Thermal Simulations of Temperature Excursions on the Athena X-IFU Detector Wafer from Impacts by Cosmic Rays
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DOI: 10.1007/s10909-020-02380-y
Abstract: We present the design and implementation of a thermal model, developed in COMSOL, aiming to probe the wafer-scale thermal response arising from realistic rates and energies of cosmic rays at L2 impacting the detector wafer… read more here.
Keywords: detector wafer; athena ifu; wafer; ifu detector ... See more keywords
ATHENA X-IFU 300 K-50 mK cryochain demonstrator cryostat
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2017.11.009
Abstract: Abstract In the framework of the ESA X-ray mission ATHENA, scheduled for launch in 2028, an ESA Core Technology Program (CTP) was started in 2016 to build a flight like cryostat demonstrator in parallel with… read more here.
Keywords: athena ifu; cryostat; ifu 300; demonstrator ... See more keywords