Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope

Ivo Ferreira; Marcos Bavdaz; Mark Ayre; Eric Wille; Brian Shortt; Sebastiaan Fransen; Maximilien J. Collon; Giuseppe Vacanti; Nicolas M. Barrière; Boris Landgraf; Mark Olde Riekerink; Jeroen Haneveld; Ronald Start; Coen van Baren; Desiree Della Monica Ferreira; Sonny Massahi; Sara Svendsen; Finn Christensen; Michael Krumrey; Dieter Skroblin; Vadim Burwitz; Giovanni Pareschi; Gianpiero Tagliaferri; Bianca Salmaso; Stefano Basso; Alberto Moretti; Daniele Spiga; Giuseppe Valsecchi; Dervis Vernani; Paul Lupton; William Mundon; Gavin Phillips; Jakob Schneider; Tapio Korhonen; Alejandro Sanchez; Dominique Heinis; Carles Colldelram; Massimiliano Tordi; Richard Willingale

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Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope

Ivo Ferreira, Marcos Bavdaz, Mark Ayre, Eric Wille, Brian Shortt, Sebastiaan Fransen, Maximilien J. Collon, Giuseppe Vacanti, Nicolas M. Barrière, Boris Landgraf, Mark Olde Riekerink, Jeroen Haneveld, Ronald Start, Coen van Baren, Desiree Della Monica Ferreira, Sonny Massahi, Sara Svendsen, Finn Christensen, Michael Krumrey, Dieter SkroblinVadim Burwitz, Giovanni Pareschi, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Bianca Salmaso, Stefano Basso, Alberto Moretti, Daniele Spiga, Giuseppe Valsecchi, Dervis Vernani, Paul Lupton, William Mundon, Gavin Phillips, Jakob Schneider, Tapio Korhonen, Alejandro Sanchez, Dominique Heinis, Carles Colldelram, Massimiliano Tordi, Richard Willingale

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The ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics) mission is the current 2nd 'Large' mission (L2) in the ESA Cosmic Vision programme currently. It is currently at Phase B1 but the mission concept will now enter a reformulation phase that will follow a design-to-cost approach. This paper describes the main technologies behind its reference X-ray telescope based on the modular Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) technology. The large X-ray mirror is the mission enabler being specifically developed for ATHENA, in a joint effort by industry, research institutions and ESA. All aspects of the optics are being addressed, from the mirror plates and their coatings to the mirror modules and their assembly into the ATHENA telescope, as well as the facilities required to build and test the flight optics, demonstrating performance, robustness, and programmatic compliance. An overview of the status of the design and demonstration of the telescope is given. The risks that have successfully been mitigated are made explicit and the remaining risks are identified.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE : International Conference on Space Optics - ICSO 2022
Editors	Kyriaki Minoglou, Nikos Karafolas, Bruno Cugny
Number of pages	14
Volume	12777
Publisher	SPIE
Publication date	2023
Article number	127770Q
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510668034
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2688840
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	International Conference on Space Optics - Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 3 Oct 2022 → 7 Oct 2022

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Conference	International Conference on Space Optics
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	03/10/2022 → 07/10/2022

Series	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	12777
ISSN	0277-786X

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Athena
Silicon Pore Optics
X-ray astronomy
X-ray optics
X-ray telescopes

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Ferreira, I., Bavdaz, M., Ayre, M., Wille, E., Shortt, B., Fransen, S., Collon, M. J., Vacanti, G., Barrière, N. M., Landgraf, B., Riekerink, M. O., Haneveld, J., Start, R., van Baren, C., Della Monica Ferreira, D., Massahi, S., Svendsen, S., Christensen, F., Krumrey, M., ... Willingale, R. (2023). Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope. In K. Minoglou, N. Karafolas, & B. Cugny (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE: International Conference on Space Optics - ICSO 2022 (Vol. 12777). Article 127770Q SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2688840

Ferreira, Ivo ; Bavdaz, Marcos ; Ayre, Mark et al. / Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope. Proceedings of SPIE: International Conference on Space Optics - ICSO 2022. editor / Kyriaki Minoglou ; Nikos Karafolas ; Bruno Cugny. Vol. 12777 SPIE, 2023. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 12777).

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Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope. / Ferreira, Ivo; Bavdaz, Marcos; Ayre, Mark et al.
Proceedings of SPIE: International Conference on Space Optics - ICSO 2022. ed. / Kyriaki Minoglou; Nikos Karafolas; Bruno Cugny. Vol. 12777 SPIE, 2023. 127770Q (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 12777).

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Ferreira I, Bavdaz M, Ayre M, Wille E, Shortt B, Fransen S et al. Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope. In Minoglou K, Karafolas N, Cugny B, editors, Proceedings of SPIE: International Conference on Space Optics - ICSO 2022. Vol. 12777. SPIE. 2023. 127770Q. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 12777). doi: 10.1117/12.2688840

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