The Athena Optics

Marcos Bavdaz; Eric Wille; Brian Shortt; Sebastiaan Fransen; Maximilien Collon; Giuseppe Vacanti; Ramses Guenther; Alexei Yanson; Mark Vervest; Jeroen Haneveld; Coen van Baren; Karl-Heinz Zuknik; Finn Christensen; Michael Krumrey; Vadim Burwitz; Giovanni Pareschi; Giuseppe Valsecchi

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The Athena Optics

Marcos Bavdaz, Eric Wille, Brian Shortt, Sebastiaan Fransen, Maximilien Collon, Giuseppe Vacanti, Ramses Guenther, Alexei Yanson, Mark Vervest, Jeroen Haneveld, Coen van Baren, Karl-Heinz Zuknik, Finn Christensen, Michael Krumrey, Vadim Burwitz, Giovanni Pareschi, Giuseppe Valsecchi

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The Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics (Athena) was selected in 2014 as the second large class mission (L2) of the ESA Cosmic Vision Science Programme within the Directorate of Science and Robotic Exploration. The mission development is proceeding via the implementation of the system studies and in parallel a comprehensive series of technology preparation activities. [1-3].The core enabling technology for the high performance mirror is the Silicon Pore Optics (SPO), a modular X-ray optics technology, which utilises processes and equipment developed for the semiconductor industry [4-31].This paper provides an overview of the programmatic background, the status of SPO technology and give an outline of the development roadmap and activities undertaken and planned by ESA.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE
Number of pages	13
Volume	9603
Publisher	SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
Publication date	2015
Article number	96030J
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188074
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII: Conference 9603 - San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, United States Duration: 10 Aug 2015 → 13 Aug 2015 Conference number: 7

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Conference	Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII
Number	7
Location	San Diego Convention Center
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	10/08/2015 → 13/08/2015

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

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Copyright 2015 Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic electronic or print reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.

Keywords

X-ray optics
X-ray astronomy
Athena
Silicon Pore Optics
X-ray telescopes
X-ray testing
Technology preparation

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Bavdaz, M., Wille, E., Shortt, B., Fransen, S., Collon, M., Vacanti, G., Guenther, R., Yanson, A., Vervest, M., Haneveld, J., van Baren, C., Zuknik, K.-H., Christensen, F., Krumrey, M., Burwitz, V., Pareschi, G., & Valsecchi, G. (2015). The Athena Optics. In Proceedings of SPIE (Vol. 9603). Article 96030J SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188074

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