Paper 13093-36
Ground calibration plan for the Athena/X-IFU microcalorimeter spectrometer
17 June 2024 • 16:40 - 16:55 Japan Standard Time | Room G414/415, North - 4F
Abstract
This paper describes the strategy and planned implementation of the ground calibration of the X-IFU microcalorimeter spectrometer on-board Athena, the X-ray observatory from ESA to be launched after the mid-2030s. X-IFU is the second generation of space microcalorimeter instrument, and its calibration strategy benefits from the experience acquired on the present Japanese-US built Resolve instrument on-board XRISM. This calibration plan takes into account the reformulation of the Athena mission and its instruments that took place in 2022-23. The X-IFU calibration strategy is presented along with the set of X-ray sources needed for the ground calibration and the the definition of the sequences for using them.
Presenter
Alexeï Molin
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (France)
PhD student at IRAP, Toulouse, under the supervision of E. Pointecouteau and F. Pajot, working on the scientific performance and calibration of X-IFU.