US Contributions to the Athena Wide Field Imager

David N. Burrows; Steve Allen; Marshall Bautz; Esra Bulbul; Tanmoy Chattopadhyay; Julia Erdley; Abraham D. Falcone; Catherine E. Grant; Sven Herrmann; Ann E. Hornschemeier; Doug Kelly; Jamie Kennea; Ralph P. Kraft; Beverly LaMarr; Adam Mantz; Eric D. Miller; R. Glenn Morris; Paul Nulsen; Pragati Pradhan; Neven Vulic; Dan Wilkins; Michael E. Zugger

doi:10.1117/12.2528532

9 September 2019 US Contributions to the Athena Wide Field Imager

David N. Burrows, Steve Allen, Marshall Bautz, Esra Bulbul, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Julia Erdley, Abraham D. Falcone, Catherine E. Grant, Sven Herrmann, Ann E. Hornschemeier, Doug Kelly, Jamie Kennea, Ralph P. Kraft, Beverly LaMarr, Adam Mantz, Eric D. Miller, R. Glenn Morris, Paul Nulsen, Pragati Pradhan, Neven Vulic, Dan Wilkins, Michael E. Zugger

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Proceedings Volume 11118, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXI; 111180Z (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528532
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The world's premier X-ray astronomical observatories, Chandra and XMM-Newton, have been operating for about 20 years. The next flagship X-ray observatory launched will be ESA's Athena mission. We discuss planned US contributions to the Athena Wide Field Imager instrument, which encompass transient source detection, background characterization and reduction, and detector electronics design and testing, in addition to scientific contributions.

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David N. Burrows, Steve Allen, Marshall Bautz, Esra Bulbul, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Julia Erdley, Abraham D. Falcone, Catherine E. Grant, Sven Herrmann, Ann E. Hornschemeier, Doug Kelly, Jamie Kennea, Ralph P. Kraft, Beverly LaMarr, Adam Mantz, Eric D. Miller, R. Glenn Morris, Paul Nulsen, Pragati Pradhan, Neven Vulic, Dan Wilkins, and Michael E. Zugger "US Contributions to the Athena Wide Field Imager", Proc. SPIE 11118, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXI, 111180Z (9 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528532

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