no code implementations • 18 Feb 2021 • E. Taralli, L. Gottardi, K. Nagayoshi, M. Ridder, S. Visser, P. Khosropanah, H. Akamatsu, J. van der Kuur, M. Bruijn, J. R. Gao
We are developing X-ray microcalorimeters as a backup option for the baseline detectors in the X-IFU instrument on board the ATHENA space mission led by ESA and to be launched in the early 2030s. 5$\times$5 mixed arrays with TiAu transition-edge sensor (TES), which have different high aspect ratios and thus high resistances, have been designed and fabricated to meet the energy resolution requirement of the X-IFU instrument.
Instrumentation and Detectors
