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The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase
Barret, Didier; Albouys, Vincent; Herder, Jan-Willem den et al.
2023In Experimental Astronomy, 55 (2), p. 373 - 426
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Keywords :
Athena: the advanced telescope for high energy astrophysics; Observatory; Space instrumentation; X-IFU: The X-ray Integral Field Unit; X-rays; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Space and Planetary Science
Abstract :
[en] The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray Observatory. Athena is a versatile observatory designed to address the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme, as selected in November 2013 by the Survey Science Committee. Based on a large format array of Transition Edge Sensors (TES), X-IFU aims to provide spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy, with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV (up to 7 keV) over a hexagonal field of view of 5 arc minutes (equivalent diameter). The X-IFU entered its System Requirement Review (SRR) in June 2022, at about the same time when ESA called for an overall X-IFU redesign (including the X-IFU cryostat and the cooling chain), due to an unanticipated cost overrun of Athena. In this paper, after illustrating the breakthrough capabilities of the X-IFU, we describe the instrument as presented at its SRR (i.e. in the course of its preliminary definition phase, so-called B1), browsing through all the subsystems and associated requirements. We then show the instrument budgets, with a particular emphasis on the anticipated budgets of some of its key performance parameters, such as the instrument efficiency, spectral resolution, energy scale knowledge, count rate capability, non X-ray background and target of opportunity efficiency. Finally, we briefly discuss the ongoing key technology demonstration activities, the calibration and the activities foreseen in the X-IFU Instrument Science Center, touch on communication and outreach activities, the consortium organisation and the life cycle assessment of X-IFU aiming at minimising the environmental footprint, associated with the development of the instrument. Thanks to the studies conducted so far on X-IFU, it is expected that along the design-to-cost exercise requested by ESA, the X-IFU will maintain flagship capabilities in spatially resolved high resolution X-ray spectroscopy, enabling most of the original X-IFU related scientific objectives of the Athena mission to be retained. The X-IFU will be provided by an international consortium led by France, The Netherlands and Italy, with ESA member state contributions from Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, with additional contributions from the United States and Japan.
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Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Barret, Didier;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Albouys, Vincent;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Herder, Jan-Willem den;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Piro, Luigi;  Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
Cappi, Massimo;  INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio, Bologna, Italy
Huovelin, Juhani;  Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Kelley, Richard;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel;  Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Dep. de AstrofísicaUnidad María de Maeztu, European Space Astronomy Centre (ESA-ESAC), Madrid, Spain
Paltani, Stéphane;  Département d’Astronomie, Université de Genève, Versoix, Switzerland
Rauw, Grégor  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe d'astrophysique des hautes énergies (GAPHE)
Rozanska, Agata;  Centrum Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa, Poland
Svoboda, Jiri;  Astronomical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha 4, Czech Republic
Wilms, Joern;  Astronomical Institute of the FAU, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, University of Erlangen-Nüremberg, Bamberg, Germany
Yamasaki, Noriko;  Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Sagamihara, Japan
Audard, Marc;  Département d’Astronomie, Université de Genève, Versoix, Switzerland
Bandler, Simon;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Barbera, Marco;  Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy ; INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S.Vaiana, Palermo, Italy
Barcons, Xavier;  Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC) Edificio Juan Jordá, Santander, Spain
Bozzo, Enrico;  Département d’Astronomie, Université de Genève, Versoix, Switzerland
Ceballos, Maria Teresa;  Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC) Edificio Juan Jordá, Santander, Spain
Charles, Ivan;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Costantini, Elisa;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Dauser, Thomas;  Astronomical Institute of the FAU, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, University of Erlangen-Nüremberg, Bamberg, Germany
Decourchelle, Anne;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Duband, Lionel;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Duval, Jean-Marc;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Fiore, Fabrizio;  INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Gatti, Flavio;  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
Goldwurm, Andrea;  Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CEA, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris, France
Hartog, Roland den;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Jackson, Brian;  SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Groningen, Netherlands
Jonker, Peter;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Kilbourne, Caroline;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Korpela, Seppo;  Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Macculi, Claudio;  Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
Mendez, Mariano;  Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Groningen, Netherlands
Mitsuda, Kazuhisa;  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Molendi, Silvano;  INAF - IASF Milano, Milano, Italy
Pajot, François;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Pointecouteau, Etienne;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Porter, Frederick;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Pratt, Gabriel W.;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Prêle, Damien;  Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CEA, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris, France
Ravera, Laurent;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Sato, Kosuke;  Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
Schaye, Joop;  Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Shinozaki, Keisuke;  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Research Unit II (U2), Research and Development Directorate, Tsukuba, Japan
Skup, Konrad;  Centrum Badan Kosmicznych, Polish Academy of Science, Warszawa, Poland
Soucek, Jan;  Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Science, Praha 4, Czech Republic
Thibert, Tanguy ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centres généraux > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) ; Centre Spatial de Liège, Liège Science Park, Angleur, Belgium
Vink, Jacco;  Anton Pannekoek Institute/GRAPPA, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Webb, Natalie;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Chaoul, Laurence;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Raulin, Desi;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Simionescu, Aurora;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Torrejon, Jose Miguel;  Instituto de Fisica Aplicada a las Ciencias y las Tecnologias, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Acero, Fabio;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella;  Mullard Space Science Laboratory of University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, United Kingdom
Ettori, Stefano;  INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio, Bologna, Italy
Finoguenov, Alexis;  Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Grosso, Nicolas;  LAM - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Pôle de l’Étoile Site de Château-Gombert, Marseille cedex 13, France
Kaastra, Jelle;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Mazzotta, Pasquale;  Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
Miller, Jon;  Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Miniutti, Giovanni;  Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Dep. de AstrofísicaUnidad María de Maeztu, European Space Astronomy Centre (ESA-ESAC), Madrid, Spain
Nicastro, Fabrizio;  INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Rome, Italy
Sciortino, Salvatore;  INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S.Vaiana, Palermo, Italy
Yamaguchi, Hiroya;  Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Sagamihara, Japan
Beaumont, Sophie;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Cucchetti, Edoardo;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
D’Andrea, Matteo;  Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
Eckart, Megan;  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States
Ferrando, Philippe;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Kammoun, Elias;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Lotti, Simone;  Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
Mesnager, Jean-Michel;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Natalucci, Lorenzo;  Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
Peille, Philippe;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
de Plaa, Jelle;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Ardellier, Florence;  Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CEA, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris, France
Argan, Andrea;  INAF Headquarter, Rome, Italy
Bellouard, Elise;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Carron, Jérôme;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Cavazzuti, Elisabetta;  Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Unita’ di Ricerca Scientifica, Roma, Italy
Fiorini, Mauro;  INAF - IASF Milano, Milano, Italy
Khosropanah, Pourya;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Martin, Sylvain;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Perry, James;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Pinsard, Frederic;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Pradines, Alice;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Rigano, Manuela;  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
Roelfsema, Peter;  SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Groningen, Netherlands
Schwander, Denis;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Torrioli, Guido;  Istituto di Fotonica et Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche, Roma, Italy
Ullom, Joel;  National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, United States
Vera, Isabel;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Villegas, Eduardo Medinaceli;  INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio, Bologna, Italy
Zuchniak, Monika;  Centrum Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa, Poland
Brachet, Frank;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Cicero, Ugo Lo;  INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S.Vaiana, Palermo, Italy
Doriese, William;  National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, United States
Durkin, Malcom;  National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, United States
Fioretti, Valentina;  INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio, Bologna, Italy
Geoffray, Hervé;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Jacques, Lionel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centres généraux > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) ; Centre Spatial de Liège, Liège Science Park, Angleur, Belgium
Kirsch, Christian;  Astronomical Institute of the FAU, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, University of Erlangen-Nüremberg, Bamberg, Germany
Smith, Stephen;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Adams, Joseph;  University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States
Gloaguen, Emilie;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Hoogeveen, Ruud;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
van der Hulst, Paul;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Kiviranta, Mikko;  VTT, Espoo, Finland
van der Kuur, Jan;  SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Groningen, Netherlands
Ledot, Aurélien;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
van Leeuwen, Bert-Joost;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
van Loon, Dennis;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Lyautey, Bertrand;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Parot, Yann;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Sakai, Kazuhiro;  University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States
van Weers, Henk;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Abdoelkariem, Shariefa;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Adam, Thomas;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Adami, Christophe;  LAM - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Pôle de l’Étoile Site de Château-Gombert, Marseille cedex 13, France
Aicardi, Corinne;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Akamatsu, Hiroki;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Alonso, Pablo Eleazar Merino;  Instituto de Fisica Aplicada a las Ciencias y las Tecnologias, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Amato, Roberta;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
André, Jérôme;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Angelinelli, Matteo;  INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio, Bologna, Italy
Anon-Cancela, Manuel;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Anvar, Shebli;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Atienza, Ricardo;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Attard, Anthony;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Auricchio, Natalia;  INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio, Bologna, Italy
Balado, Ana;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Bancel, Florian;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Barusso, Lorenzo Ferrari;  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
Bascuñan, Arturo;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Bernard, Vivian;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Berrocal, Alicia;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Blin, Sylvie;  Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CEA, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris, France
Bonino, Donata;  INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Pino Torinese, Italy
Bonnet, François;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Bonny, Patrick;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Boorman, Peter;  Astronomical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha 4, Czech Republic
Boreux, Charles;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Bounab, Ayoub;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Boutelier, Martin;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Boyce, Kevin;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Brienza, Daniele;  Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
Bruijn, Marcel;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Bulgarelli, Andrea;  INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio, Bologna, Italy
Calarco, Simona;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Callanan, Paul;  University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Campello, Alberto Prada;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Camus, Thierry;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Canourgues, Florent;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Capobianco, Vito;  INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Pino Torinese, Italy
Cardiel, Nicolas;  Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
Castellani, Florent;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Cheatom, Oscar;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Chervenak, James;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Chiarello, Fabio;  Istituto di Fotonica et Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche, Roma, Italy
Clerc, Laurent;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Clerc, Nicolas;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Cobo, Beatriz;  Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC) Edificio Juan Jordá, Santander, Spain
Coeur-Joly, Odile;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Coleiro, Alexis;  Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CEA, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris, France
Colonges, Stéphane;  Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CEA, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris, France
Corcione, Leonardo;  INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Pino Torinese, Italy
Coriat, Mickael;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Coynel, Alexandre;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Cuttaia, Francesco;  INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio, Bologna, Italy
D’Ai, Antonino;  IASF-Palermo, Palermo, Italy
D’anca, Fabio;  INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S.Vaiana, Palermo, Italy
Dadina, Mauro;  INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio, Bologna, Italy
Daniel, Christophe;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Dauner, Lea;  Astronomical Institute of the FAU, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, University of Erlangen-Nüremberg, Bamberg, Germany
DeNigris, Natalie;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Dercksen, Johannes;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
DiPirro, Michael;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Doumayrou, Eric;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Dubbeldam, Luc;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Dupieux, Michel;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Dupourqué, Simon;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Durand, Jean Louis;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Eckert, Dominique;  Département d’Astronomie, Université de Genève, Versoix, Switzerland
Eiriz, Valvanera;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Ercolani, Eric;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Etcheverry, Christophe;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Finkbeiner, Fred;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Fiocchi, Mariateresa;  Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
Fossecave, Hervé;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Franssen, Philippe ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centres généraux > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) ; Centre Spatial de Liège, Liège Science Park, Angleur, Belgium
Frericks, Martin;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Gabici, Stefano;  Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CEA, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris, France
Gant, Florent;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Gao, Jian-Rong;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Gastaldello, Fabio;  INAF - IASF Milano, Milano, Italy
Genolet, Ludovic;  Département d’Astronomie, Université de Genève, Versoix, Switzerland
Ghizzardi, Simona;  INAF - IASF Milano, Milano, Italy
Gil, Ma Angeles Alcacera;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Giovannini, Elisa;  Istituto di Fotonica et Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche, Roma, Italy
Godet, Olivier;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Gomez-Elvira, Javier;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Gonzalez, Raoul;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Gonzalez, Manuel;  Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CEA, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris, France
Gottardi, Luciano;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Granat, Dolorès;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Gros, Michel;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Guignard, Nicolas;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Hieltjes, Paul;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Hurtado, Adolfo Jesús;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Irwin, Kent;  Stanford University, Stanford, United States
Jacquey, Christian;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Janiuk, Agnieszka;  Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Jaubert, Jean;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Jiménez, Maria;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Jolly, Antoine;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Jourdan, Thierry;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Julien, Sabine;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Kedziora, Bartosz;  Astronika, Warszawa, Poland
Korb, Andrew;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Kreykenbohm, Ingo;  Astronomical Institute of the FAU, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, University of Erlangen-Nüremberg, Bamberg, Germany
König, Ole;  Astronomical Institute of the FAU, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, University of Erlangen-Nüremberg, Bamberg, Germany
Langer, Mathieu;  Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris Saclay, Orsay, France
Laudet, Philippe;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Laurent, Philippe;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Laurenza, Monica;  Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
Lesrel, Jean;  Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CEA, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris, France
Ligori, Sebastiano;  INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Pino Torinese, Italy
Lorenz, Maximilian;  Astronomical Institute of the FAU, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, University of Erlangen-Nüremberg, Bamberg, Germany
Luminari, Alfredo;  Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
Maffei, Bruno;  Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris Saclay, Orsay, France
Maisonnave, Océane;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Marelli, Lorenzo;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Massonet, Didier;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Maussang, Irwin;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Melchor, Alejandro Gonzalo;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Le Mer, Isabelle;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Millan, Francisco Javier San;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Millerioux, Jean-Pierre;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Mineo, Teresa;  IASF-Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Minervini, Gabriele;  Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
Molin, Alexeï;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Monestes, David;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Montinaro, Nicola;  Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Mot, Baptiste;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Murat, David;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Nagayoshi, Kenichiro;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Nazé, Yaël  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe d'astrophysique des hautes énergies (GAPHE)
Noguès, Loïc;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Pailot, Damien;  Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CEA, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris, France
Panessa, Francesca;  Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
Parodi, Luigi;  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
Petit, Pascal;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Piconcelli, Enrico;  INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Rome, Italy
Pinto, Ciro;  IASF-Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Plaza, Jose Miguel Encinas;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Plaza, Borja;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Poyatos, David;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Prouvé, Thomas;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
Ptak, Andy;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Puccetti, Simonetta;  Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Unita’ di Ricerca Scientifica, Roma, Italy
Puccio, Elena;  Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Reina, Manuel;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Rioland, Guillaume;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Rodriguez, Louis;  Département d’Astrophysique, UMR AIM, Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
Roig, Anton;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Rollet, Bertrand;  Département des Systèmes Basses Températures, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 99, France
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Roudil, Gilles;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES 9, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Rudnicki, Tomasz;  Centrum Badan Kosmicznych, Polish Academy of Science, Warszawa, Poland
Sanisidro, Julien;  Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Centre spatial de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Sciortino, Luisa;  Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Silva, Vitor;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Sordet, Michael;  Département d’Astronomie, Université de Genève, Versoix, Switzerland
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Sánchez, Miguel Fernández;  INTA, Madrid, Spain
Taralli, Emanuele;  SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, Netherlands
Terrasa, Guilhem ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centres généraux > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) ; Centre Spatial de Liège, Liège Science Park, Angleur, Belgium
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Language :
English
Title :
The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase
Publication date :
April 2023
Journal title :
Experimental Astronomy
ISSN :
0922-6435
eISSN :
1572-9508
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Volume :
55
Issue :
2
Pages :
373 - 426
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This paper is based on the documentation assembled by the CNES project team and the Consortium partners for the X-IFU System Requirement Review, which has started at the end of June, albeit with reduced objectives (the review will be completed in September 2022). DB wishes to thank the CNES Project and Support teams for continuing the preparation of the SRR data pack, during the disruptive and unfortunate events that happened to Athena, which could have led to the termination of X-IFU. There is no doubt that their efforts will be rewarded in the upcoming design-to-cost exercise. DB would also like to express his gratitude to the CNES Management (Philippe Baptiste, President), Lionel Suchet (Chief Operating Officer), Caroline Laurent (Director of orbital systems and applications), Philippe Lier (Deputy-Director of orbital systems and applications), the French ESA SPC delegation (Olivier La Marle and Juliette Lambin) for their unfailing support to X-IFU. This support was instrumental in preserving an X-IFU on the new Athena mission and will remain precious in the upcoming phase of the reformulation of the mission. Special thanks to all the SPC delegations which supported the objective of keeping a flagship X-ray observatory in the ESA Science Program. DB is also thankful to Gilles Bergametti (President of the CNES Comité des Programmes Scientifiques, CPS), Athena Coustenis (President of the CNES Comité d’évaluation de la recherche et de l’exploration spatiale, CERES) and Pierre-Olivier Petrucci (President of the Programme National des Hautes Energies) for their support and for providing the feedback from the French scientific community at large. The French contribution to X-IFU is funded by CNES, CNRS and CEA. This work has been also supported by ASI (Italian Space Agency) through the Contract 2019-27-HH.0, and by the ESA (European Space Agency) Core Technology Program (CTP) Contract No. 4000114932/15/NL/BW and the AREMBES - ESA CTP No.4000116655/16/NL/BW. This publication is part of grant RTI2018-096686-B-C21 funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe”. This publication is part of grant RTI2018-096686-B-C21 and PID2020-115325GB-C31 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. We wish to thank an anonymous referee for a very careful reading of our manuscript, and for providing helpful comments.This paper is based on the documentation assembled by the CNES project team and the Consortium partners for the X-IFU System Requirement Review, which has started at the end of June, albeit with reduced objectives (the review will be completed in September 2022). DB wishes to thank the CNES Project and Support teams for continuing the preparation of the SRR data pack, during the disruptive and unfortunate events that happened to Athena, which could have led to the termination of X-IFU. There is no doubt that their efforts will be rewarded in the upcoming design-to-cost exercise. DB would also like to express his gratitude to the CNES Management (Philippe Baptiste, President), Lionel Suchet (Chief Operating Officer), Caroline Laurent (Director of orbital systems and applications), Philippe Lier (Deputy-Director of orbital systems and applications), the French ESA SPC delegation (Olivier La Marle and Juliette Lambin) for their unfailing support to X-IFU. This support was instrumental in preserving an X-IFU on the new Athena mission and will remain precious in the upcoming phase of the reformulation of the mission. Special thanks to all the SPC delegations which supported the objective of keeping a flagship X-ray observatory in the ESA Science Program. DB is also thankful to Gilles Bergametti (President of the CNES Comité des Programmes Scientifiques, CPS), Athena Coustenis (President of the CNES Comité d’évaluation de la recherche et de l’exploration spatiale, CERES) and Pierre-Olivier Petrucci (President of the Programme National des Hautes Energies) for their support and for providing the feedback from the French scientific community at large. The French contribution to X-IFU is funded by CNES, CNRS and CEA. This work has been also supported by ASI (Italian Space Agency) through the Contract 2019-27-HH.0, and by the ESA (European Space Agency) Core Technology Program (CTP) Contract No. 4000114932/15/NL/BW and the AREMBES - ESA CTP No.4000116655/16/NL/BW. This publication is part of grant RTI2018-096686-B-C21 funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe”. This publication is part of grant RTI2018-096686-B-C21 and PID2020-115325GB-C31 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033.The PI and the PM interact with various bodies within the Consortium and with the ESA study team (see Fig. ). This organisation was formally endorsed by ESA in December 2018 through the instrument consortia consolidation process. The X-IFU PI is supported by the X-IFU Science Advisory Team (XSAT), acting as a forum to address all scientific matters related to the development of the X-IFU. The X-IFU PI relies on an X-IFU Calibration Team, chaired by the X-IFU Instrument scientist, to carry out all activities related to the calibration of the instrument, both on-ground and in-flight. The X-IFU Instrument Science Center is the joint responsibility of the X-IFU PM and PI, and its development is delegated to an X-ISC system lead and an X-IFU project scientist. The X-IFU PM prime responsibility are the engineering activities of the X-IFU and the delivery of the instrument and its X-ISC to ESA on behalf of the X-IFU Consortium. The X-IFU PM is the interface with ESA and the industrial primes on aspects related to the interfaces between X-IFU and the Athena satellite. The X-IFU PM is supported by a team of project managers providing a forum for discussing project related issues (e.g. planning). The X-IFU PM is also supported by CNES/Consortium Working Groups.
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