Accelerator experiments with soft protons and hyper-velocity dust particles: application to ongoing projects of future X-ray missions

E. Perinati, S. Diebold, E. Kendziorra, A. Santangelo, C. Tenzer, J. Jochum, S. Bugiel, R. Srama, E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, A. Rubini, A. Rachevski, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, I. Rashevskaya, A. Vacchi, P. Azzarello, E. Bozzo, J. -W. den Herder, S. ZaneSøren Brandt, M. Hernanz, M. A. Leutenegger, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, N. Meidinger, L. Strüder, B. Cordier, D. Götz, G. W. Fraser, J. P. Osborne, K. Dennerl, M. Freyberg, P. Friedrich

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    Abstract

    We report on our activities, currently in progress, aimed at performing accelerator experiments with soft protons and hyper-velocity dust particles. They include tests of different types of X-ray detectors and related components (such as filters) and measurements of scattering of soft protons and hyper-velocity dust particles off X-ray mirror shells. These activities have been identified as a goal in the context of a number of ongoing space projects in order to assess the risk posed by environmental radiation and dust and qualify the adopted instrumentation with respect to possible damage or performance degradation. In this paper we focus on tests for the Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) used aboard the LOFT space mission. We use the Van de Graaff accelerators at the University of T\"ubingen and at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK) in Heidelberg, for soft proton and hyper-velocity dust tests respectively. We present the experimental set-up adopted to perform the tests, status of the activities and some very preliminary results achieved at present time.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    Volume8443
    Issue numberPART 1
    Pages (from-to)84430O
    Number of pages13
    ISSN0277-786X
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    EventSPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2012 - Amsterdam RAI Convention Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Duration: 1 Jul 20126 Jul 2012
    Conference number: 8443

    Conference

    ConferenceSPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2012
    Number8443
    LocationAmsterdam RAI Convention Center
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    CityAmsterdam
    Period01/07/201206/07/2012

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