{"id":4007,"date":"2024-05-24T09:53:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T07:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/?post_type=progetti_ricerca&p=4007"},"modified":"2024-10-30T10:25:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T09:25:53","slug":"beatrix","status":"publish","type":"progetti_ricerca","link":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/progetti_ricerca\/beatrix\/","title":{"rendered":"BEaTriX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BEaTriX<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

B<\/strong>eam E<\/strong>xpander T<\/strong>esting X<\/strong>-ray Facility <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHORT DESCRIPTION<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

BEaTriX is a facility installed at the INAF-Brera Astronomical Observatory in its seat Merate (Lecco). It is the first realization of an instrument that generates a parallel and wide X-ray beam within a small lab. The main objective of BEaTriX is to demonstrate that it is possible to perform acceptance tests of the optical modules of the ATHENA telescope, at a rate able to keep up with their manufacturing in series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ATHENA is an ESA X-ray observatory, scheduled for launch in 2030. The telescope consists of several hundred optical modules (Mirror Modules, MM) in silicon (Silicon Pore Optics, SPO) to be assembled. The MMs, produced with the well-established silicon technology used in the semiconductor industry, will be produced at a rate of 2 MMs\/day, each one needing to be tested for acceptance before integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MMs are currently being tested at the Berlin synchrotron BESSY II, where the X-ray beam produced by a synchrotron is parallel but very small; hence, it does not allow illuminating the entire modules to be tested. The modules are also measured at PANTER, of the Max-Planck-Institut f\u00fcr Extra-terrestrische Physik, located in Germany near Munich; however, the vacuum chamber is extremely large and requires days to reach the vacuum necessary for the measurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research entities involved in the BEaTriX project: INAF<\/a> – ESA<\/a> – ESRF<\/a> – IMEM<\/a> – MPE<\/a> – DTU<\/a>
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ROLE OF THE OBSERVATORY<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In 2012<\/strong>, INAF-OABrera began to design a unique structure in the world with the aim to overcome the limitations of existing laboratories, thanks to the initial funding of the AHEAD<\/strong> (Activities for the High-Energy Astrophysics Domain) project, a grant awarded by the European Horizon-2020 program<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the results achieved, INAF-OABrera subsequently obtained more funding to build the laboratory at our headquarters in Merate (LC): an ESA contract, a second AHEAD funding, ASI funds, and other dedicated INAF funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEaTriX has been designed to ensure\u00a0 a certain flexibility, beyond its primary purpose for the ATHENA telescope, so as to be used in the future for other X-ray optics, i.e. optics of different sizes than the ATHENA MMs and different focal lengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEaTriX TEAM<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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