The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10909-018-1904-5
Abstract: The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) of the Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics (Athena) large-scale mission of ESA will provide spatially resolved high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy from 0.2 to 12 keV, with 5$$^{\prime \prime }$$″ pixels over a… read more here.
Keywords: ray integral; field; field unit; unit ifu ... See more keywords
Integral Field Spectroscopy of the Cometary Starburst Galaxy NGC 4861
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1219
Abstract: Using the PMAS Integral Field Unit on the Calar Alto 3.5m telescope we observed the southern component (Markarian 59) of the ‘cometary’ starburst galaxy NGC 4861. Mrk 59 is centred on a giant nebula and… read more here.
Keywords: galaxy ngc; starburst galaxy; cometary starburst; galaxy ... See more keywords
MaNGA DynPop – I. Quality-assessed stellar dynamical modelling from integral-field spectroscopy of 10K nearby galaxies: a catalogue of masses, mass-to-light ratios, density profiles and dark matter
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1299
Abstract: This is the first paper in our series on the combined analysis of the Dynamics and stellar Population (DynPop) for the MaNGA survey in the final SDSS Data Release 17 (DR17). Here we present a… read more here.
Keywords: matter; quality; spectroscopy; nearby galaxies ... See more keywords
An iterative method to deblend AGN-Host contributions for Integral Field spectroscopic observations
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2623
Abstract: We present a new iterative deblending method to separate the host galaxy (HG) and their Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) emission with the use of Integral Field spectroscopic (IFS) data. The method decomposes the resolved HG… read more here.
Keywords: method; integral field; host; agn ... See more keywords
Status of the Cryogenic Anti-Coincidence Detector (CryoAC) for the Athena X-Ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)
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DOI: 10.1109/tasc.2024.3518459
Abstract: The Cryogenic Anti-Coincidence detector (CryoAC) is a critical component of the Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU), in order to fully exploit the instrument performance in the pursuit of high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy with Transition Edge… read more here.
Keywords: integral field; cryoac; ray integral; detector ... See more keywords
System performance of a cryogenic test-bed for the time-division multiplexing readout for the NewAthena X-ray Integral Field Unit
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DOI: 10.1117/1.jatis.10.4.046002
Abstract: Abstract. The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is an instrument of European Space Agency’s future NewAthena space observatory, with the goal to provide high-energy resolution ( read more here.
Keywords: readout; integral field; test; ray integral ... See more keywords
Analytical design of a cemented-curved-prism based integral field spectrometer (CIFS) with high numerical aperture and high resolution.
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DOI: 10.1364/oe.477973
Abstract: Snapshot hyperspectral imaging is superior to scanning spectrometers due to its advantage in dimensionality, allowing longer pixel dwell time and higher data cube acquisition efficiency. Due to the trade-off between spatial and spectral resolution in… read more here.
Keywords: curved prism; resolution; spectral resolution; integral field ... See more keywords