Back to Search
Start Over
The development of the mirror for the Athena x-ray mission
- Source :
- Collon , M J , Abalo , L , Barrière , N M , Bayerle , A , Castiglione , L , Eenkhoorn , N , Girou , D , Günther , R , Hauser , E , Van Der Hoeven , R , Den Hollander , J , Jenkins , Y , Keek , L , Landgraf , B , Lassise , A , Okma , B , Da Silva Ribeiro , P , Rizzos , C , Thete , A , Vacanti , G , Verhoeckx , S , Vervest , M , Visser , R , Voruz , L , Bavdaz , M , Wille , E , Ferreira , I , Olde Riekerink , M , Haneveld , J , Koelewijn , A , Wijnperle , M , Lankwarden , J J , Schurink , B , Start , R , Van Baren , C , Krumrey , M , Den Herder , J W , Skroblin , D , Burwitz , V , Massahi , S , Ferreira , D D M , Svendsen , S , Christensen , F E , Mundon , W & Phillips , G 2023 , The development of the mirror for the Athena x-ray mission . in K Minoglou , N Karafolas & B Cugny (eds) , Proceedings of SPIE : International Conference on Space Optics - ICSO 2022 . vol. 12777 , 127770R , SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering , Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , vol. 12777 , International Conference on Space Optics , Dubrovnik , Croatia , 03/10/2022 .
- Publication Year :
- 2023
-
Abstract
- Athena is the European Space Agency’s next flagship telescope, scheduled for launch in the 2030s. Its 2.5 m diameter mirror will be segmented and comprise more than 600 individual Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) mirror modules. Arranged in concentric annuli and following a Wolter-Schwartzschild design, the mirror modules are made of several tens of grazing incidence primary-secondary mirror pairs, each mirror made of silicon, coated to increase the effective area of the system, and shaped to bring the incoming photons to a common focus 12 m away. The mission aims to deliver a half-energy width of 5" and an effective area of about 1.4 m2 at 1 keV. We present the status of the optics technology, and illustrate recent X-ray results and the progress made on the environmental testing, manufacturing and assembly aspects of the optics.
Details
- Database :
- OAIster
- Journal :
- Collon , M J , Abalo , L , Barrière , N M , Bayerle , A , Castiglione , L , Eenkhoorn , N , Girou , D , Günther , R , Hauser , E , Van Der Hoeven , R , Den Hollander , J , Jenkins , Y , Keek , L , Landgraf , B , Lassise , A , Okma , B , Da Silva Ribeiro , P , Rizzos , C , Thete , A , Vacanti , G , Verhoeckx , S , Vervest , M , Visser , R , Voruz , L , Bavdaz , M , Wille , E , Ferreira , I , Olde Riekerink , M , Haneveld , J , Koelewijn , A , Wijnperle , M , Lankwarden , J J , Schurink , B , Start , R , Van Baren , C , Krumrey , M , Den Herder , J W , Skroblin , D , Burwitz , V , Massahi , S , Ferreira , D D M , Svendsen , S , Christensen , F E , Mundon , W & Phillips , G 2023 , The development of the mirror for the Athena x-ray mission . in K Minoglou , N Karafolas & B Cugny (eds) , Proceedings of SPIE : International Conference on Space Optics - ICSO 2022 . vol. 12777 , 127770R , SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering , Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , vol. 12777 , International Conference on Space Optics , Dubrovnik , Croatia , 03/10/2022 .
- Notes :
- application/pdf, English
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1426749565
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource