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The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase
Didier BarretVincent AlbouysJan-willem Den HerderLuigi PiroMassimo CappiJuhani HuovelinRichard KelleyJ. Miguel Mas-hesseStéphane PaltaniGregor RauwAgata RozanskaJiri SvobodaJoern WilmsNoriko YamasakiMarc AudardSimon BandlerMarco BarberaXavier BarconsEnrico BozzoMaria Teresa CeballosIvan CharlesElisa CostantiniThomas DauserAnne DecourchelleLionel DubandJean-marc DuvalFabrizio FioreFlavio GattiAndrea GoldwurmRoland Den HartogBrian JacksonPeter JonkerCaroline KilbourneSeppo KorpelaClaudio MacculiMariano MendezKazuhisa MitsudaSilvano MolendiFrançois PajotEtienne PointecouteauFrederick PorterGabriel W. PrattDamien PrêleLaurent RaveraKosuke SatoJoop SchayeKeisuke ShinozakiKonrad SkupJan SoucekTanguy ThibertJacco VinkNatalie WebbLaurence ChaoulDesi RaulinAurora SimionescuJose Miguel TorrejonFabio AceroGraziella Branduardi RaymontStefano EttoriAlexis FinoguenovNicolas GrossoJelle KaastraPasquale MazzottaJon MillerGiovanni MiniuttiFabrizio NicastroSalvatore SciortinoHiroya YamaguchiSophie BeaumontEdoardo CucchettiMatteo D’andreaMegan EckartPhilippe FerrandoElias KammounSimone LottiJean-michel MesnagerLorenzo NatalucciPhilippe PeilleJelle De PlaaFlorence ArdellierAndrea ArganElise BellouardJérôme CarronElisabetta CavazzutiMauro FioriniPourya KhosropanahSylvain MartinJames PerryFrederic PinsardAlice PradinesManuela RiganoPeter RoelfsemaDenis SchwanderGuido TorrioliJoel UllomIsabel VeraEduardo Medinaceli VillegasMonika ZuchniakFrank BrachetUgo Lo CiceroWilliam DorieseMalcom DurkinValentina FiorettiHervé GeoffrayLionel JacquesChristian KirschStephen SmithJoseph AdamsEmilie GloaguenRuud HoogeveenPaul Van Der HulstMikko KivirantaJan Van Der KuurAurélien LedotBert-joost Van LeeuwenDennis Van LoonBertrand LyauteyYann ParotKazuhiro SakaiHenk Van WeersShariefa AbdoelkariemThomas AdamChristophe AdamiCorinne AicardiHiroki AkamatsuPablo Eleazar Merino AlonsoRoberta AmatoJérôme AndréMatteo AngelinelliManuel Anon-cancelaShebli AnvarRicardo AtienzaAnthony AttardNatalia AuricchioAna BaladoFlorian BancelLorenzo Ferrari BarussoArturo BascuñanVivian BernardAlicia BerrocalSylvie BlinDonata BoninoFrançois BonnetPatrick BonnyPeter BoormanCharles BoreuxAyoub BounabMartin BoutelierKevin BoyceDaniele BrienzaMarcel BruijnAndrea BulgarelliSimona CalarcoPaul CallananAlberto Prada CampelloThierry CamusFlorent CanourguesVito CapobiancoNicolas CardielFlorent CastellaniOscar CheatomJames ChervenakFabio ChiarelloLaurent ClercNicolas ClercBeatriz CoboOdile Coeur-jolyAlexis ColeiroStéphane ColongesLeonardo CorcioneMickael CoriatAlexandre CoynelFrancesco CuttaiaAntonino D’aiFabio D’ancaMauro DadinaChristophe DanielLea DaunerNatalie DenigrisJohannes DercksenMichael DipirroEric DoumayrouLuc DubbeldamMichel DupieuxSimon DupourquéJean Louis DurandDominique EckertValvanera EirizEric ErcolaniChristophe EtcheverryFred FinkbeinerMariateresa FiocchiHervé FossecavePhilippe FranssenMartin FrericksStefano GabiciFlorent GantJian-rong GaoFabio GastaldelloLudovic GenoletSimona GhizzardiMa Angeles Alcacera GilElisa GiovanniniOlivier GodetJavier Gomez-elviraRaoul GonzalezManuel GonzalezLuciano GottardiDolorès GranatMichel GrosNicolas GuignardPaul HieltjesAdolfo Jesús HurtadoKent IrwinChristian JacqueyAgnieszka JaniukJean JaubertMaria JiménezAntoine JollyThierry JourdanSabine JulienBartosz KedzioraAndrew KorbIngo KreykenbohmOle KönigMathieu LangerPhilippe LaudetPhilippe LaurentMonica LaurenzaJean LesrelSebastiano LigoriMaximilian LorenzAlfredo LuminariBruno MaffeiOcéane MaisonnaveLorenzo MarelliDidier MassonetIrwin MaussangAlejandro Gonzalo MelchorIsabelle Le MerFrancisco Javier San MillanJean-pierre MilleriouxTeresa MineoGabriele MinerviniAlexeï MolinDavid MonestesNicola MontinaroBaptiste MotDavid MuratKenichiro NagayoshiYaël NazéLoïc NoguèsDamien PailotFrancesca PanessaLuigi ParodiPascal PetitEnrico PiconcelliCiro PintoJose Miguel Encinas PlazaBorja PlazaDavid PoyatosThomas ProuvéAndy PtakSimonetta PuccettiElena PuccioPascale RamonManuel ReinaGuillaume RiolandLouis RodriguezAnton RoigBertrand RolletMauro RoncarelliGilles RoudilTomasz RudnickiJulien SanisidroLuisa SciortinoVitor SilvaMichael SordetJavier Soto-aguilarPierre SpizziChristian SuraceMiguel Fernández SánchezEmanuele TaralliGuilhem TerrasaRégis TerrierMichela TodaroPietro UbertiniMichela UslenghiJan Geralt Bij De VaateDavide VaccaroSalvatore VariscoPeggy VarnièreLaurent VibertMaría VidrialesFabrizio VillaBoris Martin VodopivecAngela VolpeCor De VriesNicholas WakehamGavin WalmsleyMichael WiseMartin De WitGrzegorz Woźniaksubject
X-IFU: The X-ray Integral Field UnitCosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)The X-ray Integral Field Unit [X-IFU]Solar and stellar astrophysicsFOS: Physical sciences/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production[PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E AstrofisicaX-raysSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean EnergyInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energyAstrophysics of GalaxiesAthena: the advanced telescope for high energy astrophysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsAstrophysics - Astrophysics of GalaxiesAstrophysical phenomenaSpace instrumentationAstrophysics - Solar and Stellar AstrophysicsHigh energySpace and Planetary ScienceAstrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)[PHYS.GRQC]Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc]the advanced telescope for high energy astrophysics [Athena]Athena: the advanced telescope for high energy astrophysics · X-IFU: The X-ray Integral Field Unit · Space instrumentation · X-rays · ObservatoryObservatoryAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and ProductionAstrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysicsdescription
The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer, studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray Observatory, a versatile observatory designed to address the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme, selected in November 2013 by the Survey Science Committee. Based on a large format array of Transition Edge Sensors (TES), it aims to provide spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy, with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV (up to 7 keV) over an hexagonal field of view of 5 arc minutes (equivalent diameter). The X-IFU entered its System Requirement Review (SRR) in June 2022, at about the same time when ESA called for an overall X-IFU redesign (including the X-IFU cryostat and the cooling chain), due to an unanticipated cost overrun of Athena. In this paper, after illustrating the breakthrough capabilities of the X-IFU, we describe the instrument as presented at its SRR, browsing through all the subsystems and associated requirements. We then show the instrument budgets, with a particular emphasis on the anticipated budgets of some of its key performance parameters. Finally we briefly discuss on the ongoing key technology demonstration activities, the calibration and the activities foreseen in the X-IFU Instrument Science Center, and touch on communication and outreach activities, the consortium organisation, and finally on the life cycle assessment of X-IFU aiming at minimising the environmental footprint, associated with the development of the instrument. Thanks to the studies conducted so far on X-IFU, it is expected that along the design-to-cost exercise requested by ESA, the X-IFU will maintain flagship capabilities in spatially resolved high resolution X-ray spectroscopy, enabling most of the original X-IFU related scientific objectives of the Athena mission to be retained. (abridged).
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| 2023-01-27 |