Phd Thesis
Site: Merate (LC)
Duration
3 years
Tutors
Daniele Spiga, Bianca Salmaso, Stefano Basso.
Contact
daniele.spiga AT inaf.it
Description
Introduction
ATHENA is an ESA mission. Within the ATHENA consortium, INAF-OAB works on the X-ray characterization; to this end, in the Merate seat we have realized BEaTriX, a world-unique X-ray calibration facility. BEaTriX generates a wide, parallel and monochromatic beam within a small lab, allowing us to directly measure the focusing accuracy of the SPO modules at their production rate.
For details about the facility, please refer to the web pages: BEaTrix facility.
The PhD thesis targets to the optimization of the facility to minimize the beam divergence, maximize the flux, optimize the beam uniformity and stability, modeling and simulating the optical setup to isolate possible critical points. Besides, the PhD student shall apply the results achieved with the current facility to the oncoming beamlines.
[Image credit: INAF-OAB]
