zeyu, Song, Jiangbo, Spandre, Gloria, Spiga, Daniele, Su, Yongquan, Sun, Liang, Sungur, Müberra, Svéda, Libor, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, Tan, Ying, Tao, Lian, Tcherniak, Denis, Tenzer, Chris, Todaro, Michela, Tolos, Laura, Torok, Gabriel, Torres, Diego F., Trois, Alessio, Turhan, Onur, Uttley, Phil, Vacchi, Andrea, Virgilli, Enrico, Vogel, Channah, Walton, Dave, Wang, Jian, Wang, Xianqi, Wang, Bo, Wang, Langping, Wang, Xiaofeng, Wang, Dianlong, Wang, Yusa, Wang, Juan, Wang, Hao, Wang, Ruijie, Wang, Ping, Wang, Lingjun, Wang, Wenshuai, Wang, Tian, Wang, Haoyu, Wang, Zhanshan, Watts, Anna L., Wen, Xiangyang, Wilms, Jörn, Winter, Berend, Wu, Xin, Wu, Chao, Wu, Zhenyu, Wu, Qiong, Wu, Kaiji, Xiong, Hao, Xiong, Shaolin, Xu, Wei, Xu, Zhao, Xu, Jingjing, Xu, Xiongwei, Xue, Jiadai, Yan, Yongqing, Yan, Xingtao, Yang, Xianghui, Yang, Yanji, Yang, Xiongtao, Yang, Sheng, Yang, Jiawei, Yang, Yingquan, Yi, Shuxu, Yu, Yonggao, Yu, Ke, Zampa, Ganluigi, Zampa, Nicola, Zane, Silvia, Zdziarski, Andrzej A., Zhang, Long, Zhang, Shu, Zhang, Wenda, Zhang, Xiaoli, Zhang, Zhen, Zhang, Jiawei, Zhang, Fan, Zhang, Ziliang, Zhang, Dali, Zhang, Honglin, Zhang, Aimei, Zhang, Tong, Zhang, Hongmei, Zhang, Juan, Zhang, Liang, Zhang, Yueting, Zhao, Li, Zhao, Baosheng, Zhao, Zijian, Zhao, Xiaofan, Zhao, Haisheng, Zhao, Xiaoyun, Zheng, Shijie, Zhou, Yupeng, Zhou, Xiaohong, Zhu, Jiahuan, Zhu, Yuxuan, Zhu, Cheng, Zhu, Zhencai, Zorzi, Nicola, Zwart, Frans, den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Zhang, Shuang Nan, Santangelo, Andrea, Xu, Yupeng, Feroci, Marco, Hernanz, Margarita, Lu, Fangjun, Chen, Yong, Feng, Hua, Nandra, Kirpal, Jiang, Weichun, Svoboda, Jiri, Brandt, Søren, Schanne, Stéphane, Zand, Jean, Michalska, Malgorzata, Bozzo, Enrico, Kalemci, Emrah, Agudo, Ivan, Ahangarianabhari, Mahdi, Aitink-Kroes, Gabby, Ambrosi, Giovanni, Ambrosino, Filippo, An, Zhenghua, Perez Torres, Miguel Angel, Antonelli, Matias, Argan, Andrea, Babinec, Viktor, Baldini, Luca, Barbera, Marco, van Baren, Coen, Baudin, David, Bayer, Jörg, Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Bertucci, Bruna, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Bi, Xingzi, Boezio, Mirko, Bonvicini, Valter, Bonvicini, Walter, Bordas, Pol, Borghese, Alice, Borghi, Giacomo, Bouyjou, Florent, Bozkurt, Ayhan, Brez, Alessandro, Brienza, Daniele, Cadoux, Franck, Campana, Riccardo, Cao, Jiewei, Cao, Xuelei, Casares, Jorge, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Ceraudo, Francesco, Chen, Tianxiang, Chen, Wen, Chen, Can, Chen, Yupeng, Chen, Xin, Chen, Yehai, Chenevez, Jerome, Cheng, Yaodong, Cirrincione, Daniela, Civitani, Marta, Cong, Min, Zelati, Francesco Coti, Cui, Weiwei, Cui, Tao, Cui, Wei, Dai, Boyu, Dauser, Thomas, De Angelis, Nicolas, De Marco, Barbara, De Rosa, Alessandra, Monte, Ettore Del, Cosimo, Sergio Di, Diebold, Sebastian, Dilillo, Giuseppe, Ding, Fei, Dohnal, Roman, Dong, Zefang, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Dovciak, Michal, Du, Yuanyuan, Ducci, Lorenzo, Evangelista, Yuri, Fan, Qingmei, Favre, Yannick, Ferrés, Patrícia, Fiandrini, Emanuele, Ficorella, Francesco, Fuschino, Fabio, Gálvez, José Luis, Gao, Na, Gao, Min, Ge, Yuqiang, Ge, Mingyu, Gevin, Olivier, Grassi, Marco, Gu, Yudong, Gu, Quanying, Guan, Ju, Guedel, Manuel, Han, Xingbo, Han, Dawei, He, Huilin, He, Junwang, Hedderman, Paul, den Herder, Jan Willem, Hong, Bin, Hormaetxe, Ander, Hou, Dongjie, Hu, Zexun, Hu, Hao, Hu, Qingbao, Hu, Yu, Huang, Yue, Huang, Jiangjiang, Huang, Qiushi, Huo, Jia, Hynek, Richard, Iwasawa, Kazumi, Izzo, Lucca, Ji, Long, Jia, Shumei, Jiang, Bowen, Jiang, Wei, Jiang, Jiechen, Jiang, Xiaowei, Jiao, Yang, Jin, Ge, Jin, Fan, Jose, Jordi, Karas, Vladimir, Kennedy, Thomas, Kirsch, Christian, Kole, Merlin, Komarek, Martin, Kreykenbohm, Ingo, Kuiper, Lucien, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Labanti, Claudio, Latronico, Luca, Laubert, Phillip, Li, Tao, Li, Longhui, Li, Hong, Li, Duo, Li, Wei, Li, Maoshun, Li, Gang, Li, Xiaobo, Li, Chengkui, Li, Bing, Li, Haibo, Liang, Hong, Liao, Qiuyan, Liao, Jinyuan, Limousin, Olivier, Lin, Yanjian, Linares, Manuel, Liu, Rui, Liu, Yichen, Liu, Zhihao, Liu, Hongwei, Liu, Xiaojing, Liu, Xiaohua, Cicero, Ugo Lo, Loehring, Jens, Lombardi, Giovanni, Lorenz, Maximilian, Lu, Bing, Lucchesi, Leonardo, Luo, Tao, Luo, Laidan, Ma, Jia, Ma, Xiang, Macera, Daniele, Malcovati, Piero, Manfreda, Alberto, Paredes, Josep Maria, Marinucci, Andrea, Martindale, Adrian, Meidinger, Norbert, Mele, Filippo, Mendes, Vasco, Meng, Bin, Merkl, Martin, Meuris, Aline, Miniutti, Giovanni, Minuti, Massimo, Morbidini, Alfredo, Morgante, Gianluca, Muleri, Fabio, Munini, Riccardo, Mussolin, Lorenzo, Negri, Barbara, Nie, Jianyin, Novák, Petr, Nowosielski, Witold, Nuti, Alessio, Onat, Ahmet, Orleanski, Piotr, Orsini, Leonardo, Ottensamer, Roland, Ou, Ge, Pacciani, Luigi, Paltani, Stephane, Pan, Teng, Pan, Kai, Pareschi, Giovanni, Patruno, Alessandro, Pepponi, Giancarlo, Perinati, Emanuele, Piazzolla, Raffaele, Picciotto, Antonino, Piemonte, Claudio, Pinchera, Michele, Pliego, Samuel, Poutanen, Juri, Qi, Liqiang, Qi, Fazhi, Qiang, Pengfei, Qiao, Fangjian, Qiao, Zheng, Qiu, Xiangbiao, Qiu, Chengbo, Qu, Jinlu, Rachevski, Alexandre, Rashevskaia, Irina, Rea, Nanda, Ribo, Marc, de la Rie, Rob, Rodriguez, Jerome, Gil, Pablo Rodríguez, Sala, Gloria, Schanz, Thomas, Serafinelli, Roberto, Sgro, Carmelo, Shen, Zhengxiang, Sheng, Lizhi, Shi, Jingyan, Sironi, Giorgia, Skup, Konrad, Song, Liming, Song, Zeyu, Song, Jiangbo, Spandre, Gloria, Spiga, Daniele, Su, Yongquan, Sun, Liang, Sungur, Müberra, Svéda, Libor, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, Tan, Ying, Tao, Lian, Tcherniak, Denis, Tenzer, Chris, Todaro, Michela, Tolos, Laura, Torok, Gabriel, Torres, Diego F., Trois, Alessio, Turhan, Onur, Uttley, Phil, Vacchi, Andrea, Virgilli, Enrico, Vogel, Channah, Walton, Dave, Wang, Jian, Wang, Xianqi, Wang, Bo, Wang, Langping, Wang, Xiaofeng, Wang, Dianlong, Wang, Yusa, Wang, Juan, Wang, Hao, Wang, Ruijie, Wang, Ping, Wang, Lingjun, Wang, Wenshuai, Wang, Tian, Wang, Haoyu, Wang, Zhanshan, Watts, Anna L., Wen, Xiangyang, Wilms, Jörn, Winter, Berend, Wu, Xin, Wu, Chao, Wu, Zhenyu, Wu, Qiong, Wu, Kaiji, Xiong, Hao, Xiong, Shaolin, Xu, Wei, Xu, Zhao, Xu, Jingjing, Xu, Xiongwei, Xue, Jiadai, Yan, Yongqing, Yan, Xingtao, Yang, Xianghui, Yang, Yanji, Yang, Xiongtao, Yang, Sheng, Yang, Jiawei, Yang, Yingquan, Yi, Shuxu, Yu, Yonggao, Yu, Ke, Zampa, Ganluigi, Zampa, Nicola, Zane, Silvia, Zdziarski, Andrzej A., Zhang, Long, Zhang, Shu, Zhang, Wenda, Zhang, Xiaoli, Zhang, Zhen, Zhang, Jiawei, Zhang, Fan, Zhang, Ziliang, Zhang, Dali, Zhang, Honglin, Zhang, Aimei, Zhang, Tong, Zhang, Hongmei, Zhang, Juan, Zhang, Liang, Zhang, Yueting, Zhao, Li, Zhao, Baosheng, Zhao, Zijian, Zhao, Xiaofan, Zhao, Haisheng, Zhao, Xiaoyun, Zheng, Shijie, Zhou, Yupeng, Zhou, Xiaohong, Zhu, Jiahuan, Zhu, Yuxuan, Zhu, Cheng, Zhu, Zhencai, Zorzi, Nicola, and Zwart, Frans

Abstract

The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission (eXTP) is a flagship observatory for X-ray timing, spectroscopy and polarimetry developed by an International Consortium. Thanks to its very large collecting area, good spectral resolution and unprecedented polarimetry capabilities, eXTP will explore the properties of matter and the propagation of light in the most extreme conditions found in the Universe. eXTP will, in addition, be a powerful X-ray observatory. The mission will continuously monitor the X-ray sky, and will enable multiwavelength and multi-messenger studies. The mission is currently in phase B, which will be completed in the middle of 2022.

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2022

23. The X/Gamma-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XGIS) for THESEUS and other mission opportunities

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den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Amati, Lorenzo, Labanti, Claudio, Mereghetti, Sandro, Frontera, Filippo, Campana, Riccardo, Auricchio, Natalia, Baldazzi, Giuseppe, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Branchesi, Marica, Butler, Reginald C., Caballero-Garcia, Maria D., Camisasca, Anna E., Castro-Tirado, Alberto J., Cavazzini, Leo, Ciolfi, Riccardo, De Rosa, Adriano, Evangelisti, Federico, Farinelli, Ruben, Ferro, Lisa, Ficorella, Francesco, Fiorini, Mauro, Fuschino, Fabio, Gasent-Blesa, José L., Ghirlanda, Giancarlo, Grassi, Marco, Guidorzi, Cristiano, Hedderman, Paul, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Rosa, Giovanni La, Lorenzi, Paolo, Malcovati, Piero, Marchesini, Ezequiel, Marisaldi, Martino, Melchiorri, Michele, Mele, Filippo, Michalska, Malgorzata, Orlandini, Mauro, Orleanski, Piotr, Pedersen, Søren Møller, Piazzolla, Raffaele, Rachevski, Alexandre, Rashevskaya, Irina, Rosati, Piero, Reglero, Victor, Ronchini, Samuele, Santangelo, Andrea, Salvaterra, Ruben, Sarra, Paolo, Sortino, Francesca, Sottile, Giuseppe, Stratta, Giulia, Squerzanti, Stefano, Stephen, John B., Tenzer, Chris, Terenzi, Luca, Trois, Alessio, Vacchi, Andrea, Virgilli, Enrico, Volpe, Angela, Winkler, Marek, Zampa, Gianluigi, Zampa, Nicola, Zdziarski, Andrzej, den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Amati, Lorenzo, Labanti, Claudio, Mereghetti, Sandro, Frontera, Filippo, Campana, Riccardo, Auricchio, Natalia, Baldazzi, Giuseppe, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Branchesi, Marica, Butler, Reginald C., Caballero-Garcia, Maria D., Camisasca, Anna E., Castro-Tirado, Alberto J., Cavazzini, Leo, Ciolfi, Riccardo, De Rosa, Adriano, Evangelisti, Federico, Farinelli, Ruben, Ferro, Lisa, Ficorella, Francesco, Fiorini, Mauro, Fuschino, Fabio, Gasent-Blesa, José L., Ghirlanda, Giancarlo, Grassi, Marco, Guidorzi, Cristiano, Hedderman, Paul, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Rosa, Giovanni La, Lorenzi, Paolo, Malcovati, Piero, Marchesini, Ezequiel, Marisaldi, Martino, Melchiorri, Michele, Mele, Filippo, Michalska, Malgorzata, Orlandini, Mauro, Orleanski, Piotr, Pedersen, Søren Møller, Piazzolla, Raffaele, Rachevski, Alexandre, Rashevskaya, Irina, Rosati, Piero, Reglero, Victor, Ronchini, Samuele, Santangelo, Andrea, Salvaterra, Ruben, Sarra, Paolo, Sortino, Francesca, Sottile, Giuseppe, Stratta, Giulia, Squerzanti, Stefano, Stephen, John B., Tenzer, Chris, Terenzi, Luca, Trois, Alessio, Vacchi, Andrea, Virgilli, Enrico, Volpe, Angela, Winkler, Marek, Zampa, Gianluigi, Zampa, Nicola, and Zdziarski, Andrzej

Abstract

We describe the science case, design and expected performances of the X/Gamma-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XGIS), a GRB and transients monitor developed and studied for the THESEUS mission project, capable of covering an exceptionally wide energy band (2 keV – 10 MeV), with imaging capabilities and location accuracy <15 arcmin up to 150 keV over a Field of View of 2sr, a few hundreds eV energy resolution in the X-ray band (<30 keV) and few micro seconds time resolution over the whole energy band. Thanks to a design based on a modular approach, the XGIS can be easily re-scaled and adapted for fitting the available resources and specific scientific objectives of future high-energy astrophysics missions, and especially those aimed at fully exploiting GRBs and high-energy transients for multi-messenger astrophysics and fundamental physics.

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2022

24. The Wide Field Monitor onboard the Chinese-European X-ray mission eXTP

Author

den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Hernanz, Margarita, Brandt, Søren, Zand, Jeanint, Evangelista, Yuri, Meuris, Aline, Tenzer, Chris, Zampa, Gianluigi, Orleanski, Piotr, Kalemci, Emrah, Sungur, Müberra, Schanne, Stéphane, Zwart, Frans, de la Rie, Rob, Laubert, Phillip, van Baren, Coen, Aitink-Kroes, Gabby, Kuiper, Lucien, Bayer, Jörg, Hedderman, Paul, Pliego, Samuel, Xiong, Hao, Campana, Riccardo, del Monte, Ettore, Feroci, Marco, Ceraudo, Francesco, Gevin, Olivier, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Tcherniak, Denis, Skup, Konrad, Michalska, Malgorzata, Nowosielski, Witold, Hormaetxe, Ander, Gálvez, José Luis, Ferrés, Patrícia, Patruno, Alessandro, Bonvicini, Walter, Antonelli, Matias, Boezio, Mirko, Cirrincione, Daniela, Munini, Riccardo, Rachevski, Alexandre, Vacchi, Andrea, Zampa, Nicola, Rashevskaya, Irina, Argan, Andrea, Turhan, Onur, Bozkurt, Ayhan, Onat, Ahmet, Bozzo, Enrico, Santangelo, Andrea, Zhang, Shuang Nan, Lu, Fangjun, Xu, Yupeng, den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Hernanz, Margarita, Brandt, Søren, Zand, Jeanint, Evangelista, Yuri, Meuris, Aline, Tenzer, Chris, Zampa, Gianluigi, Orleanski, Piotr, Kalemci, Emrah, Sungur, Müberra, Schanne, Stéphane, Zwart, Frans, de la Rie, Rob, Laubert, Phillip, van Baren, Coen, Aitink-Kroes, Gabby, Kuiper, Lucien, Bayer, Jörg, Hedderman, Paul, Pliego, Samuel, Xiong, Hao, Campana, Riccardo, del Monte, Ettore, Feroci, Marco, Ceraudo, Francesco, Gevin, Olivier, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Tcherniak, Denis, Skup, Konrad, Michalska, Malgorzata, Nowosielski, Witold, Hormaetxe, Ander, Gálvez, José Luis, Ferrés, Patrícia, Patruno, Alessandro, Bonvicini, Walter, Antonelli, Matias, Boezio, Mirko, Cirrincione, Daniela, Munini, Riccardo, Rachevski, Alexandre, Vacchi, Andrea, Zampa, Nicola, Rashevskaya, Irina, Argan, Andrea, Turhan, Onur, Bozkurt, Ayhan, Onat, Ahmet, Bozzo, Enrico, Santangelo, Andrea, Zhang, Shuang Nan, Lu, Fangjun, and Xu, Yupeng

Abstract

The eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with a large involvement of Europe. The scientific payload of eXTP includes four instruments: the SFA (Spectroscopy Focusing Array) and the PFA (Polarimetry Focusing Array) - led by China - the LAD (Large Area Detector) and the WFM (Wide Field Monitor) - led by Europe (Italy and Spain). They offer a unique simultaneous wide-band X-ray timing and polarimetry sensitivity. The WFM is a wide field X-ray monitor instrument in the 2-50 keV energy range, consisting of an array of six coded mask cameras with a field of view of 180ºx90ºat an angular resolution of 5 arcmin and 4 silicon drift detectors in each camera. Its unprecedented combination of large field of view and imaging down to 2 keV will allow eXTP to make important discoveries of the variable and transient X-ray sky and is essential in detecting transient black holes, that are part of the primary science goals of eXTP, so that they can be promptly followed up with other instruments on eXTP and elsewhere.

Published
2022

26. The X/Gamma-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XGIS) on-board THESEUS: design, main characteristics, and concept of operation

Author

Labanti, Claudio, primary, Amati, Lorenzo, additional, Frontera, Filippo, additional, Mereghetti, Sandro, additional, Gasent-Blesa, José Luis, additional, Tenzer, Christoph, additional, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Kuvvetli, Irfan, additional, Campana, Riccardo, additional, Fuschino, Fabio, additional, Terenzi, Luca, additional, Virgilli, Enrico, additional, Morgante, Gianluca, additional, Orlandini, Mauro, additional, Butler, Reginald C., additional, Stephen, John B., additional, Auricchio, Natalia, additional, De Rosa, Adriano, additional, Da Ronco, Vanni, additional, Evangelisti, Federico, additional, Melchiorri, Michele, additional, Squerzanti, Stefano, additional, Fiorini, Mauro, additional, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, additional, Mele, Filippo, additional, Gandola, Massimo, additional, Malcovati, Piero, additional, Grassi, Marco, additional, Bellutti, Pierluigi, additional, Borghi, Giacomo, additional, Ficorella, Francesco, additional, Picciotto, Antonino, additional, Zanini, Vittorio, additional, Zorzi, Nicola, additional, Demenev, Evgeny, additional, Rashevskaya, Irina, additional, Rachevski, Alexander, additional, Zampa, Gianluigi, additional, Vacchi, Andrea, additional, Zampa, Nicola, additional, Baldazzi, Giuseppe, additional, La Rosa, Giovanni, additional, Sottile, Giuseppe, additional, Volpe, Angela, additional, Winkler, Marek, additional, Reglero, Victor, additional, Connell, Paul H., additional, Pinazo-Herrero, Benjamin, additional, Navarro-González, Javier, additional, Rodríguez-Martínez, Pedro, additional, Castro-Tirado, Alberto J., additional, Santangelo, Andrea, additional, Hedderman, Paul, additional, Lorenzi, Paolo, additional, Sarra, Paolo, additional, Pedersen, Søren M., additional, Tcherniak, Denis, additional, Guidorzi, Cristiano, additional, Rosati, Piero, additional, Trois, Alessio, additional, and Piazzolla, Raffaele, additional

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2020
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27. The ATHENA X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

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Barret, Didier, Thien Lam Trong, den Herder, Jan-Willem, Piro, Luigi, Cappi, Massimo, Huovelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Paltani, Stephane, Rauw, Gregor, Rozanska, Agata, Wilms, Joern, Bandler, Simon, Barbera, Marco, Barcons, Xavier, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Costantini, Elisa, Decourchelle, Anne, den Hartog, Roland, Duband, Lionel, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Molendi, Silvano, Orleanski, Piotr, Pajot, Francois, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prele, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Sato, Kosuke, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Thibert, Tanguy, Valenziano, Luca, Valette, Veronique, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Wise, Michael, Yamasaki, Noriko, Delcelier-Douchin, Francoise, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Pontet, Bernard, Pradines, Alice, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Bulbul, Esra, Dadina, Mauro, Ettori, Stefano, Finoguenov, Alexis, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Kaastra, Jelle, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Miller, Jon, Miniutti, Giovanni, Naze, Yael, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Sciortino, Salvatore, Simionescu, Aurora, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Geoffray, Herve, Peille, Philippe, Aicardi, Corinne, Andre, Jerome, Garrido, Gonzalo Campos, Clenet, Antoine, Daniel, Christophe, Etcheverry, Christophe, Frezouls, Benot, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hervet, Gilles, Jolly, Antoine, Ledot, Aurelien, Maussang, Irwin, Paillet, Alexis, Schmisser, Roseline, Travert, Jean-Michel, Vella, Bruno, Damery, Jean-Charles, Boyce, Kevin, DiPirro, Michael, Lotti, Simone, Schwander, Denis, Smith, Stephen, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Weers, Henk, Clerc, Nicolas, Cobo, Beatriz, Dauser, Thomas, de Plaa, Jelle, Kirsch, Christian, Cucchetti, Edoardo, Eckart, Megan, Ferrando, Philippe, Natalucci, Lorenzo, European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles), High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), DenHerder, JWA, Nikzad, S, Nakazawa, K, Department of Physics, Barret, Didier, Lam Trong, Thien, den Herder, Jan-Willem, Piro, Luigi, Cappi, Massimo, Houvelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rozanska, Agata, Wilms, Joern, Bandler, Simon, Barbera, Marco, Barcons, Xavier, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Costantini, Elisa, Decourchelle, Anne, den Hartog, Roland, Duband, Lionel, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Molendi, Silvano, Orleanski, Piotr, Pajot, Françoi, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Sato, Kosuke, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Thibert, Tanguy, Valenziano, Luca, Valette, Véronique, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Wise, Michael, Yamasaki, Noriko, Douchin, Françoise, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Pontet, Bernard, Pradines, Alice, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Bulbul, Esra, Dadina, Mauro, Ettori, Stefano, Finoguenov, Alexi, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Kaastra, Jelle, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Miller, Jon, Miniutti, Giovanni, Naze, Yael, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Scioritino, Salavtore, Simonescu, Aurora, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Frezouls, Benoit, Geoffray, Hervé, Peille, Philippe, Aicardi, Corinne, André, Jérôme, Daniel, Christophe, Clénet, Antoine, Etcheverry, Christophe, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hervet, Gille, Jolly, Antoine, Ledot, Aurélien, Paillet, Irwin, Schmisser, Roseline, Vella, Bruno, Damery, Jean-Charle, Boyce, Kevin, Dipirro, Mike, Lotti, Simone, Schwander, Deni, Smith, Stephen, Van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Weers, Henk, Clerc, Nicola, Cobo, Beatriz, Dauser, Thoma, Kirsch, Christian, Cucchetti, Edoardo, Eckart, Megan, Ferrando, Philippe, Natalucci, Lorenzo, and Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgique)

Subjects
Point spread function, Photon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Field of view, Athena, Instrumentation, Space telescopes, X-ray Integral Field Unit, X-ray spectroscopy, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physic, Large format, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Telescope, Physics::Popular Physics, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisica, Optics, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Spectral resolution, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Spectrometer, business.industry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Material, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 115 Astronomy, Space science, Physics::History of Physics, Applied Mathematic, Space telescope, business
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Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States., The X-IFU will be provided by an international consortium led by France, The Netherlands and Italy, with further ESA member state contributions from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and two international partners from the United States and Japan: et al., The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer of the ESA Athena X-ray observatory. Over a field of view of 5’ equivalent diameter, it will deliver X-ray spectra from 0.2 to 12 keV with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV up to 7 keV on ∼ 5” pixels. The X-IFU is based on a large format array of super-conducting molybdenum-gold Transition Edge Sensors cooled at ∼ 90 mK, each coupled with an absorber made of gold and bismuth with a pitch of 249 μm. A cryogenic anti-coincidence detector located underneath the prime TES array enables the non X-ray background to be reduced. A bath temperature of ∼ 50 mK is obtained by a series of mechanical coolers combining 15K Pulse Tubes, 4K and 2K Joule-Thomson coolers which pre-cool a sub Kelvin cooler made of a 3He sorption cooler coupled with an Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator. Frequency domain multiplexing enables to read out 40 pixels in one single channel. A photon interacting with an absorber leads to a current pulse, amplified by the readout electronics and whose shape is reconstructed on board to recover its energy with high accuracy. The defocusing capability offered by the Athena movable mirror assembly enables the X-IFU to observe the brightest X-ray sources of the sky (up to Crab-like intensities) by spreading the telescope point spread function over hundreds of pixels. Thus the X-IFU delivers low pile-up, high throughput (< 50%), and typically 10 eV spectral resolution at 1 Crab intensities, i.e. a factor of 10 or more better than Silicon based X-ray detectors. In this paper, the current X-IFU baseline is presented, together with an assessment of its anticipated performance in terms of spectral resolution, background, and count rate capability. The X-IFU baseline configuration will be subject to a preliminary requirement review that is scheduled at the end of 2018., We acknowledge support from the Athena Science Study Team, the Athena Working Group Chairs, the Athena Topical Panel Chairs and the Topical Panel members in strengthening the X-IFU top level performance requirements. Particular thanks go to: E. Rasia, V. Biffi, S. Borgani and K. Dolag for providing cosmological hydrodynamic simulations of a cluster used to produce simulation of X-IFU observation presented in Fig. 2; P.T. O'Brien for assistance with Sect. 2.2.1, A.C. Fabian and C. Pinto for providing inputs for Figure 1. We also thank the ESA project team, and in particular Mark Ayre and Ivo Ferreira, for their work on the assessment of the ToO efficiency requirement. The Italian contribution to X-IFU is supported through the ASI contractn. 2015-046-R.0. XB, MTC and BC acknowledge nancial support by MINECO through grant ESP2014-53672-C3-1-P. A.R., P.O, and A.J. were supported by Polish NSC grants: 2015/17/B/ST9/03422 and 2015/18/M/ST9/00541. GR, ER, YN, and PJ acknowledges support by FNRS and Prodex (Belspo). This work was supported by the French Space Agency (CNES).

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2018

28. The large area detector onboard the eXTP mission

Author

den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Feroci, Marco, Ambrosi, Giovanni, Ambrosino, Filippo, Antonelli, Matias, Argan, Andrea, Babinec, Viktor, Barbera, Marco, Bayer, Joerg, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Bertucci, Bruna, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Bi, Xingzi, Boezio, Mirko, Bonvicini, Walter, Borghi, Giacomo, Bozzo, Enrico, Baudin, David, Bouyjou, Florent, Brienza, Daniele, Cadoux, Franck, Campana, Riccardo, Cao, Jiewei, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Ceraudo, Francesco, Chen, Tianxiang, Chen, Wen, Cirrincione, Daniela, De Angelis, Nicolas, De Rosa, Alessandra, Del Monte, Ettore, Di Cosimo, Sergio, Dilillo, Giuseppe, Dohnal, Roman, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Evangelista, Yuri, Fan, Qingmei, Favre, Yannick, Fiandrini, Emanuele, Ficorella, Francesco, Fuschino, Fabio, Gao, Na, Gevin, Olivier, Grassi, Marco, Guedel, Manuel, Han, Xingbo, He, Huilin, Hedderman, Paul, den Herder, Jan-Willem, Hynek, Richard, Hong, Bin, Jin, Ge, Kole, Merlin, Karas, Vladimir, Komarek, Martin, Labanti, Claudio, Li, Loghui, Li, Tianming, Liang, Hong, Limousin, Olivier, Liu, Rui, Lo Cicero, Ugo, Lohering, Jens, Lombardi, Giovanni, Lu, Fang-Jun, Luo, Tao, Malcovati, Piero, Mao, Hanqi, Marinucci, Andrea, Mele, Filippo, Mendes, Vasco, Merkl, Martin, Meuris, Aline, Michalska, Malgorzata, Morbidini, Alfredo, Morgante, Gianluca, Muleri, Fabio, Munini, Riccardo, Mussolin, Lorenzo, Negri, Barbara, Novák, Petr, Nowosielski, Witold, Nuti, Alessio, Orleanski, Piotr, Ottensamer, Roland, Pacciani, Luigi, Paltani, Stephane, Pan, Teng, Pepponi, Giancarlo, Perinati, Emanuele, Piazzolla, Raffaele, Picciotto, Antonino, Pliego, Samuel, Rachevski, Alexandre, Rashevskaia, Irina, Santangelo, Andrea, Schanne, Stéphane, Serafinelli, Roberto, Skup, Konrad, Sveda, Libor, Svoboda, Jiri, Tenzer, Chris, Todaro, Michela, Torok, Gabriel, Trois, Alessio, Vacchi, Andrea, Virgilli, Enrico, Xiong, Hao, Wang, Jian, Wang, Xianqi, Winter, Berend, Wu, Xin, Xu, Yupeng, Zampa, Ganluigi, Zampa, Nicola, Zdziarski, Andrzej A., Zhang, Long, Zhang, Shu, Zhang, Shuang-Nan, Zhang, Wenda, Zhang, Xiaoli, Zhang, Zhen, Zhou, Yupeng, and Zorzi, Nicola

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2022
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29. The Modular X- and Gamma-Ray Sensor (MXGS) of the ASIM Payload on the International Space Station

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Østgaard, Nikolai, Balling, Jan E., Bjørnsen, Thomas, Brauer, Peter, Budtz-Jørgensen, Carl, Bujwan, Waldemar, Carlson, Brant, Christiansen, Freddy, Connell, Paul, Eyles, Chris, Fehlker, Dominik, Genov, Georgi, Grudziński, Pawel, Kochkin, Pavlo, Kohfeldt, Anja, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Thomsen, Per Lundahl, Pedersen, Søren Møller, Navarro-Gonzalez, Javier, Neubert, Torsten, Njøten, Kåre, Orleanski, Piotr, Qureshi, Bilal, Cenkeramaddi, Linga, Reglero, Victor, Reina, Manuel, Rodrigo, Juan, Rostad, Maja, Sabau, Maria, Kristensen, Steen Savstrup, Skogseide, Yngve, Solberg, Arne, Stadsnes, Johan, Ullaland, Kjetil, Yang, Shiming, Østgaard, Nikolai, Balling, Jan E., Bjørnsen, Thomas, Brauer, Peter, Budtz-Jørgensen, Carl, Bujwan, Waldemar, Carlson, Brant, Christiansen, Freddy, Connell, Paul, Eyles, Chris, Fehlker, Dominik, Genov, Georgi, Grudziński, Pawel, Kochkin, Pavlo, Kohfeldt, Anja, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Thomsen, Per Lundahl, Pedersen, Søren Møller, Navarro-Gonzalez, Javier, Neubert, Torsten, Njøten, Kåre, Orleanski, Piotr, Qureshi, Bilal, Cenkeramaddi, Linga, Reglero, Victor, Reina, Manuel, Rodrigo, Juan, Rostad, Maja, Sabau, Maria, Kristensen, Steen Savstrup, Skogseide, Yngve, Solberg, Arne, Stadsnes, Johan, Ullaland, Kjetil, and Yang, Shiming

Abstract

The Modular X- and Gamma-ray Sensor (MXGS) is an imaging and spectral X- and Gamma-ray instrument mounted on the starboard side of the Columbus module on the International Space Station. Together with the Modular Multi-Spectral Imaging Assembly (MMIA) (Chanrion et al. this issue) MXGS constitutes the instruments of the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) (Neubert et al. this issue). The main objectives of MXGS are to image and measure the spectrum of X- and γ-rays from lightning discharges, known as Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs), and for MMIA to image and perform high speed photometry of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) and lightning discharges. With these two instruments specifically designed to explore the relation between electrical discharges, TLEs and TGFs, ASIM is the first mission of its kind. With an imaging system and a large detector area MXGS will, for the first time, allow estimation of the location of the source region and characterization of the energy spectrum of individual events. The sensors have fast readout electronics to minimize pileup effects, giving high time resolution of photon detection for comparison with measurements on μs-time scales of lightning processes measured by the MMIA and other sensors in space or on the ground. The detectors cover the large energy range of the relevant photon energies. In this paper we describe the scientific objectives, design, performance, imaging capabilities and operational modes of the MXGS instrument.

Published
2019

32. The Modular X- and Gamma-Ray Sensor (MXGS) of the ASIM Payload on the International Space Station

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Østgaard, Nikolai, primary, Balling, Jan E., additional, Bjørnsen, Thomas, additional, Brauer, Peter, additional, Budtz-Jørgensen, Carl, additional, Bujwan, Waldemar, additional, Carlson, Brant, additional, Christiansen, Freddy, additional, Connell, Paul, additional, Eyles, Chris, additional, Fehlker, Dominik, additional, Genov, Georgi, additional, Grudziński, Pawel, additional, Kochkin, Pavlo, additional, Kohfeldt, Anja, additional, Kuvvetli, Irfan, additional, Thomsen, Per Lundahl, additional, Pedersen, Søren Møller, additional, Navarro-Gonzalez, Javier, additional, Neubert, Torsten, additional, Njøten, Kåre, additional, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Qureshi, Bilal Hasan, additional, Cenkeramaddi, Linga Reddy, additional, Reglero, Victor, additional, Reina, Manuel, additional, Rodrigo, Juan Manuel, additional, Rostad, Maja, additional, Sabau, Maria D., additional, Kristensen, Steen Savstrup, additional, Skogseide, Yngve, additional, Solberg, Arne, additional, Stadsnes, Johan, additional, Ullaland, Kjetil, additional, and Yang, Shiming, additional

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2019
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33. The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission—eXTP

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Zhang, ShuangNan, primary, Santangelo, Andrea, additional, Feroci, Marco, additional, Xu, YuPeng, additional, Lu, FangJun, additional, Chen, Yong, additional, Feng, Hua, additional, Zhang, Shu, additional, Brandt, Søren, additional, Hernanz, Margarita, additional, Baldini, Luca, additional, Bozzo, Enrico, additional, Campana, Riccardo, additional, De Rosa, Alessandra, additional, Dong, YongWei, additional, Evangelista, Yuri, additional, Karas, Vladimir, additional, Meidinger, Norbert, additional, Meuris, Aline, additional, Nandra, Kirpal, additional, Pan, Teng, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Huang, QiuShi, additional, Schanne, Stephane, additional, Sironi, Giorgia, additional, Spiga, Daniele, additional, Svoboda, Jiri, additional, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, additional, Tenzer, Christoph, additional, Vacchi, Andrea, additional, Zane, Silvia, additional, Walton, Dave, additional, Wang, ZhanShan, additional, Winter, Berend, additional, Wu, Xin, additional, in’ t Zand, Jean J. M., additional, Ahangarianabhari, Mahdi, additional, Ambrosi, Giovanni, additional, Ambrosino, Filippo, additional, Barbera, Marco, additional, Basso, Stefano, additional, Bayer, Jörg, additional, Bellazzini, Ronaldo, additional, Bellutti, Pierluigi, additional, Bertucci, Bruna, additional, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, additional, Borghi, Giacomo, additional, Cao, XueLei, additional, Cadoux, Franck, additional, Ceraudo, Francesco, additional, Chen, TianXiang, additional, Chen, YuPeng, additional, Chevenez, Jerome, additional, Civitani, Marta, additional, Cui, Wei, additional, Cui, WeiWei, additional, Dauser, Thomas, additional, Del Monte, Ettore, additional, Di Cosimo, Sergio, additional, Diebold, Sebastian, additional, Doroshenko, Victor, additional, Dovciak, Michal, additional, Du, YuanYuan, additional, Ducci, Lorenzo, additional, Fan, QingMei, additional, Favre, Yannick, additional, Fuschino, Fabio, additional, Gálvez, José Luis, additional, Gao, Min, additional, Ge, MingYu, additional, Gevin, Olivier, additional, Grassi, Marco, additional, Gu, QuanYing, additional, Gu, YuDong, additional, Han, DaWei, additional, Hong, Bin, additional, Hu, Wei, additional, Ji, Long, additional, Jia, ShuMei, additional, Jiang, WeiChun, additional, Kennedy, Thomas, additional, Kreykenbohm, Ingo, additional, Kuvvetli, Irfan, additional, Labanti, Claudio, additional, Latronico, Luca, additional, Li, Gang, additional, Li, MaoShun, additional, Li, Xian, additional, Li, Wei, additional, Li, ZhengWei, additional, Limousin, Olivier, additional, Liu, HongWei, additional, Liu, XiaoJing, additional, Lu, Bo, additional, Luo, Tao, additional, Macera, Daniele, additional, Malcovati, Piero, additional, Martindale, Adrian, additional, Michalska, Malgorzata, additional, Meng, Bin, additional, Minuti, Massimo, additional, Morbidini, Alfredo, additional, Muleri, Fabio, additional, Paltani, Stephane, additional, Perinati, Emanuele, additional, Picciotto, Antonino, additional, Piemonte, Claudio, additional, Qu, JinLu, additional, Rachevski, Alexandre, additional, Rashevskaya, Irina, additional, Rodriguez, Jerome, additional, Schanz, Thomas, additional, Shen, ZhengXiang, additional, Sheng, LiZhi, additional, Song, JiangBo, additional, Song, LiMing, additional, Sgro, Carmelo, additional, Sun, Liang, additional, Tan, Ying, additional, Uttley, Phil, additional, Wang, Bo, additional, Wang, DianLong, additional, Wang, GuoFeng, additional, Wang, Juan, additional, Wang, LangPing, additional, Wang, YuSa, additional, Watts, Anna L., additional, Wen, XiangYang, additional, Wilms, Jörn, additional, Xiong, ShaoLin, additional, Yang, JiaWei, additional, Yang, Sheng, additional, Yang, YanJi, additional, Yu, Nian, additional, Zhang, WenDa, additional, Zampa, Gianluigi, additional, Zampa, Nicola, additional, Zdziarski, Andrzej A., additional, Zhang, AiMei, additional, Zhang, ChengMo, additional, Zhang, Fan, additional, Zhang, Long, additional, Zhang, Tong, additional, Zhang, Yi, additional, Zhang, XiaoLi, additional, Zhang, ZiLiang, additional, Zhao, BaoSheng, additional, Zheng, ShiJie, additional, Zhou, YuPeng, additional, Zorzi, Nicola, additional, and Zwart, J. Frans, additional

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2018
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34. The ATHENA x-ray integral field unit (X-IFU)

Author

Barret, Didier, primary, den Herder, Jan-Willem, primary, Lam Trong, Thien, primary, Piro, Luigi, primary, Cappi, Massimo, primary, Houvelin, Juhani, primary, Kelley, Richard, primary, Mass-Hesse, Miguel, primary, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, primary, Paltani, Stéphane, primary, Rauw, Gregor, primary, Rozanska, Agata, primary, Wilms, Joern, primary, Bandler, Simon, primary, Barbera, Marco, primary, Barcons, Xavier, primary, Bozzo, Enrico, primary, Ceballos, Maite, primary, Charles, Ivan, primary, Costantini, Elisa, primary, Decourchelle, Anne, primary, den Hartog, Roland, primary, Duband, Lionel, primary, Duval, Jean-Marc, primary, Fiore, Fabrizio, primary, Gatti, Flavio, primary, Goldwurm, Andrea, primary, Jackson, Brian, primary, Jonker, Peter, primary, Kilbourne, Caroline, primary, Macculi, Claudio, primary, Mendez, Mariano, primary, Molendi, Silvano, primary, Orleanski, Piotr, primary, Pajot, Francois, primary, Pointecouteau, Etienne, primary, Porter, Frédéric, primary, Pratt, Gabriel, primary, Prele, Damien, primary, Ravera, Laurent, primary, Sato, Kosuke, primary, Schaye, Joop, primary, Shinozaki, Keisuke, primary, Thibert, Tanguy, primary, Valenziano, Luca, primary, Valette, Véronique, primary, Vink, Jacco, primary, Webb, Natalie, primary, Wise, Michael, primary, Yamasaki, Noriko, primary, Douchin, Françoise, primary, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, primary, Pontet, Bernard, primary, Pradines, Alice, primary, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, primary, Bulbul, Esra, primary, Dadina, Mauro, primary, Ettori, Stefano, primary, Finoguenov, Alexis, primary, Fukazawa, Yasushi, primary, Janiuk, Agnieszka, primary, Kaastra, Jelle, primary, Mazzotta, Pasquale, primary, Miller, Jon, primary, Miniutti, Giovanni, primary, Naze, Yael, primary, Nicastro, Fabrizio, primary, Scioritino, Salavtore, primary, Simonescu, Aurora, primary, Torrejon, Jose-Miguel, primary, Frezouls, Benoit, primary, Geoffray, Hervé, primary, Peille, Philippe, primary, Aicardi, Corinne, primary, André, Jérôme, primary, Daniel, Christophe, primary, Clénet, Antoine, primary, Etcheverry, Christophe, primary, Gloaguen, Emilie, primary, Hervet, Gilles, primary, Jolly, Antoine, primary, Ledot, Aurélien, primary, Paillet, Irwin, primary, Schmisser, Roseline, primary, Vella, Bruno, primary, Damery, Jean-Charles, primary, Boyce, Kevin, primary, Dipirro, Mike, primary, Lotti, Simone, primary, Schwander, Denis, primary, Smith, Stephen, primary, Van Leeuwen, Bert, primary, van Weers, Henk, primary, Clerc, Nicolas, primary, Cobo, Beatriz, primary, Dauser, Thomas, primary, Kirsch, Christian, primary, Cucchetti, Edoardo, primary, Eckart, Megan, primary, Ferrando, Philippe, primary, and Natalucci, Lorenzo, primary

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2018
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35. The e-ASTROGAM gamma-ray space observatory for the multimessenger astronomy of the 2030s

Author

De Angelis, Alessandro, primary, Tavani, Marco, primary, Oberlack, Uwe, primary, Hanlon, Lorraine, primary, Walter, Roland, primary, Argan, Andrea, primary, von Ballmoos, Peter, primary, Bulgarelli, Andrea, primary, Donnarumma, Immacolata, primary, Hernanz, Margarita, primary, Kuvvetli, Irfan, primary, Curado da Silva, Rui M., primary, Tatischeff, Vincent, primary, Grenier, Isabelle, primary, Mallamaci, Manuela, primary, Pearce, Mark, primary, Zdziarski, A., primary, Aboudan, Alessio, primary, Ajello, Marco, primary, Ambrosi, Giovanni, primary, Bernard, Denis, primary, Bernardini, Elisa, primary, Bonvicini, Valter, primary, Brogna, Andrea, primary, Branchesi, Marica, primary, Budtz-Jorgensen, Carl, primary, Bykov, Andrei, primary, Campana, Riccardo, primary, Cardillo, Martina, primary, Ciprini, Stefano, primary, Coppi, Paolo S., primary, Cumani, Paolo, primary, De Martino, Domitilla, primary, Diehl, Roland, primary, Doro, Michele, primary, Fioretti, Valentina, primary, Funk, Stefan, primary, Ghisellini, Gabriele, primary, Grove, Eric, primary, Giordano, Francesco, primary, Hamadache, Clarisse, primary, Hartmann, Dieter H., primary, Hayashida, M., primary, Kanbach, Gottfried, primary, Kiener, Jürgen, primary, Knödlseder, Jürgen, primary, Labanti, Claudio, primary, Laurent, Philippe, primary, Leising, Mark, primary, Limousin, Olivier, primary, Longo, Francesco, primary, Mannheim, Karl, primary, Marisaldi, Martino, primary, Martinez, Manel, primary, Mazziotta, Nicola M., primary, McEnery, Julie E., primary, Mereghetti, Sandro, primary, Minervini, Gabriele, primary, Moiseev, Alexander, primary, Morselli, Aldo, primary, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, primary, Orleanski, Piotr, primary, Paredes, Josep Maria, primary, Patricelli, Barbara, primary, Peyré, Jean, primary, Piano, Giovanni, primary, Pohl, M., primary, Rando, Riccardo, primary, Roncadelli, Marco, primary, Tavecchio, Fabrizio, primary, Thompson, David J., primary, Turolla, Roberto, primary, Ulyanov, Alexey, primary, Vacchi, Andrea, primary, Wu, Xin, primary, Zoglauer, Andreas, primary, and Isern, Jordi, primary

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2018
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36. Design status of ASPIICS, an externally occulted coronagraph for PROBA-3

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Renotte, Etienne Alia, Andres Bemporad, Alessandro Bernier, Joseph Bramanti, Cristina Buckley, Steve Capobianco, Gerardo and Cernica, Ileana Daniel, Vladimir Darakchiev, Radoslav and Darmetko, Marcin Debaize, Arnaud Denis, Franois Desselle, Richard de Vos, Lieve Dinescu, Adrian Fineschi, Silvano and Fleury-Frenette, Karl Focardi, Mauro Fumel, Aurelie Galanot, Damien Galy, Camille Gillis, Jean-Marie Gorski, Tomasz and Graas, Estelle Graczyk, Rafal Grochowski, Konrad Halain, Jean-Philippe Hermans, Aline Howard, Russ Jackson, Carl and Janssen, Emmanuel Kasprzyk, Hubert Kosiec, Jacek Koutchmy, Serge Kovacicinova, Jana Kranitis, Nektarios Kurowski, Michal Ladno, Michal Lamy, Philippe Landini, Federico and Lapacek, Radek Ledl, Vit Liebecq, Sylvie Loreggia, Davide and McGarvey, Brian Massone, Giuseppe Melich, Radek and Mestreau-Garreau, Agnes Mollet, Dominique Mosdorf, Lukasz and Mosdorf, Michal Mroczkowski, Mateusz Muller, Raluca and Nicolini, Gianalfredo Nicula, Bogdan O'Neill, Kevin and Orleanski, Piotr Palau, Marie-Catherine Pancrazzi, Maurizio and Paschalis, Antonis Patocka, Karel Peresty, Radek Popescu, Irina Psota, Pavel Rataj, Miroslaw Rautakoski, Jan and Romoli, Marco Rybecky, Roman Salvador, Lucas Servaye, Jean-Sebastien Solomon, Cornel Stockman, Yvan Swat, Arkadiusz Thizy, Cedric Thome, Michel Tsinganos, Kanaris and Van der Meulen, Jim Van Vooren, Nico Vit, Tomas Walczak, Tomasz Zarzycka, Alicja Zender, Joe Zhukov, Andrei

Abstract

The “sonic region” of the Sun corona remains extremely difficult to observe with spatial resolution and sensitivity sufficient to understand the fine scale phenomena that govern the quiescent solar corona, as well as phenomena that lead to coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which influence space weather. Improvement on this front requires eclipse-like conditions over long observation times. The space-borne coronagraphs flown so far provided a continuous coverage of the external parts of the corona but their over-occulting system did not permit to analyse the part of the white-light corona where the main coronal mass is concentrated. The proposed PROBA-3 Coronagraph System, also known as ASPIICS (Association of Spacecraft for Polarimetric and Imaging Investigation of the Corona of the Sun), with its novel design, will be the first space coronagraph to cover the range of radial distances between similar to 1.08 and 3 solar radii where the magnetic field plays a crucial role in the coronal dynamics, thus providing continuous observational conditions very close to those during a total solar eclipse. PROBA-3 is first a mission devoted to the in-orbit demonstration of precise formation flying techniques and technologies for future European missions, which will fly ASPIICS as primary payload. The instrument is distributed over two satellites flying in formation (approx. 150m apart) to form a giant coronagraph capable of producing a nearly perfect eclipse allowing observing the sun corona closer to the rim than ever before. The coronagraph instrument is developed by a large European consortium including about 20 partners from 7 countries under the auspices of the European Space Agency. This paper is reviewing the recent improvements and design updates of the ASPIICS instrument as it is stepping into the detailed design phase.

Published
2015

37. The spectrometer telescope for imaging X-rays (STIX) on board Solar Orbiter

Author

Vilmer, Nicole, Krucker, Sam, Karol Seweryn, D.., Orleanski, Piotr, Limousin, Olivier, Meuris, Aline, Brun, A. S., Grimm, Oliver, Groebelbauer, Hanspeter, Rendtel, J., Henry, Florence, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique solaire, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris

Subjects
[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], [PHYS.ASTR] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract

International audience

Published
2014

38. ASPIICS: an externally occulted coronagraph for PROBA-3. Design evolution

Author

Renotte, Etienne Baston, Elena Carmen Bemporad, Alessandro and Capobianco, Gerardo Cernica, Ileana Darakchiev, Radoslav and Denis, Francois Desselle, Richard de Vos, Lieve Fineschi, Silvano Focardi, Mauro Gorski, Tomasz Graczyk, Rafal and Halain, Jean-Philippe Hermans, Aline Jackson, Carl and Kintziger, Christian Kosiec, Jacek Kranitis, Nektarios and Landini, Federico Ledl, Vit Massone, Giuseppe Mazzoli, Alexandra Melich, Radek Mollet, Dominique Mosdorf, Michal and Nicolini, Gianalfredo Nicula, Bogdan Orleanski, Piotr and Palau, Marie-Catherine Pancrazzi, Maurizio Paschalis, Antonis and Peresty, Radek Plesseria, Jean-Yves Rataj, Miroslaw and Romoli, Marco Thizy, Cedric Thome, Michel Tsinganos, Kanaris and Wodnicki, Ryszard Walczak, Tomasz Zhukov, Andrei

Abstract

PROBA-3 is a mission devoted to the in-orbit demonstration of precise formation flying techniques and technologies for future ESA missions. PROBA-3 will fly ASPIICS (Association de Satellites pour l’Imagerie et l’Interferometrie de la Couronne Solaire) as primary payload, which makes use of the formation flying technique to form a giant coronagraph capable of producing a nearly perfect eclipse allowing to observe the sun corona closer to the rim than ever before. The coronagraph is distributed over two satellites flying in formation (approx. 150m apart). The so called Coronagraph Satellite carries the camera and the so called Occulter Satellite carries the sun occulter disc. This paper is reviewing the design and evolution of the ASPIICS instrument as at the beginning of Phase C/D.

Published
2014

39. The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

Author

Barret, Didier, additional, Lam Trong, Thien, additional, den Herder, Jan-Willem, additional, Piro, Luigi, additional, Barcons, Xavier, additional, Huovelin, Juhani, additional, Kelley, Richard, additional, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, additional, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, additional, Paltani, Stéphane, additional, Rauw, Gregor, additional, Rożanska, Agata, additional, Wilms, Joern, additional, Barbera, Marco, additional, Bozzo, Enrico, additional, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, additional, Charles, Ivan, additional, Decourchelle, Anne, additional, den Hartog, Roland, additional, Duval, Jean-Marc, additional, Fiore, Fabrizio, additional, Gatti, Flavio, additional, Goldwurm, Andrea, additional, Jackson, Brian, additional, Jonker, Peter, additional, Kilbourne, Caroline, additional, Macculi, Claudio, additional, Mendez, Mariano, additional, Molendi, Silvano, additional, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Pajot, François, additional, Pointecouteau, Etienne, additional, Porter, Frederick, additional, Pratt, Gabriel W., additional, Prêle, Damien, additional, Ravera, Laurent, additional, Renotte, Etienne, additional, Schaye, Joop, additional, Shinozaki, Keisuke, additional, Valenziano, Luca, additional, Vink, Jacco, additional, Webb, Natalie, additional, Yamasaki, Noriko, additional, Delcelier-Douchin, Françoise, additional, Le Du, Michel, additional, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, additional, Pradines, Alice, additional, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, additional, Dadina, Mauro, additional, Finoguenov, Alexis, additional, Fukazawa, Yasushi, additional, Janiuk, Agnieszka, additional, Miller, Jon, additional, Nazé, Yaël, additional, Nicastro, Fabrizio, additional, Sciortino, Salvatore, additional, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, additional, Geoffray, Hervé, additional, Hernandez, Isabelle, additional, Luno, Laure, additional, Peille, Philippe, additional, André, Jérôme, additional, Daniel, Christophe, additional, Etcheverry, Christophe, additional, Gloaguen, Emilie, additional, Hassin, Jérémie, additional, Hervet, Gilles, additional, Maussang, Irwin, additional, Moueza, Jérôme, additional, Paillet, Alexis, additional, Vella, Bruno, additional, Campos Garrido, Gonzalo, additional, Damery, Jean-Charles, additional, Panem, Chantal, additional, Panh, Johan, additional, Bandler, Simon, additional, Biffi, Jean-Marc, additional, Boyce, Kevin, additional, Clénet, Antoine, additional, DiPirro, Michael, additional, Jamotton, Pierre, additional, Lotti, Simone, additional, Schwander, Denis, additional, Smith, Stephen, additional, van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, additional, van Weers, Henk, additional, Brand, Thorsten, additional, Cobo, Beatriz, additional, Dauser, Thomas, additional, de Plaa, Jelle, additional, and Cucchetti, Edoardo, additional

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2016
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40. The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission—eXTP

Author

Zhang, ShuangNan, Santangelo, Andrea, Feroci, Marco, Xu, YuPeng, Lu, FangJun, Chen, Yong, Feng, Hua, Zhang, Shu, Brandt, Søren, Hernanz, Margarita, Baldini, Luca, Bozzo, Enrico, Campana, Riccardo, Rosa, Alessandra, Dong, YongWei, Evangelista, Yuri, Karas, Vladimir, Meidinger, Norbert, Meuris, Aline, Nandra, Kirpal, Pan, Teng, Pareschi, Giovanni, Orleanski, Piotr, Huang, QiuShi, Schanne, Stephane, Sironi, Giorgia, Spiga, Daniele, Svoboda, Jiri, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, Tenzer, Christoph, Vacchi, Andrea, Zane, Silvia, Walton, Dave, Wang, ZhanShan, Winter, Berend, Wu, Xin, in’ t Zand, Jean, Ahangarianabhari, Mahdi, Ambrosi, Giovanni, Ambrosino, Filippo, Barbera, Marco, Basso, Stefano, Bayer, Jörg, Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bellutti, Pierluigi, Bertucci, Bruna, Bertuccio, Giuseppe, Borghi, Giacomo, Cao, XueLei, Cadoux, Franck, Campana, Riccardo, Ceraudo, Francesco, Chen, TianXiang, Chen, YuPeng, Chevenez, Jerome, Civitani, Marta, Cui, Wei, Cui, WeiWei, Dauser, Thomas, Monte, Ettore, Cosimo, Sergio, Diebold, Sebastian, Doroshenko, Victor, Dovciak, Michal, Du, YuanYuan, Ducci, Lorenzo, Fan, QingMei, Favre, Yannick, Fuschino, Fabio, Gálvez, José, Gao, Min, Ge, MingYu, Gevin, Olivier, Grassi, Marco, Gu, QuanYing, Gu, YuDong, Han, DaWei, Hong, Bin, Hu, Wei, Ji, Long, Jia, ShuMei, Jiang, WeiChun, Kennedy, Thomas, Kreykenbohm, Ingo, Kuvvetli, Irfan, Labanti, Claudio, Latronico, Luca, Li, Gang, Li, MaoShun, Li, Xian, Li, Wei, Li, ZhengWei, Limousin, Olivier, Liu, HongWei, Liu, XiaoJing, Lu, Bo, Luo, Tao, Macera, Daniele, Malcovati, Piero, Martindale, Adrian, Michalska, Malgorzata, Meng, Bin, Minuti, Massimo, Morbidini, Alfredo, Muleri, Fabio, Paltani, Stephane, Perinati, Emanuele, Picciotto, Antonino, Piemonte, Claudio, Qu, JinLu, Rachevski, Alexandre, Rashevskaya, Irina, Rodriguez, Jerome, Schanz, Thomas, Shen, ZhengXiang, Sheng, LiZhi, Song, JiangBo, Song, LiMing, Sgro, Carmelo, Sun, Liang, Tan, Ying, Uttley, Phil, Wang, Bo, Wang, DianLong, Wang, GuoFeng, Wang, Juan, Wang, LangPing, Wang, YuSa, Watts, Anna, Wen, XiangYang, Wilms, Jörn, Xiong, ShaoLin, Yang, JiaWei, Yang, Sheng, Yang, YanJi, Yu, Nian, Zhang, WenDa, Zampa, Gianluigi, Zampa, Nicola, Zdziarski, Andrzej, Zhang, AiMei, Zhang, ChengMo, Zhang, Fan, Zhang, Long, Zhang, Tong, Zhang, Yi, Zhang, XiaoLi, Zhang, ZiLiang, Zhao, BaoSheng, Zheng, ShiJie, Zhou, YuPeng, Zorzi, Nicola, and Zwart, J.

Abstract

In this paper we present the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission—eXTP. eXTP is a space science mission designed to study fundamental physics under extreme conditions of density, gravity and magnetism. The mission aims at determining the equation of state of matter at supra-nuclear density, measuring effects of QED, and understanding the dynamics of matter in strong-field gravity. In addition to investigating fundamental physics, eXTP will be a very powerful observatory for astrophysics that will provide observations of unprecedented quality on a variety of galactic and extragalactic objects. In particular, its wide field monitoring capabilities will be highly instrumental to detect the electro-magnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources. The paper provides a detailed description of: (1) the technological and technical aspects, and the expected performance of the instruments of the scientific payload; (2) the elements and functions of the mission, from the spacecraft to the ground segment.

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2019
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41. Spectrometer Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX)

Author

Benz, Arnold O., Gallagher, Peter T., Veronig, A. M., Grimm, Oliver, Sylwester, J., Orleanski, Piotr, Arnold, N. G., Bednarzik, M., Fárník, F., Hurford, Gordon J., Krucker, Sam, Limousin, Olivier, Mann, Gottfried, Vilmer, Nicole, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique solaire, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris

Subjects
[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract

International audience

Published
2012

42. The spectrometer telescope for imaging x-rays on board the Solar Orbiter mission

Author

Benz, Arnold O., Krucker, Sam, Hurford, Gordon J., Arnold, N. G., Orleanski, Piotr, Gröbelbauer, H.-P., Klober, S., Iseli, L., Wiehl, H. J., Csillaghy, André, Etesi, L., Hochmuth, N., Battaglia, Marina, Bednarzik, M., Resanovic, R., Grimm, Oliver, Viertel, G., Commichau, V., Meuris, Aline, Limousin, Olivier, Brun, A. S., Vilmer, Nicole, Skup, K. R., Graczyk, R., Stolarski, M., Michalska, M., Nowosielski, W., Cichocki, A., Mosdorf, M., Seweryn, K., Przepiórka, A., Sylwester, J., Kowalinski, M., Mrozek, T., Podgorski, P., Mann, Gottfried, Aurass, Henry, Popow, Emil, Önel, H., Dionies, Frank, Bauer, S., Rendtel, J., Warmuth, Alexander, Woche, M., Plüschke, D., Bittner, W., Paschke, J., Wolker, D., van Beek, H. Frank, Fárník, F., Kasparová, J., Veronig, A. M., Kienreich, I. W., Gallagher, Peter T., Bloomfield, D. Shaun, Piana, M., Massone, A. M., Dennis, B. R., Schwarz, R. A., Lin, R. P., Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique solaire, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris

Subjects
[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract

International audience

Published
2012

43. Mixed signal ASIC controller for satellite medium power DC/DC converters

Author

Skup, Konrad R., primary, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Nowosielski, Witold, additional, Jankowski, Mariusz, additional, Jablonski, Grzegorz, additional, Starzak, Lukasz, additional, Szermer, Michal, additional, Napieralski, Andrzej, additional, Darakchiev, Radoslav, additional, and Mroczkowski, Mateusz, additional

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2015
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45. The ATHENA X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

Author

den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Barret, Didier, Lam Trong, Thien, den Herder, Jan-Willem, Piro, Luigi, Cappi, Massimo, Houvelin, Juhani, Kelley, Richard, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, Mitsuda, Kazuhisa, Paltani, Stéphane, Rauw, Gregor, Rozanska, Agata, Wilms, Joern, Bandler, Simon, Barbera, Marco, Barcons, Xavier, Bozzo, Enrico, Ceballos, Maria Teresa, Charles, Ivan, Costantini, Elisa, Decourchelle, Anne, den Hartog, Roland, Duband, Lionel, Duval, Jean-Marc, Fiore, Fabrizio, Gatti, Flavio, Goldwurm, Andrea, Jackson, Brian, Jonker, Peter, Kilbourne, Caroline, Macculi, Claudio, Mendez, Mariano, Molendi, Silvano, Orleanski, Piotr, Pajot, François, Pointecouteau, Etienne, Porter, Frederick, Pratt, Gabriel W., Prêle, Damien, Ravera, Laurent, Sato, Kosuke, Schaye, Joop, Shinozaki, Keisuke, Thibert, Tanguy, Valenziano, Luca, Valette, Véronique, Vink, Jacco, Webb, Natalie, Wise, Michael, Yamasaki, Noriko, Douchin, Françoise, Mesnager, Jean-Michel, Pontet, Bernard, Pradines, Alice, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Bulbul, Esra, Dadina, Mauro, Ettori, Stefano, Finoguenov, Alexis, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Janiuk, Agnieszka, Kaastra, Jelle, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Miller, Jon, Miniutti, Giovanni, Naze, Yael, Nicastro, Fabrizio, Scioritino, Salavtore, Simonescu, Aurora, Torrejon, Jose Miguel, Frezouls, Benoit, Geoffray, Hervé, Peille, Philippe, Aicardi, Corinne, André, Jérôme, Daniel, Christophe, Clénet, Antoine, Etcheverry, Christophe, Gloaguen, Emilie, Hervet, Gilles, Jolly, Antoine, Ledot, Aurélien, Paillet, Irwin, Schmisser, Roseline, Vella, Bruno, Damery, Jean-Charles, Boyce, Kevin, Dipirro, Mike, Lotti, Simone, Schwander, Denis, Smith, Stephen, Van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost, van Weers, Henk, Clerc, Nicolas, Cobo, Beatriz, Dauser, Thomas, Kirsch, Christian, Cucchetti, Edoardo, Eckart, Megan, Ferrando, Philippe, and Natalucci, Lorenzo

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2018
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46. The Herschel-Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared (HIFI): instrument and pre-launch testing

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Oschmann, Jacobus M., Jr., de Graauw, Mattheus W. M., MacEwen, Howard A., de Graauw, Thijs, Whyborn, Nick, Helmich, Frank, Dieleman, Pieter, Roelfsema, Peter, Caux, Emmanuel, Phillips, Tom, Stutzki, Jürgen, Beintema, Douwe, Benz, Arnold, Biver, Nicolas, Boogert, Adwin, Boulanger, Francois, Cherednichenko, Sergey, Coeur-Joly, Odile, Comito, Claudia, Dartois, Emmanuel, de Jonge, Albrecht, de Lange, Gert, Delorme, Ian, DiGiorgio, Anna, Dubbeldam, Luc, Edwards, Kevin, Fich, Michael, Güsten, Rolf, Herpin, Fabrice, Honingh, Netty, Huisman, Robert, Jacobs, Herman, Jellema, Willem, Kawamura, Jon, Kester, Do, Klapwijk, Teun, Klein, Thomas, Kooi, Jacob, Krieg, Jean-Michel, Kramer, Carsten, Kruizenga, Bob, Laauwen, Wouter, Larsson, Bengt, Leinz, Christian, Liseau, Rene, Lord, Steve, Luinge, Willem, Marston, Anthony, Merkel, Harald, Moreno, Rafael, Morris, Patrick, Murphy, Anthony, Naber, Albert, Planesas, Pere, Martin-Pintado, Jesus, Olberg, Micheal, Orleanski, Piotr, Ossenkopf, Volker, Pearson, John, Perault, Michel, Phillip, Sabine, Rataj, Mirek, Ravera, Laurent, Saraceno, Paolo, Schieder, Rudolf, Schmuelling, Frank, Szczerba, Ryszard, Shipman, Russell, Teyssier, David, Vastel, Charlotte, Visser, Huib, Wildeman, Klaas, Wafelbakker, Kees, Ward, John, Higgins, Roonan, Aarts, Henri, Tielens, Xander, Zaal, Peer, Oschmann, Jacobus M., Jr., de Graauw, Mattheus W. M., MacEwen, Howard A., de Graauw, Thijs, Whyborn, Nick, Helmich, Frank, Dieleman, Pieter, Roelfsema, Peter, Caux, Emmanuel, Phillips, Tom, Stutzki, Jürgen, Beintema, Douwe, Benz, Arnold, Biver, Nicolas, Boogert, Adwin, Boulanger, Francois, Cherednichenko, Sergey, Coeur-Joly, Odile, Comito, Claudia, Dartois, Emmanuel, de Jonge, Albrecht, de Lange, Gert, Delorme, Ian, DiGiorgio, Anna, Dubbeldam, Luc, Edwards, Kevin, Fich, Michael, Güsten, Rolf, Herpin, Fabrice, Honingh, Netty, Huisman, Robert, Jacobs, Herman, Jellema, Willem, Kawamura, Jon, Kester, Do, Klapwijk, Teun, Klein, Thomas, Kooi, Jacob, Krieg, Jean-Michel, Kramer, Carsten, Kruizenga, Bob, Laauwen, Wouter, Larsson, Bengt, Leinz, Christian, Liseau, Rene, Lord, Steve, Luinge, Willem, Marston, Anthony, Merkel, Harald, Moreno, Rafael, Morris, Patrick, Murphy, Anthony, Naber, Albert, Planesas, Pere, Martin-Pintado, Jesus, Olberg, Micheal, Orleanski, Piotr, Ossenkopf, Volker, Pearson, John, Perault, Michel, Phillip, Sabine, Rataj, Mirek, Ravera, Laurent, Saraceno, Paolo, Schieder, Rudolf, Schmuelling, Frank, Szczerba, Ryszard, Shipman, Russell, Teyssier, David, Vastel, Charlotte, Visser, Huib, Wildeman, Klaas, Wafelbakker, Kees, Ward, John, Higgins, Roonan, Aarts, Henri, Tielens, Xander, and Zaal, Peer

Abstract

This paper describes the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared (HIFI), to be launched onboard of ESA's Herschel Space Observatory, by 2008. It includes the first results from the instrument level tests. The instrument is designed to be electronically tuneable over a wide and continuous frequency range in the Far Infrared, with velocity resolutions better than 0.1 km/s with a high sensitivity. This will enable detailed investigations of a wide variety of astronomical sources, ranging from solar system objects, star formation regions to nuclei of galaxies. The instrument comprises 5 frequency bands covering 480-1150 GHz with SIS mixers and a sixth dual frequency band, for the 1410-1910 GHz range, with Hot Electron Bolometer Mixers (HEB). The Local Oscillator (LO) subsystem consists of a dedicated Ka-band synthesizer followed by 7 times 2 chains of frequency multipliers, 2 chains for each frequency band. A pair of Auto-Correlators and a pair of Acousto-Optic spectrometers process the two IF signals from the dual-polarization front-ends to provide instantaneous frequency coverage of 4 GHz, with a set of resolutions (140 kHz to 1 MHz), better than < 0.1 km/s. After a successful qualification program, the flight instrument was delivered and entered the testing phase at satellite level. We will also report on the pre-flight test and calibration results together with the expected in-flight performance.

Published
2008

48. Thermal simulations of the STIX instrument for ESA Solar Orbiter mission

Author

Białek, Agata, primary, Seweryn, Karol, additional, Arnold, Nicolas, additional, Bauer, Svend M., additional, Bernet, Adeline, additional, Blecha, Luc, additional, Grassmann, Kamil, additional, Grimm, Oliver, additional, Grobelbauer, Hans Peter, additional, Hurford, Gordon, additional, Krucker, Sam, additional, Limousin, Olivier, additional, Mann, Gottfried, additional, Martignac, Jerome, additional, Meuris, Aline, additional, Orleanski, Piotr, additional, Onel, Hakan, additional, and Skup, Konrad R., additional

Published
2013
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50. Controlling the THz heterodyne — Lesson learned from HIFI/Herschel mission

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Orleanski, Piotr, primary, Michalska, Malgorzata, additional, Nowosielski, Witold, additional, Ciechanowicz, Mirek, additional, Klein, Thomas, additional, Risacher, Christophe, additional, di Giorgio, Anna, additional, Pearson, John C., additional, Helmich, Frank, additional, Jacobs, Herman, additional, Jellema, Willem, additional, de Jonge, Albrecht, additional, Roelfsema, Peter, additional, Shipman, Russel, additional, and Teyssier, David, additional

Published
2012
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