A test platform for the detection and readout chain for the Athena X-IFU

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dc.contributor.authorBetancourt-Martinez, Gabriele
dc.contributor.authorPajot, François
dc.contributor.authorBeaumont, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorRoudil, Gilles
dc.contributor.authorMiniussi, Antoine
dc.contributor.authorSakai, Kazuhiro
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorWakeham, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authoret al
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-21T16:44:11Z
dc.date.available2022-01-21T16:44:11Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-07
dc.descriptionGabriele Betancourt-Martinez, François Pajot, Sophie Beaumont, Gilles Roudil, Joseph Adams, Hiroki Akamatsu, Simon Bandler, Bernard Bertrand, Marcel Bruijn, Florent Castellani, Edoardo Cucchetti, William Doriese, Michel Dupieux, Hervé Geoffray, Luciano Gottardi, Brian Jackson, Jan van der Kuur, Mikko Kiviranta, Antoine Miniussi, Phillipe Peille, Kevin Ravensberg, Laurent Ravera, Carl Reintsema, Kazuhiro Sakai, Stephen Smith, Nicholas Wakeham, Henk van Weers, Doreen Wernicke, Michael Witthoeften_US
dc.description.abstractWe present a test platform for the Athena X-IFU detection chain, which will serve as the first demonstration of the representative end-to-end detection and readout chain for the X-IFU, using prototypes of the future flight electronics and currently available subsystems. This test bench, housed in a commercial two-stage ADR cryostat, includes a focal plane array placed at the 50 mK cold stage of the ADR with a kilopixel array of transition-edge sensor microcalorimeter spectrometers and associated cold readout electronics. Prototype room temperature electronics for the X-IFU provide the readout, and will evolve over time to become more representative of the X-IFU mission baseline. The test bench yields critical feedback on subsystem designs and interfaces, in particular the warm readout electronics, and will provide an in-house detection system for continued testing and development of the warm readout electronics and for the validation of X-ray calibration sources. In this paper, we describe the test bench subsystems and design, characterization of the cryostat, and current status of the project.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://arxiv.org/abs/2107.03412en_US
dc.format.extent11 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.genrepreprintsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2h1zg-iix3
dc.identifier.urihttps://arxiv.org/ct?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1117%2F12.2561281&v=b1595cf6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/24048
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Center for Space Sciences and Technology
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Physics Department
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.en_US
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dc.titleA test platform for the detection and readout chain for the Athena X-IFUen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8397-9338en_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0622-5174en_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9247-3010en_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2237-6696en_US

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