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View article: The BEaTriX x-ray facility at work: activities and future development
The BEaTriX x-ray facility at work: activities and future development Open
The BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray) facility has completed the commissioning phase. This unique compact facility – that occupies an area of 8 x 14 m2 - provides a large (170 mm × 60 mm) collimated (< 2.5 arcsec) monochromatic beam at…
View article: The VERT-X calibration facility: development of the most critical parts
The VERT-X calibration facility: development of the most critical parts Open
The mirror assembly of the ESA New - Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics (New-ATHENA) will be the largest X-ray optics ever built. Indeed, its unprecedented size, mass and focal length create great difficulties for the ground c…
View article: Optical design and performance simulations for the 1.49 keV beamline of the BEaTriX X-ray facility
Optical design and performance simulations for the 1.49 keV beamline of the BEaTriX X-ray facility Open
The BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray) facility, now operational at INAF-Brera Astronomical Observatory, will represent a cornerstone in the acceptance roadmap of Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) mirror modules, and will so contribute to the f…
View article: BEaTriX, the new facility to measure the modular X-ray optics of the ATHENA telescope with an expanded and parallel X-ray beam
BEaTriX, the new facility to measure the modular X-ray optics of the ATHENA telescope with an expanded and parallel X-ray beam Open
BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility) is the new facility available at the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico Brera (Merate, Italy) for the calibration of X-ray optics. Specifically designed to measure the point spread function (PSF) a…
View article: VERT-X: a new calibration facility for X-ray optics
VERT-X: a new calibration facility for X-ray optics Open
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 cal…
View article: X-ray tests of the ATHENA mirror modules in BEaTriX: from design to reality
X-ray tests of the ATHENA mirror modules in BEaTriX: from design to reality Open
The BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray) facility is now operative at the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico Brera (Merate, Italy). This facility has been specifically designed and built for the X-ray acceptance tests (PSF and Effective Area) …
View article: The expanded, parallel, and monochromatic x-ray beam of BEaTriX: alignment and characterization
The expanded, parallel, and monochromatic x-ray beam of BEaTriX: alignment and characterization Open
BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray) is the compact (18m x 9m) X-ray facility being implemented at INAF for the acceptance tests of the ATHENA Silicon Pore Optics Mirror Modules (MM) working at the two energies of 1.49 and 4.51 keV. It ad…
View article: First light of BEaTriX, the new testing facility for the modular X-ray optics of the ATHENA mission
First light of BEaTriX, the new testing facility for the modular X-ray optics of the ATHENA mission Open
Aims. The Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility (BEaTriX) is a unique X-ray apparatus now operated at the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), in Merate, Italy. It has been specifically designed…
View article: Performance simulations for the ground-based, expanded-beam x-ray source BEaTriX
Performance simulations for the ground-based, expanded-beam x-ray source BEaTriX Open
The BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray) facility, being completed at INAF-Brera Astronomical Observatory, will represent an important step in the acceptance roadmap of Silicon Pore Optics mirror modules, and so ensure the final angular r…
View article: Composite glass panels for stiff and lightweight optical mirrors: a novel approach with preliminary results
Composite glass panels for stiff and lightweight optical mirrors: a novel approach with preliminary results Open
In the last years, INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Brera (INAF-OAB) has started to develop a glass slumping technology for the realization of thin and flexible mirror substrates for adaptive optical applications. In particular, the study …
View article: BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility) for testing ATHENA's SPO modules: advancement status
BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility) for testing ATHENA's SPO modules: advancement status Open
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View article: Manufacturing of thin glass shells for future space telescopes
Manufacturing of thin glass shells for future space telescopes Open
We present a method for the manufacturing of thin shells of glass, which appears promising for the production of lightweight mirrors for future space telescopes. The method exploits the synergy of different mature technologies, while it ta…
View article: Lynx x-ray optics based on thin monolithic shells: design and development
Lynx x-ray optics based on thin monolithic shells: design and development Open
Lynx is the future x-ray observatory with superb imaging capabilities (<1 arc sec half-energy width) and large throughput (2 m2 effective area @ 1 keV), which is being considered in the U.S. to take over Chandra. The implementation of the …
View article: Direct hot slumping of thin glass foils for future generation x-ray telescopes: current state of the art and future outlooks
Direct hot slumping of thin glass foils for future generation x-ray telescopes: current state of the art and future outlooks Open
To significantly improve the performances of the current X-ray observatories, the next generation of X-ray telescopes has to be characterized by a large effective area (Aeff ~ 2 m2 at 1 keV) and angular resolution better than 5 arcsec. The…
View article: Design and manufacturing of a compact two-mirror system for multispectral imaging applications
Design and manufacturing of a compact two-mirror system for multispectral imaging applications Open
Spectral imaging systems drive the development of remote sensing applications. The possibility to combine integrated multispectral sensors to compact, broadband and wide field optical systems is highly advantageous in terms of reliability,…
View article: Design and advancement status of the Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility (BEaTriX)
Design and advancement status of the Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility (BEaTriX) Open
The BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility) project is an X-ray apparatus under construction at INAF/OAB to generate a broad (200 x 60 mm2), uniform and low-divergent X-ray beam within a small lab (6 x 15 m2). BEaTriX will consist o…