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1. The structural design and thermo-mechanical performance of the FXT for the EP mission

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Wang, Juan, Eder, Josef, Ma, Jia, Yang, YanJi, Cui, WeiWei, Yang, XiongTao, Duan, XuLiang, Feng, JianChao, Zhang, XiaoFeng, Lu, Bing, Lv, He, Sun, WenXin, Lu, FangJun, Han, DaWei, Wang, YuSa, Chen, Tianxiang, Zhang, Qian, Bi, Xiyan, Li, DongTai, Zhang, JiaWei, Friedrich, Peter, Hartmann, Katinka, Keereman, Arnoud, Santovincenzo, Andrea, Vernani, Dervis, Bianucci, Giovanni, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Tang, QingJun, Chen, HouLei, and Chen, Yong

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2023
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2. Mirror design for the high-energy x-ray probe (HEX-P)

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Madsen, Kristin K., primary, Corsetti, James, additional, Kenyon, Steven, additional, Okajima, Takashi, additional, Rohrback, Scott, additional, Tamura, Keisuke, additional, Zhang, William W., additional, Gurgew, Danielle N., additional, Christensen, Finn Erland, additional, Ferreira, Desiree Della Monica, additional, Gellert, Nis Christian, additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Basso, Stefano, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Moretti, Alberto, additional, Spiga, Daniele, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Vernani, Dervis, additional, and Stern, Daniel K., additional

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2023
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3. The VERT-X calibration facility: development of the most critical parts

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Moretti, Alberto, primary, Spiga, Daniele, additional, Basso, Stefano, additional, Sironi, Giorgia, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Cotroneo, Vincenzo, additional, Civitani, Marta M., additional, Ghigo, Mauro, additional, La Palombara, Nicola, additional, Uslenghi, Michela, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Marioni, Fabio, additional, Vernani, Dervis, additional, Zocchi, Fabio, additional, Parodi, Giancarlo, additional, Ottolini, Matteo, additional, Tordi, Massimiliano, additional, De Lorenzi, Simone, additional, Amisano, Franco, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Ferreira, Desiree Della Monica, additional, Corradi, Paolo, additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, and Ferreira, Ivo, additional

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2023
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4. NewATHENA optics technology

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Bavdaz, Marcos, primary, Wille, Eric, additional, Ayre, Mark, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Shortt, Brian, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Collon, Maximilien J., additional, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Barrière, Nicolas, additional, Landgraf, Boris, additional, Girou, David, additional, Olde Riekerink, Mark, additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, Schurink, Bart, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Ferreira, Desiree Della Monica, additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Svendsen, Sara, additional, Christensen, Finn Erland, additional, Krumrey, Michael, additional, Skroblin, Dieter, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Salmaso, Bianca, additional, Moretti, Alberto, additional, Spiga, Daniele, additional, Basso, Stefano, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Vernani, Dervis, additional, Lupton, Paul, additional, Mundon, William, additional, Dunnell, Ethan, additional, Riede, Mirko, additional, Korhonen, Tapio, additional, Pasanen, Mikko, additional, Sanchez, Alejandro, additional, Heinis, Dominique, additional, Colldelram, Carles, additional, Tordi, Massimiliano, additional, Niewrzella, Norman, additional, and Willingale, Richard, additional

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2023
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5. The high-energy x-ray probe (HEX-P)

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Morrissey, Patrick, primary, Madsen, Kristin K., additional, Amini, Rashied, additional, Dawson, Douglas, additional, Grefenstette, Brian, additional, Abramovici, Alex, additional, Bandyopadhyay, Saptarshi, additional, Casadesus Vila, Guillem, additional, Franklin, Steve, additional, Johnson, William, additional, Kedar, Sharon, additional, Lane, Marc, additional, Lee, Karen, additional, Smith, Miles, additional, Stern, Daniel, additional, Zusack, Steven, additional, Arenberg, Jonathan, additional, McEachen, Mike, additional, McCreary, Lance, additional, Rodgers, Jeff, additional, Coutinho, Diogo, additional, Nandra, Kirpal, additional, Predehl, Peter, additional, Kenyon, Steve, additional, Markie, Paul, additional, Zhang, William W., additional, Basso, Stefano, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Spiga, Daniele, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, and Vernani, Dervis, additional

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2023
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6. Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope

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Ferreira, Ivo, primary, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, Ayre, Mark, additional, Wille, Eric, additional, Shortt, Brian, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Collon, Maximilien J., additional, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Barrière, Nicolas M., additional, Landgraf, Boris, additional, Olde Riekerink, Mark, additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Svendsen, Sara, additional, Christensen, Finn, additional, Krumrey, Michael, additional, Skroblin, Dieter, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, additional, Salmaso, Bianca, additional, Basso, Stefano, additional, Moretti, Alberto, additional, Spiga, Daniele, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Vernani, Dervis, additional, Lupton, Paul, additional, Mundon, William, additional, Phillips, Gavin, additional, Schneider, Jakob, additional, Korhonen, Tapio, additional, Sanchez, Alejandro, additional, Heinis, Dominique, additional, Colldelram, Carles, additional, Tordi, Massimiliano, additional, and Willingale, Richard, additional

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2023
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7. Mirror design for the high-energy x-ray probe (HEX-P)

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Pareschi, Giovanni, Spiga, Daniele, O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Madsen, Kristin K., Corsetti, James, Kenyon, Steven, Okajima, Takashi, Rohrback, Scott, Tamura, Keisuke, Zhang, William W., Gurgew, Danielle N., Christensen, Finn Erland, Ferreira, Desiree Della Monica, Gellert, Nis Christian, Massahi, Sonny, Basso, Stefano, Moretti, Alberto, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, Stern, Daniel K., Pareschi, Giovanni, Spiga, Daniele, O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Madsen, Kristin K., Corsetti, James, Kenyon, Steven, Okajima, Takashi, Rohrback, Scott, Tamura, Keisuke, Zhang, William W., Gurgew, Danielle N., Christensen, Finn Erland, Ferreira, Desiree Della Monica, Gellert, Nis Christian, Massahi, Sonny, Basso, Stefano, Moretti, Alberto, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, and Stern, Daniel K.

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The High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P) is a probe-class mission concept that combines high spatial resolution x-ray imaging and broad spectral coverage to enable revolutionary new insights into the important astrophysical questions of the next decade. HEX-P will fly a complement of two Hard Energy Mirror Assemblies (HEMA) and one Low Energy Mirror Assembly (LEMA), all of which will have a focal length of 20 meter. Ir/C has been chosen as the baseline coating for the LEMA, and a combination of Pt/C and W/Si multilayers for the HEMA. We present here the mirror design, optimization of coating recipes, and estimated performance.

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2023

8. Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope

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Minoglou, Kyriaki, Karafolas, Nikos, Cugny, Bruno, Ferreira, Ivo, Bavdaz, Marcos, Ayre, Mark, Wille, Eric, Shortt, Brian, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barrière, Nicolas M., Landgraf, Boris, Riekerink, Mark Olde, Haneveld, Jeroen, Start, Ronald, van Baren, Coen, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Christensen, Finn, Krumrey, Michael, Skroblin, Dieter, Burwitz, Vadim, Pareschi, Giovanni, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, Salmaso, Bianca, Basso, Stefano, Moretti, Alberto, Spiga, Daniele, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, Lupton, Paul, Mundon, William, Phillips, Gavin, Schneider, Jakob, Korhonen, Tapio, Sanchez, Alejandro, Heinis, Dominique, Colldelram, Carles, Tordi, Massimiliano, Willingale, Richard, Minoglou, Kyriaki, Karafolas, Nikos, Cugny, Bruno, Ferreira, Ivo, Bavdaz, Marcos, Ayre, Mark, Wille, Eric, Shortt, Brian, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barrière, Nicolas M., Landgraf, Boris, Riekerink, Mark Olde, Haneveld, Jeroen, Start, Ronald, van Baren, Coen, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Christensen, Finn, Krumrey, Michael, Skroblin, Dieter, Burwitz, Vadim, Pareschi, Giovanni, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, Salmaso, Bianca, Basso, Stefano, Moretti, Alberto, Spiga, Daniele, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, Lupton, Paul, Mundon, William, Phillips, Gavin, Schneider, Jakob, Korhonen, Tapio, Sanchez, Alejandro, Heinis, Dominique, Colldelram, Carles, Tordi, Massimiliano, and Willingale, Richard

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The ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics) mission is the current 2nd 'Large' mission (L2) in the ESA Cosmic Vision programme currently. It is currently at Phase B1 but the mission concept will now enter a reformulation phase that will follow a design-to-cost approach. This paper describes the main technologies behind its reference X-ray telescope based on the modular Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) technology. The large X-ray mirror is the mission enabler being specifically developed for ATHENA, in a joint effort by industry, research institutions and ESA. All aspects of the optics are being addressed, from the mirror plates and their coatings to the mirror modules and their assembly into the ATHENA telescope, as well as the facilities required to build and test the flight optics, demonstrating performance, robustness, and programmatic compliance. An overview of the status of the design and demonstration of the telescope is given. The risks that have successfully been mitigated are made explicit and the remaining risks are identified.

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2023

9. NewATHENA optics technology

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Pareschi, Giovanni, Spiga, Daniele, O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Ayre, Mark, Ferreira, Ivo, Shortt, Brian, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barrière, Nicolas M., Landgraf, Boris, Girou, David, Olde Riekering, Mark, Haneveld, Jeroen, Start, Ronald, Schurink, Bart, van Baren, Coen, Monica Ferreira, Desiree Della, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Christensen, Finn, Krumrey, Michael, Skroblin, Dieter, Burwitz, Vadim, Salmaso, Bianca, Moretti, Alberto, Basso, Stefano, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, Lupton, Paul, Mundon, William, Dunnell, Ethan, Riede, Mirko, Korhonen, Tapio, Pasanen, Mikko, Sanchez, Alejandro, Heinis, Dominique, Colldelram, Carles, Tordi, Massimiliano, Niewrzella, Norman, Willingale, Richard, Pareschi, Giovanni, Spiga, Daniele, O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Ayre, Mark, Ferreira, Ivo, Shortt, Brian, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barrière, Nicolas M., Landgraf, Boris, Girou, David, Olde Riekering, Mark, Haneveld, Jeroen, Start, Ronald, Schurink, Bart, van Baren, Coen, Monica Ferreira, Desiree Della, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Christensen, Finn, Krumrey, Michael, Skroblin, Dieter, Burwitz, Vadim, Salmaso, Bianca, Moretti, Alberto, Basso, Stefano, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, Lupton, Paul, Mundon, William, Dunnell, Ethan, Riede, Mirko, Korhonen, Tapio, Pasanen, Mikko, Sanchez, Alejandro, Heinis, Dominique, Colldelram, Carles, Tordi, Massimiliano, Niewrzella, Norman, and Willingale, Richard

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The re-formulation phase of the next generation x-ray observatory ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics) – now NewATHENA - is being utilized for further improvements of the optics technology. The Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) remains the technology of choice, since it uniquely combines a low mass, large effective area, and good angular resolution, addressing the challenge of the NewATHENA X-ray optics. The performance and preparation for the cost-effective implementation of the flight optics is being further evolved in a joint effort by industry, research institutions and ESA. The SPO technology greatly benefits from investments in the semiconductor industry and maximizes technology spin-in. Dedicated facilities have been and are being created to produce the required mirror plates, assemble them into stacks and mirror modules, integrate them into the complete telescope and measure the performance and compatibility with the NewATHENA technical and programmatic requirements. An overview of the activities preparing the implementation of the NewATHENA optics is provided.

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2023

10. VERT-X: a new calibration facility for X-ray optics

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Moretti Alberto, Pareschi Giovanni, Basso Stefano, Spiga Daniele, Ghigo Mauro, Sironi Giorgia, Cotroneo Vincenzo, Civitani Marta, Uslenghi Michela, La Palombara Nicola, Tordi Massimiliano, De Lorenzi Simone, Valsecchi Giuseppe, Zocchi fabio, Marioni Fabio, Vernani Dervis, Amisano Franco, Parodi Giancarlo, Ottolini Matteo, Corradi Paolo, Ferreira Ivo, and Bavdaz Marcos

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Proceeding of the Conference ICSO 2022, International Conference on Space Optics, Dubrovnik 3-7 October, Dubrovnik The ESA Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics (ATHENA) will be the largest X-ray optics ever built. The ground calibration of its mirror assembly raises significant difficulties due to its unprecedented size, mass and focal length. The VERT-X project aims at developing an innovative calibration system which will be able to accomplish this extremely challenging task. The design is based on a 2.5 cm2 parallel beam produced by an X-ray source positioned in the focus of a highly performing collimator; in order to cover the whole 2.5m diameter mirror, the beam is accurately moved by a raster-scan mechanism.The VERT-X project, started in January 2018, is financed by ESA and conducted by a consortium that includes INAF, EIE, Media Lario, Apogeo Spaceand BCV Progetti. &nbsp

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2023
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11. Mirror design for the high-energy x-ray probe (HEX-P)

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O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Pareschi, Giovanni, Spiga, Daniele, Madsen, Kristin K., Corsetti, James, Kenyon, Steven, Okajima, Takashi, Rohrback, Scott, Tamura, Keisuke, Zhang, William W., Gurgew, Danielle N., Christensen, Finn Erland, Ferreira, Desiree Della Monica, Gellert, Nis Christian, Massahi, Sonny, Basso, Stefano, Pareschi, Giovanni, Moretti, Alberto, Spiga, Daniele, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, and Stern, Daniel K.

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2023
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12. The high-energy x-ray probe (HEX-P)

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Siegmund, Oswald H., Hoadley, Keri, Morrissey, Patrick, Madsen, Kristin, Amini, Rashied, Dawson, Douglas, Grefenstette, Brian, Abramovici, Alex, Bandyopadhyay, Saptarshi, Casadesus Vila, Guillem, Franklin, Steve, Johnson, William, Kedar, Sharon, Lane, Marc, Lee, Karen, Smith, Miles, Stern, Daniel, Zusack, Steven, Arenberg, Jonathan, McEachen, Mike, McCreary, Lance, Rodgers, Jeff, Coutinho, Diogo, Müeller-Seidlitz, Johannes, Nandra, Kirpal, Predehl, Peter, Strecker, Rafael, Dauner, Lea, Kenyon, Steve, Markie, Paul, Zhang, William W., Basso, Stefano, Moretti, Alberto, Pareschi, Giovanni, Spiga, Daniele, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, and Vernani, Dervis

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2023
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13. Dopamine dip-liquid overcoatings for soft x-ray reflectivity enhancement

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Cotroneo, Vincenzo, primary, Rivolta, Giacomo, additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, Bruni, Ricardo, additional, Civitani, Marta M., additional, Döhring, Thorsten, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Gibertini, Eugenio, additional, Giglia, Angelo, additional, Gollwitzer, Christian, additional, Iovenitti, Simone, additional, Krumney, Michael, additional, Magagnin, Luca, additional, Mahne, Nicola, additional, Nannarone, Stefano, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Romaine, Suzanne, additional, Sethares, Leandra, additional, Shortt, Brian, additional, Skroblin, Dieter, additional, Sironi, Giorgia, additional, Spiga, Daniele, additional, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, additional, and Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional

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2022
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15. Follow-up x-ray telescope (FXT) mirror module for the Einstein probe mission

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Vernani, Dervis, primary, Bianucci, Giovanni, additional, Grisoni, Gabriele, additional, Marioni, Fabio, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Keerman, Arnoud, additional, Chen, Yong, additional, Cong, Min, additional, Yang, Yanji, additional, Wang, Juan, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Eder, Josef, additional, Friedrich, Peter, additional, Hartner, Gisela, additional, Langmeier, Andrea, additional, Mueller, Thomas, additional, Rukdee, Surankhana, additional, and Schmidt, Thomas, additional

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2022
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16. ATHENA optics technology development

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Bavdaz, Marcos, primary, Wille, Eric, additional, Ayre, Mark R., additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Shortt, Brian, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Millinger, Mark, additional, Collon, Maximilien J., additional, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Barrière, Nicolas M., additional, Landgraf, Boris, additional, Olde Riekerink, Mark, additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Svendsen, Sara, additional, Christensen, Finn E., additional, Krumrey, Michael, additional, Handick, Evelyn, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Salmaso, Bianca, additional, Moretti, Alberto, additional, Spiga, Daniele, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Vernani, Dervis, additional, Lupton, Paul, additional, Mundon, William, additional, Phillips, Gavin, additional, Schneider, Jakob, additional, Korhonen, Tapio, additional, Sanchez, Alejandro, additional, Heinis, Dominique, additional, Colldelram, Carles, additional, Tordi, Massimiliano, additional, De Lorenzi, Simone, additional, and Willingale, Richard, additional

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2022
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17. ATHENA optics technology development

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den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Ayre, Mark, Ferreira, Ivo, Shortt, Brian, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Millinger, Mark, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barrière, Nicolas M., Landgraf, Boris, Olde Riekerink, Mark, Haneveld, Jeroen, Start, Ronald, Van Baren, Coen, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Christensen, Finn, Krumrey, Michael, Handick, Evelyn, Burwitz, Vadim, Pareschi, Giovanni, Salmaso, Bianca, Moretti, Alberto, Spiga, Daniele, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, Lupton, Paul, Mundon, William, Phillips, Gavin, Schneider, Jakob, Korhonen, Tapio, Sanchez, Alejandro, Heinis, Dominique, Colldelram, Carles, Tordi, Massimiliano, De Lorenzi, Simone, Willingale, Richard, den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Ayre, Mark, Ferreira, Ivo, Shortt, Brian, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Millinger, Mark, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barrière, Nicolas M., Landgraf, Boris, Olde Riekerink, Mark, Haneveld, Jeroen, Start, Ronald, Van Baren, Coen, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Christensen, Finn, Krumrey, Michael, Handick, Evelyn, Burwitz, Vadim, Pareschi, Giovanni, Salmaso, Bianca, Moretti, Alberto, Spiga, Daniele, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, Lupton, Paul, Mundon, William, Phillips, Gavin, Schneider, Jakob, Korhonen, Tapio, Sanchez, Alejandro, Heinis, Dominique, Colldelram, Carles, Tordi, Massimiliano, De Lorenzi, Simone, and Willingale, Richard

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The next generation x-ray observatory ATHENA (advanced telescope for high energy astrophysics) requires an optics with unprecedented performance. It is the combination of low mass, large effective area and good angular resolution that is the challenge of the x-ray optics of such a mission. ATHENA is the second large class mission in the science programme of ESA, and is currently in a reformulation process, following a design-to-cost approach to meet the cost limit of an ESA L-class mission. The silicon pore optics (SPO) is the mission enabler being specifically developed for ATHENA, in a joint effort by industry, research institutions and ESA. All aspects of the optics are being addressed, from the mirror plates and their coatings, over the mirror modules and their assembly into the ATHENA telescope, to the facilities required to build and test the flight optics, demonstrating performance, robustness, and programmatic compliance. The SPO technology is currently being matured to the level required for the adoption of the ATHENA mission, i.e., the start of the mission implementation phase. The monocrystalline silicon material and pore structure of the SPO provide these optics with excellent thermal and mechanical properties. Benefiting from technology spin-in from the semiconductor industry, the equipment, processes, and materials used to produce the SPO are highly sophisticated and optimised.

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2022

18. Mirror production for the Cherenkov telescopes of the ASTRI mini-array and the MST project for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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La Palombara, Nicola, primary, Sironi, Giorgia, additional, Giro, Enrico, additional, Scuderi, Salvatore, additional, Canestrari, Rodolfo, additional, Iovenitti, Simone, additional, Garczarczyk, Markus, additional, Krause, Maria, additional, Diebold, Sebastian, additional, Millul, Rachele, additional, Marioni, Fabio, additional, Missaglia, Nadia, additional, Redaelli, Matteo, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Zocchi, Fabio, additional, Zanoni, Adelfio, additional, and Pareschi, Giovanni, additional

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2022
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19. Assembly of confocal silicon pore optics mirror modules

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Barrière, Nicolas M., primary, Babic, Ljubiša, additional, Bayerle, Alex, additional, Castiglione, Luigi, additional, Collon, Maximilien J., additional, Eenkhoorn, Noë, additional, Girou, David, additional, Günther, Ramses, additional, Hauser, Enrico, additional, Jenkins, Yvette, additional, Landgraf, Boris, additional, Keek, Laurens, additional, Okma, Ben, additional, Mendoza Serano, Gregorio, additional, Thete, Aniket, additional, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, additional, Vervest, Mark, additional, Voruz, Luc, additional, Beijersbergen, Marco W., additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, Wille, Eric, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Riekerink, Mark O., additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Schurink, Bart, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Handick, Evelyn, additional, Krumrey, Michael, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Bradshaw, Miranda, additional, and Burwitz, Vadim, additional

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2021
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20. SPO mirror plate production and coating

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Landgraf, Boris, primary, Babic, Ljubiša, additional, Barrière, Nicolas M., additional, Bayerle, Alex, additional, Castiglione, Luigi, additional, Collon, Maximilien J., additional, Eenkhoorn, Noë, additional, Girou, David, additional, Günther, Ramses, additional, Hauser, Enrico, additional, Jenkins, Yvette, additional, Keek, Laurens, additional, Okma, Ben, additional, Serano, Gregorio M., additional, Thete, Aniket, additional, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, additional, Vervest, Mark, additional, Voruz, Luc, additional, Beijersbergen, Marco W., additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, Wille, Eric, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Shortt, Brian, additional, Riekerink, Mark O., additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Koelewijn, Arenda, additional, Wijnperlé, Maurice, additional, Lankwarden, Jan-Joost, additional, Schurink, Bart, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Hieltjes, Paul, additional, den Herder, Jan-Willem, additional, Handick, Evelyn, additional, Krumrey, Michael, additional, Bradshaw, Miranda, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Svendsen, Sara, additional, Ferreira, Desiree D. M., additional, Christensen, Finn E., additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Kailla, Geeta, additional, Phillips, Gavin, additional, Mundon, William, additional, Chequer, Ian, additional, and Ball, Kevin, additional

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2021
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21. Silicon pore optics x-ray mirror development for the Athena telescope

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Collon, Maximilien J., primary, Babic, Ljubiša, additional, Barrière, Nicolas M., additional, Bayerle, Alex, additional, Castiglione, Luigi, additional, Eenkhoorn, Noë, additional, Girou, David, additional, Günther, Ramses, additional, Hauser, Enrico, additional, Jenkins, Yvette, additional, Landgraf, Boris, additional, Keek, Laurens, additional, Okma, Ben, additional, Mendoza Serrano, Gregorio, additional, Thete, Aniket, additional, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, additional, Vervest, Mark, additional, Voruz, Luc, additional, Beijersbergen, Marco W., additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, Wille, Eric, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Shortt, Brian, additional, Riekerink, Mark O., additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Koelewijn, Arenda, additional, Wijnperlé, Maurice, additional, Lankwarden, Jan-Joost, additional, Schurink, Bart, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Hieltjes, Paul, additional, den Herder, Jan-Willem, additional, Handick, Evelyn, additional, Krumrey, Michael, additional, Bradshaw, Miranda, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Svendsen, Sara, additional, Ferreira, Desiree D. M., additional, Christensen, Finn E., additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Kailla, Geeta, additional, Mundon, William, additional, Philips, Gavin, additional, and Ball, Kevin, additional

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2021
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23. The VERT-X calibration facility: development of the most critical parts.

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Moretti, Alberto, primary, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Basso, Stefano, additional, Spiga, Daniele, additional, Ghigo, Mauro, additional, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, additional, Sironi, Giorgia, additional, Civitani, Marta, additional, Cotroneo, Vincenzo, additional, La Palombara, Nicola, additional, Uslenghi, Michela, additional, Tordi, Massimiliano, additional, De Lorenzi, Simone, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Zocchi, Fabio, additional, Marioni, Fabio, additional, Vernani, Dervis, additional, Amisano, Franco, additional, Parissenti, Guido, additional, Parodi, Giancarlo, additional, Ottolini, Matteo, additional, Corradi, Paolo, additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, and Ferreira, Ivo, additional

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2021
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24. Environmental testing of the Athena telescope mirror modules

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Girou, David, primary, van Baren, Coen, additional, te Kloeze, Ivar, additional, Castiglione, Luigi, additional, Okma, Ben, additional, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Hauser, Enrico, additional, Babic, Ljubiša, additional, Bayerle, Alex, additional, Barrière, Nicolas M., additional, Eenkhoorn, Noë, additional, Gunther, Ramses, additional, Jenkins, Yvette, additional, Landgraf, Boris, additional, Keek, Laurens, additional, Thete, Aniket, additional, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, additional, Vervest, Mark, additional, Voruz, Luc, additional, Collon, Maximilien J., additional, Beijersbergen, Marco W., additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Campoli, Gianni, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Wille, Eric, additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, Marioni, Fabio, additional, and Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional

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2021
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25. ATHENA x-ray optics development and accommodation

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Bavdaz, Marcos, primary, Wille, Eric, additional, Ayre, Mark, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Shortt, Brian, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Millinger, Mark, additional, Collon, Maximilien J., additional, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Barrière, Nicolas M., additional, Landgraf, Boris, additional, Riekerink, Mark O., additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Ferreira, Desiree D. M., additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Svendsen, Sara, additional, Christensen, Finn E., additional, Krumrey, Michael, additional, Handick, Evelyn, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Bradshaw, Miranda, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Vernani, Dervis, additional, Kailla, Geeta, additional, Mundon, William, additional, Phillips, Gavin, additional, Schneider, Jakob, additional, Korhonen, Tapio, additional, Sanchez, Alejandro, additional, Heinis, Dominique, additional, Colldelram, Carles, additional, Torti, Massimiliano, additional, and Willingale, Richard, additional

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2021
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28. Development of low-density coatings for soft x-ray reflectivity enhancement for ATHENA and other missions

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O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Pareschi, Giovanni, Cotroneo, Vincenzo, Bruni, Ricardo, Döhring, Thorsten, Ferreira, Desiree, Gibertini, Eugenio, Henriksen, Peter, Magagnin, Luca, Massahi, Sonny, Romaine, Suzanne, Sethares, Leandra, Sironi, Giorgia, Spiga, Daniele, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Pareschi, Giovanni, Cotroneo, Vincenzo, Bruni, Ricardo, Döhring, Thorsten, Ferreira, Desiree, Gibertini, Eugenio, Henriksen, Peter, Magagnin, Luca, Massahi, Sonny, Romaine, Suzanne, Sethares, Leandra, Sironi, Giorgia, Spiga, Daniele, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, and Valsecchi, Giuseppe

Abstract

Metallic coatings made of precious metals (e.g. Ir, Pt or Au) with high atomic number Z have been traditionally employed at grazing incidence for X-rays reflection and focalization. These materials offer a range of reflection extended to higher energies, but also present a series of absorption edges, which limit the reflectivity in the 2-4 keV band and below. Therefore the search for alternative coatings, able to improve the reflection in the soft energy range, is particularly relevant for the development of future telescopes, like ATHENA (ESA), Lynx (NASA) and eXTP (CAS). Low-Z overcoatings (e.g. carbon or B4C), applied on top of the high-Z metallic layer, can enhance the reflectivity in the softer band (mainly below 2 keV), but conventional deposition methods for these materials are not easily compatible with some of the mainstream technologies for mirror fabrication (notably, the silicon pore optics that will be used for the ATHENA X-ray mission which is being implemented by ESA). In this work we discuss novel solutions (carbon-like overcoatings realized by dip coating or vapor phase deposition), which can be particularly convenient for the application to ATHENA and to future telescopes.

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2021

29. The Athena x-ray optics development and accommodation

Author

O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Pareschi, Giovanni, Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Ayre, Mark, Ferreira, Ivo, Shortt, Brian, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Millinger, Mark, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barrière, Nicolas M., Landgraf, Boris, Riekerink, Mark Olde, Haneveld, Jeroen, Start, Ronald, van Baren, Coen, Monica Ferreira, Desiree Della, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Christensen, Finn, Krumrey, Michael, Handick, Evelyn, Burwitz, Vadim, Bradshaw, Miranda, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, Kailla, Geeta, Mundon, William, Phillips, Gavin, Schneider, Jakob, Korhonen, Tapio, Sanchez, Alejandro, Heinis, Dominique, Tordi, Massimiliano, Willingale, Richard, O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Pareschi, Giovanni, Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Ayre, Mark, Ferreira, Ivo, Shortt, Brian, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Millinger, Mark, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barrière, Nicolas M., Landgraf, Boris, Riekerink, Mark Olde, Haneveld, Jeroen, Start, Ronald, van Baren, Coen, Monica Ferreira, Desiree Della, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Christensen, Finn, Krumrey, Michael, Handick, Evelyn, Burwitz, Vadim, Bradshaw, Miranda, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Vernani, Dervis, Kailla, Geeta, Mundon, William, Phillips, Gavin, Schneider, Jakob, Korhonen, Tapio, Sanchez, Alejandro, Heinis, Dominique, Tordi, Massimiliano, and Willingale, Richard

Abstract

The ATHENA mission, under study and preparation by ESA as its second Large-class science mission, requires the largest X-ray optics ever flown, building on a novel optics technology based on mono crystalline silicon. Referred to as Silicon Pore Optics technology (SPO), the optics is highly modular and benefits from technology spin-in from the semiconductor industry. The telescope aperture of about 2.5 meters is populated by 600 mirror modules, accurately co -aligned to produce a common focus. The development of the SPO technology is a joint effort by European industrial and research entities, working together to address the challenges to demonstrate the imaging performance, robustness and efficient series production of the ATHENA optics. A technology development plan was established and is being regularly updated to reflect the latest developments, and is fully funded by the ESA technology development programmes. An industrial consortium was formed to ensure coherence of the individual technology development activities. The SPO technology uses precision machined mirror plates produced using thelatest generation top quality 12 inch silicon wafers, which are assembled into rugged stacks. The surfaces of the mirror plates and the integral support structure is such, that no glue is required to join the individual mirror plates. Once accurately aligned with respect to each other, the surfaces of the mirror plates merge in a physical bonding process. The resultant SPO mirror modules are therefore very accurate and stable and can sustain the harsh conditions encountered during launch and are able to tolerate the space environment expected during operations. The accommodation of the ATHENA telescope is also innovative, relying on a hexapod mechanismto align the optics to the selected detector instruments located in the focal plane. Systemstudies are complemented by dedicated technology development activities to demonstrate the capabilities before the adoption of the ATHE

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2021

30. SPO mirror plate production and coating

Author

O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Pareschi, Giovanni, Landgraf, Boris, Babić, Ljubiša, Barrière, Nicolas M., Bayerle, Alex, Castiglione, Luigi, Collon, Maximilien J., Eenkhoorn, Noë, Girou, David, Günther, Ramses, Hauser, Enrico, Jenkins, Yvette, Keek, Laurens, Okma, Ben, Serano, Gregorio M., Thete, Aniket, Vacanti, Giuseppe, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, Vervest, Mark, Voruz, Luc, Beijersbergen, Marco W., Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Ferreira, Ivo, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Shortt, Brian, Riekerink, Mark O., Haneveld, Jeroen, Koelewijn, Arenda, Wijnperlé, Maurice, Lankwarden, Jan Joost, Schurink, Bart, Start, Ronald, Van Baren, Coen, Hieltjes, Paul, Den Herder, Jan Willem, Handick, Evelyn, Krumrey, Michael, Bradshaw, Miranda, Burwitz, Vadim, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Ferreira, Desirée Della Monica, Christensen, Finn E., Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Kailla, Geeta, Phillips, Gavin, Mundon, William, Chequer, Ian, Ball, Kevin, O'Dell, Stephen L., Gaskin, Jessica A., Pareschi, Giovanni, Landgraf, Boris, Babić, Ljubiša, Barrière, Nicolas M., Bayerle, Alex, Castiglione, Luigi, Collon, Maximilien J., Eenkhoorn, Noë, Girou, David, Günther, Ramses, Hauser, Enrico, Jenkins, Yvette, Keek, Laurens, Okma, Ben, Serano, Gregorio M., Thete, Aniket, Vacanti, Giuseppe, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, Vervest, Mark, Voruz, Luc, Beijersbergen, Marco W., Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Ferreira, Ivo, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Shortt, Brian, Riekerink, Mark O., Haneveld, Jeroen, Koelewijn, Arenda, Wijnperlé, Maurice, Lankwarden, Jan Joost, Schurink, Bart, Start, Ronald, Van Baren, Coen, Hieltjes, Paul, Den Herder, Jan Willem, Handick, Evelyn, Krumrey, Michael, Bradshaw, Miranda, Burwitz, Vadim, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Ferreira, Desirée Della Monica, Christensen, Finn E., Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Kailla, Geeta, Phillips, Gavin, Mundon, William, Chequer, Ian, and Ball, Kevin

Abstract

The Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) technology has been established as a new type of X-ray optics and will enable future X-ray observatories such as Athena and Arcus. SPO is being developed at cosine Research B.V. together with the European Space Agency (ESA) and academic as well as industrial partners. For Athena, about 150,000 mirror plates are required. With the technology spin-in from the semiconductor industry, mass production processes can be employed to manufacture rectangular SPO mirror plates in high quality, large quantity and at low cost. Over the last years, several aspects of the SPO mirror plates have been reviewed and undergone further developments in terms of effective area, intrinsic behavior of the mirror plates and mass production capability. The paper will provide an overview of most recent SPO plate designs, mirror plate production status and plan forward including reflective coating process as well as mass production developments.

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2021

31. The Athena x-ray optics development and accommodation

Author

Bavdaz, Marcos, primary, Wille, Eric, additional, Ayre, Mark, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Shortt, Brian, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Millinger, Mark, additional, Collon, Maximilien J., additional, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Barrière, M., additional, Landgraf, Boris, additional, Riekerink, Mark O., additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Monica Ferreira, Desiree Della, additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Svendsen, Sara, additional, Christensen, Finn, additional, Krumrey, Michael, additional, Handick, Evelyn, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Bradshaw, Miranda J., additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Vernani, Dervis, additional, Kailla, Geeta, additional, Mundon, William, additional, Phillips, Gavin, additional, Schneider, Jakob, additional, Korhonen, Tapio, additional, Sanchez, Alejandro, additional, Heinis, Dominique, additional, Tordi, Massimiliano, additional, and Willingale, Richard, additional

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2021
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32. Development of low-density coatings for soft x-ray reflectivity enhancement for ATHENA and other missions

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Cotroneo, Vincenzo, primary, Bruni, Ricardo, additional, Döhring, Thorsten, additional, Ferreira, Desiree, additional, Gibertini, Eugenio, additional, Henriksen, Peter, additional, Magagnin, Luca, additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Romaine, Suzanne, additional, Sethares, Leandra, additional, Sironi, Giorgia, additional, Spiga, Daniele, additional, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, additional, and Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional

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2021
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34. X-ray mirror development and production for the Athena telescope

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Collon, Maximilien J., primary, Babic, Ljubiša, additional, Barrière, Nicolas M., additional, Bayerle, Alex, additional, Castiglione, Luigi, additional, Eenkhoorn, Noë, additional, Girou, David, additional, Günther, Ramses, additional, Hauser, Enrico, additional, Jenkins, Yvette, additional, Landgraf, Boris, additional, Keek, Laurens, additional, Okma, Ben, additional, Mendoza Serano, Gregorio, additional, Thete, Aniket, additional, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, additional, Vervest, Mark, additional, Voruz, Luc, additional, Beijersbergen, Marco, additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, Wille, Eric, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Shortt, Brian, additional, Riekerink, Mark Olde, additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Koelewijn, Arenda, additional, Wijnperle, Maurice, additional, Lankwarden, Jan-Joost, additional, Schurink, Bart, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Hieltjes, Paul, additional, den Herder, Jan Willem, additional, Handick, Evelyn, additional, Krumrey, Michael, additional, Bradshaw, Miranda, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Svendsen, Sara B., additional, Ferreira, Desiree Della Monica, additional, Christensen, Finn E., additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Kailla, Geeta, additional, Mundon, William, additional, Phillips, Gavin, additional, Chequer, Ian, additional, and Ball, Kevin, additional

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2021
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35. Electroforming In Space And Ground Telescopes

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Valsecchi Giuseppe

Subjects
ECSarXiv|Engineering|Aerospace Engineering, bepress|Engineering, ECSarXiv|Engineering, bepress|Engineering|Aerospace Engineering, ECSarXiv|Engineering|Aerospace Engineering|Structures and Materials, bepress|Engineering|Aerospace Engineering|Structures and Materials
Abstract

In the last 25 years, electroforming process has been extensively optimized to produce grazing incidence optics for the X-ray space telescopes, enabling the renown observatories Beppo-SAX for the Italian Space Agency, SWIFT for NASA, XMM Newton for ESA, eROSITA for MPE. These optics are made of thin Nickel mirrors that are grown by electroforming process in an electrolytic bath on a Gold coated mandrel.Electroforming has also been adopted for production of large reflector panels for sub-millimeter radio telescope applications. Between 2006 and 2016, 3000 mirror panels for 25 antennas of the ALMA radio-telescope array of ESO and 1600 mirror panels for the 50-m diameter Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) “Alfonso Serrano” of INAOE were designed, produced and tested.

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2020

36. Soft x-ray reflectivity-enhancement in astronomical telescopes via overcoatings: alternative materials and deposition methods

Author

Pareschi, Giovanni, Civitani, Marta Maria, Sironi, Giorgia, Yang, Yang, Cotroneo, Vincenzo, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Magagnin, Luca, Gibertini, Eugenio, Doering, Thorsten, Bradshaw, Miranda, Burwitz, Vadim, and Pelliciari, Carlo

Subjects
Materials science, Photon, ATHENA mission, X-ray optics, X-ray telescope, 02 engineering and technology, Silicon Pore Optics (SPO), 01 natural sciences, Dip-coating, 010309 optics, Sputtering, 0103 physical sciences, X-ray mirrors, Deposition (law), X-ray telescopes, X-ray optics, X-ray mirrors, X-ray telescopes, reflecting coatings, overcoatings, ATHENA mission, eXTP mission, Silicon Pore Optics (SPO), thin film deposition methods, Total internal reflection, eXTP mission, business.industry, thin film deposition methods, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Reflection (mathematics), overcoatings, Optoelectronics, reflecting coatings, 0210 nano-technology, business
Abstract

Low density overcoatings (mainly based on materials containing Carbon) onto usual high-density coatings (based i.e. on materials like e.g. like Ir, Au or Pt) have been proposed since many years ago in order to enhance the X- ray reflectivity at low energy (between 0.5 and 4 keV) of X-ray astronomical optics. The trick is to make use of the total reflection from the thin low-density material (which does not suffer much the photoelectric absorption) at low X-ray energies; the reflection of photons at higher energies (< 4 keV) occurs thanks to the much denser material under the overcoating. For several future projects, like e.g. ATHENA, LYNX and eXTP, it is foreseen the use of low-density overcoatings that will importantly increase the effective area at low X-ray energies. In this paper we will introduce the use of overcoatings based on materials different from the usual ones considered so far like C, B4C and SiC. In particular, we will discuss about a novel approach based on the use of thin layer of a Carbon-like materials deposited using a dip coating method. A possible combination with an intermediate thin layer of Chromium deposited e.g. via sputtering onto the usual high density material (Ir, Au or Pt) before the application of the Carbon-like material is also considered in the study, because it can further greatly enhance the soft X-ray effective area of future X-ray telescopes.

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2019

37. Status of the follow-up x-ray telescope onboard the Einstein Probe satellite

Author

Chen, Yong, primary, Cui, WeiWei, additional, Han, DaWei, additional, Wang, Juan, additional, Yang, YanJi, additional, Wang, YuSa, additional, Li, Wei, additional, Ma, Jia, additional, Xu, YuPeng, additional, Lu, FangJun, additional, Chen, HouLei, additional, Tang, QingJun, additional, Yuan, Weimin, additional, Friedrich, Peter, additional, Meidinger, Norbert, additional, Keil, Isabell, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Eder, Josef, additional, Hartmann, Katinka, additional, Nandra, Kirpal, additional, Keereman, Arnoud, additional, Santovincenzo, Andrea, additional, Vernani, Dervis, additional, Bianucci, Giovanni, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Wang, Bo, additional, Wang, LangPing, additional, Wang, DianLong, additional, Li, Duo, additional, Sheng, LiZhi, additional, Qiang, PengFei, additional, Shi, RongRong, additional, Chao, XiangYu, additional, Song, ZeYu, additional, Zhang, Ziliang, additional, Huo, Jia, additional, Wang, Hao, additional, Cong, Min, additional, Yang, XiongTao, additional, Hou, DongJie, additional, Zhao, XiaoFan, additional, Zhao, ZiJian, additional, Chen, TianXiang, additional, Li, MaoShun, additional, Zhang, Tong, additional, Luo, LaiDan, additional, Xu, JingJing, additional, Li, Gang, additional, Zhang, Qian, additional, Bi, XiYan, additional, Zhu, YuXuan, additional, Yu, Nian, additional, Chen, Can, additional, Lv, ZhongHua, additional, Lu, Bing, additional, and Zhang, JiaWei, additional

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2020
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40. Follow-up x-ray telescope (FXT) mirror module for the Einstein probe mission

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den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Vernani, Dervis, Bianucci, Giovanni, Grisoni, Gabriele, Marioni, Fabio, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Keereman, Arnoud, Chen, Yong, Cong, Min, Yang, Yanji, Wang, Juan, Burwitz, Vadim, Eder, Josef, Friedrich, Peter, Hartner, Gisela, Langmeier, Andrea, Mueller, Thomas, Rukdee, Surankhana, and Schmidt, Thomas

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2022
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41. Development and manufacturing of SPO X-ray mirrors

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Landgraf, Boris, primary, Collon, Maximilien J., additional, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Barrière, Nicolas M., additional, Günther, Ramses, additional, Vervest, Mark, additional, Voruz, Luc, additional, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, additional, Babić, Ljubiša, additional, Keek, Laurens, additional, Girou, David, additional, Okma, Ben, additional, Beijersbergen, Marco W., additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, Wille, Eric, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Shortt, Brian, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Koelewijn, Arenda, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, Wijnperlé, Maurice, additional, Lankwarden, Jan-Joost, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Hieltjes, Paul J., additional, den Herder, Jan-Willem, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Ferreira, Desirée D. M., additional, Christensen, Finn E., additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Oliver, Paul, additional, Chequer, Ian, additional, and Ball, Kevin, additional

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2019
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42. Optics developments for ATHENA

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Stephen L. O'Dell, Giovanni Pareschi, Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Ayre, Mark, Ferreira, Ivo, Shortt, Brian, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barrière, Nicolas, Landgraf, Boris, Start, Ronald, van Baren, Coen, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, Massahi, Sonny, Christensen, Finn, Krumrey, Michael, Burwitz, Vadim, Pareschi, Giovanni, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Oliver, Paul, Seidel, André, Korhonen, Tapio, Stephen L. O'Dell, Giovanni Pareschi, Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Ayre, Mark, Ferreira, Ivo, Shortt, Brian, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barrière, Nicolas, Landgraf, Boris, Start, Ronald, van Baren, Coen, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, Massahi, Sonny, Christensen, Finn, Krumrey, Michael, Burwitz, Vadim, Pareschi, Giovanni, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Oliver, Paul, Seidel, André, and Korhonen, Tapio

Abstract

Mission studies and technology preparation for the ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics) [1- 5] mission are continuing to progress. The X-ray optics of this future space observatory are based on the Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) technology [6-58], and is being evolved in a joint effort by industry, research institutions and ESA. The SPO technology benefits from substantial investments made by the semiconductor industry, and spins-in materials, processes and equipment into the development of novel X-ray optics. A comprehensive Technology Development Plan (TDP) is being implemented, funded by ESA and involving a large number of experts in key areas ranging from micro machining of Silicon, over sophisticated automation and robotic systems, to hybrid manufacturing. The performance, environmental compatibility and serial automated production and testing are being addressed in parallel, aiming at the demonstration of the required technology readiness for the ATHENA Mission Adoption Review (MAR) expected by the end of 2021. A formal Technology Readiness Assessment is in place and is being currently exercised in preparation of the ATHENA Mission Formulation review (MFR). The programmatics for the flight model implementation is being defined in detail, and preparations are starting for the design and implementation of the necessary facilities. An overview of the ATHENA optics technology preparation, the technology readiness assessment and the related activities is provided.

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2019

43. Status of the silicon pore optics technology

Author

Stephen L. O'Dell, Giovanni Pareschi, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barriere, Nicolas M., Landgraf, Boris, Günther, Ramses, Vervest, Mark, Voruz, Luc, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, Babić, Ljubiša, Keek, Laurens, Girou, David Alain, Okma, Ben, Hauser, Enrico, Beijersbergen, Marco W., Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Shortt, Brian, Ferreira, Ivo, Haneveld, Jeroen, Koelewijn, Arenda, Start, Ronald, Wijnperle, Maurice, Lankwarden, Jan-Joost, van Baren, Coen, Hieltjes, Paul, den Herder, Jan Willem, Müller, Peter, Handick, Evelyn, Krumrey, Michael, Bradshaw, Miranda, Burwitz, Vadim, Pareschi, Giovanni, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, Christensen, Finn Erland, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Oliver, Paul, Chequer, Ian, Ball, Kevin, Stephen L. O'Dell, Giovanni Pareschi, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barriere, Nicolas M., Landgraf, Boris, Günther, Ramses, Vervest, Mark, Voruz, Luc, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, Babić, Ljubiša, Keek, Laurens, Girou, David Alain, Okma, Ben, Hauser, Enrico, Beijersbergen, Marco W., Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Shortt, Brian, Ferreira, Ivo, Haneveld, Jeroen, Koelewijn, Arenda, Start, Ronald, Wijnperle, Maurice, Lankwarden, Jan-Joost, van Baren, Coen, Hieltjes, Paul, den Herder, Jan Willem, Müller, Peter, Handick, Evelyn, Krumrey, Michael, Bradshaw, Miranda, Burwitz, Vadim, Pareschi, Giovanni, Massahi, Sonny, Svendsen, Sara, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, Christensen, Finn Erland, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Oliver, Paul, Chequer, Ian, and Ball, Kevin

Abstract

Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) uses commercially available monocrystalline double-sided super-polished silicon wafers as a basis to produce mirrors that form lightweight and stiff high-resolution x-ray optics. The technology has been invented by cosine and the European Space Agency (ESA) and developed together with scientific and industrial partners to mass production levels. SPO is an enabling element for large space-based x-ray telescopes such as Athena and ARCUS, operating in the 0.2 to 12 keV band, with angular resolution requirements up to 5 arc seconds. SPO has also shown to be a versatile technology that can be further developed for gamma-ray optics, medical applications and for material research. This paper will summarise the status of the technology and of the mass production capabilities, show latest performance results and discuss the next steps in the development.

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2019

44. Development and manufacturing of SPO X-ray mirrors

Author

Stephen L. O'Dell, Giovanni Pareschi, Landgraf, Boris, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barriére, Nicolas M., Günther, Ramses, Vervest, Mark, Voruz, Luc, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, Babic, Ljubisa, Keek, Laurens, Girou, David, Okma, Ben, Beijersbergen, Marco W., Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Shortt, Brian, Ferreira, Ivo, Haneveld, Jeroen, Koelewijn, Arenda, Start, Ronald, Wijnperlé, Maurice, Lankwarden, Jan-Joost, van Baren, Coen, Hieltjes, Paul, den Herder, Jan Willem, Burwitz, Vadim, Pareschi, Giovanni, Massahi, Sonny, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, Christensen, Finn Erland, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Oliver, Paul, Chequer, Ian, Ball, Kevin, Stephen L. O'Dell, Giovanni Pareschi, Landgraf, Boris, Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barriére, Nicolas M., Günther, Ramses, Vervest, Mark, Voruz, Luc, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, Babic, Ljubisa, Keek, Laurens, Girou, David, Okma, Ben, Beijersbergen, Marco W., Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Shortt, Brian, Ferreira, Ivo, Haneveld, Jeroen, Koelewijn, Arenda, Start, Ronald, Wijnperlé, Maurice, Lankwarden, Jan-Joost, van Baren, Coen, Hieltjes, Paul, den Herder, Jan Willem, Burwitz, Vadim, Pareschi, Giovanni, Massahi, Sonny, Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree, Christensen, Finn Erland, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Oliver, Paul, Chequer, Ian, and Ball, Kevin

Abstract

The Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) technology has been established as a new type of X-ray optics enabling future X-ray observatories such as ATHENA. SPO is being developed at cosine together with the European Space Agency (ESA) and academic as well as industrial partners. The SPO modules are lightweight, yet stiff, high-resolution X-ray optics, allowing missions to reach a large effective area of several square meters. These properties of the optics are mainly linked to the mirror plates consisting of mono-crystalline silicon. Silicon is rigid, has a relatively low density, a very good thermal conductivity and excellent surface finish, both in terms of figure and surface roughness. For Athena, a large number of mirror plates is required, around 100,000 for the nominal configuration. With the technology spin-in from the semiconductor industry, mass production processes can be employed to manufacture rectangular shapes SPO mirror plates in high quality, large quantity and at low cost. Within the last years, several aspects of the SPO mirror plate have been reviewed and undergone further developments in terms of effective area, intrinsic behavior of the mirror plates and mass production capability. In view of flight model production, a second source of mirror plates has been added in addition to the first plate supplier. The paper will provide an overview of most recent plate design, metrology and production developments.

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2019

45. Silicon pore optics mirror module production and testing

Author

Collon, Maximilien J., Vacanti, Giuseppe, Barriere, Nicolas, Landgraf, Boris, Guenther, Ramses, Vervest, Mark, Van Der Hoeven, Roy, Chatbi, Abdel, Girou, David, Sforzini, Jessica, Beijersbergen, Marco W., Bavdaz, Marcos, Wille, Eric, Fransen, Sebastiaan, Shortt, Brian, Ferreira, Ivo, Haneveld, Jeroen, Booysen, Karin, Koelewijn, Arenda, Wijnperle, Maurice, Lankwarden, Jan Joost, Van Baren, Coen, Eigenraam, Alexander, Den Herder, Jan Willem, Müller, Peter, Krumrey, Michael, Burwitz, Vadim, Pareschi, Giovanni, Massahi, Sonny, Ferreira, Desirée Della Monica, Christensen, Finn E., Valsecchi, Giuseppe, Oliver, Paul, Chequer, Ian, Ball, Kevin, Zuknik, Karl Heinz, Vernani, Dervis, ITA, GBR, DEU, DNK, NLD, CHE, den Herder, Jan-Willem A., Nikzad, Shouleh, and Nakazawa, Kazuhiro

Subjects
Computer science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, wafer, X-ray optics, X-ray telescope, 02 engineering and technology, SPO, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, X-ray astronomy, 010309 optics, Optics, Stack (abstract data type), 0103 physical sciences, Focal length, Angular resolution, Image resolution, X-ray telescopes, business.industry, Antenna aperture, stack, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, silicon, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, ATHENA, pore optics, 0210 nano-technology, business
Abstract

Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) has been established as a new type of x-ray optics that enables future x-ray observatories such as Athena. SPO is being developed at cosine with the European Space Agency (ESA) and academic and industrial partners. The optics modules are lightweight, yet stiff, high-resolution x-ray optics, that shall allow missions to reach an unprecedentedly large effective area of several square meters, operating in the 0.2 - 12 keV band with an angular resolution better than 5 arc seconds. In this paper we are going to discuss the latest generation production facilities and we are going to present results of the production of mirror modules for a focal length of 12 m, including x-ray test results.

Published
2018

46. Status of the silicon pore optics technology

Author

Collon, Maximilien J., primary, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Barrière, Nicolas M., additional, Landgraf, Boris, additional, Günther, Ramses, additional, Vervest, Mark, additional, Voruz, Luc, additional, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, additional, Babić, Ljubiša, additional, Keek, Laurens, additional, Girou, David, additional, Okma, Ben, additional, Hauser, Enrico, additional, Beijersbergen, Marco W., additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, Wille, Eric, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Shortt, Brian, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Koelewijn, Arenda, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, Wijnperlé, Maurice, additional, Lankwarden, Jan-Joost, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Hieltjes, Paul J., additional, den Herder, Jan-Willem, additional, Müller, Peter, additional, Handick, Evelyn, additional, Krumrey, Michael, additional, Bradshaw, Miranda, additional, Burwitz, Vadim, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Massahi, Sonny, additional, Svendsen, Sara, additional, Ferreira, Desirée D. M., additional, Christensen, Finn E., additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Oliver, Paul, additional, Chequer, Ian, additional, and Ball, Kevin, additional

Published
2019
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47. VERT-X: VERTical X-ray raster-scan facility for ATHENA calibration. The concept design.

Author

Moretti, Alberto, primary, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Uslenghi, Michela, additional, Tordi, Massimiliano, additional, Bressan, Riccardo, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Zocchi, Fabio E., additional, Attina, Primo, additional, Amisano, Franco, additional, Sironi, Giorgia, additional, Salmaso, Bianca, additional, Basso, Stefano, additional, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, additional, spiga, daniele, additional, La Palombara, Nicola, additional, Fiorini, Mauro, additional, Dury, Francois, additional, Marioni, Fabio, additional, Parissenti, Guido, additional, Parodi, Giancarlo, additional, Wille, Eric, additional, Corradi, Paolo, additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, and Ferreira, Ivo, additional

Published
2019
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48. Assembly of confocal silicon pore optic mirror modules for Athena

Author

Barrière, Nicolas M., primary, Vacanti, Giuseppe, additional, Verhoeckx, Sjoerd, additional, Hauser, Enrico, additional, Vervest, Mark, additional, Keek, Laurens, additional, Okma, Ben, additional, Landgraf, Boris, additional, Günther, Ramses, additional, Voruz, Luc, additional, Girou, David, additional, Babić, Ljubiša, additional, Collon, Maximilien J., additional, Beijersbergen, Marco W., additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, Wille, Eric, additional, Fransen, Sebastiaan, additional, Haneveld, Jeroen, additional, Koelewijn, Arenda, additional, Start, Ronald, additional, Wijnperlé, Maurice, additional, Lankwarden, Jan-Joost, additional, van Baren, Coen, additional, Eigenraam, Alexander, additional, Müller, Peter, additional, Handick, Evelyn, additional, Krumrey, Michael, additional, and Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional

Published
2019
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49. The ASTRI contribution to the Cherenkov Telescope Array: mirror production for the SST-2M ASTRI and the MST telescopes

Author

La Palombara, Nicola, primary, Sironi, Giorgia, additional, Giro, Enrico, additional, Scuderi, Salvatore, additional, Canestrari, Rodolfo, additional, Garczarczyk, Markus, additional, Krause, Maria, additional, Millul, Rachele, additional, Missaglia, Nadia, additional, Redaelli, Matteo, additional, Valsecchi, Giuseppe, additional, Zocchi, Fabio, additional, Zannoni, Adelfio, additional, and Pareschi, Giovanni, additional

Published
2019
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50. Integration facility for the ATHENA X-Ray Telescope

Author

Valsecchi, Giuseppe, primary, Bianucci, Giovanni, additional, Marioni, Fabio, additional, Vernani, Dervis, additional, Zocchi, Fabio E., additional, Korhonen, Tapio, additional, Pasanen, Mikko, additional, Pareschi, Giovanni, additional, Ferreira, Ivo, additional, Bavdaz, Marcos, additional, and Wille, Eric, additional

Published
2019
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