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 field of view of 5 arc minute equivalent diameter and a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV (FWHM) up to 7 keV. The core scientific objectives of Athena drive the main performance parameters of the X-IFU. We present the current reference configuration of the X-IFU, and the key issues driving the design of the instrument.
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The X-IFU will be provided by an international consortium led by France, The Netherlands and Italy, with further ESA member state contributions from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and two partners from outside Europe (the USA and Japan). The research leading to the results on thermal filters and non-X-ray background has received funding from European Unions Horizon 2020 Program under the AHEAD Project (Grant Agreement No. 654215). A. Rozanska was supported by Polish National Science Center Grants Nos. 2015/17/B/ST9/03422, 2015/18/M/ST9/00541.
Author information Authors and AffiliationsIRAP CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, 9 av. du colonel Roche, 31028, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
F. Pajot & D. Barret
CNES, 18 av. Edouard Belin, 31401, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
T. Lam-Trong, F. Douchin, H. Geoffray, M. Le Du, J.-M. Mesnager & P. Peille
SRON, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
J.-W. den Herder & R. den Hartog
INAF/IAPS, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133, Rome, Italy
L. Piro & C. Macculi
INAF-IASF, via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
M. Cappi
Division of Geophysics and Astronomy, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 48, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
J. Huovelin
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA
R. Kelley & C. Kilbourne
Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC/INTA, Ctra de Torrejón a Ajalvir, 4 km, 28850, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
J. M. Mas-Hesse
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, 252-5210, Japan
K. Mitsuda
Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, Chemin d’Ecogia 16, 1290, Versoix, Switzerland
S. Paltani
Institute for Astrophysics and Geophysics, University of Liège, Allée du 6 Août 19c, 4000, Liège, Belgium
G. Rauw
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716, Warsaw, Poland
A. Rozanska
ECAP, University of Erlangen-Nüremberg, Sternwartstr. 7, 96049, Bamberg, Germany
J. Wilms
Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archira 36, 90123, Palermo, Italy
M. Barbera
INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S. Vaiana, Piazza del Parlamento 1, 90134, Palermo, Italy
M. Barbera
Correspondence to F. Pajot.
About this article Cite this articlePajot, F., Barret, D., Lam-Trong, T. et al. The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU). J Low Temp Phys 193, 901–907 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-1904-5
Received: 01 November 2017
Accepted: 29 March 2018
Published: 09 April 2018
Issue Date: December 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-1904-5
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