Bachelor/Master
Site: Merate (LC)
Duration
3 months for bachelor – 6-9 months for master
Tutor
Daniele Spiga, Bianca Salmaso e 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 page: la facility BEaTrix.
Thesis – The realization of modular optics for the ATHENA X-ray telescope, based on silicon pore optics (SPO) represents an unprecedented technological challenge, on both sides of the process: manufacturing precise optics for a 2.5 m diameter telescope and their qualification.
The graduate student shall work on the preparation and the optimization for the measurement setup, as well as the X-ray characterization of optical modules.
[Crediti immagine: INAF-OAB]
