Status of the EPIC thin and medium filters on-board XMM-Newton after more than 10 years of operation I: laboratory measurements on back-up filters

Marco Barbera; Simonpietro Agnello; Gianpiero Buscarino; Alfonso Collura; Fabio Gastaldello; Nicola La Palombara; Ugo Lo Cicero; Andrea Tiengo; Luisa Sciortino; Salvatore Varisco; Anna Maria Venezia

doi:10.1117/12.2030896

26 September 2013 Status of the EPIC thin and medium filters on-board XMM-Newton after more than 10 years of operation I: laboratory measurements on back-up filters

Marco Barbera, Simonpietro Agnello, Gianpiero Buscarino, Alfonso Collura, Fabio Gastaldello, Nicola La Palombara, Ugo Lo Cicero, Andrea Tiengo, Luisa Sciortino, Salvatore Varisco, Anna Maria Venezia

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Proceedings Volume 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII; 885914 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2030896
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

After more than ten years of operation of the EPIC camera on board the X-ray observatory XMM-Newton, we have reviewed the status of its Thin and Medium filters by performing both laboratory measurements on back-up filters, and analysis of data collected in-flight. We have selected a set of Thin and Medium back-up filters among those still available in the EPIC consortium, and have started a program to investigate their status by different laboratory measurements including: UV/VIS transmission, X-ray transmission, RAMAN IR spectroscopy, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and Atomic Force Microscopy. We report the results of the measurements conducted up to now, and point out some lessons learned for the development and calibration programs of filters for X-ray detectors in future Astronomy missions.

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Marco Barbera, Simonpietro Agnello, Gianpiero Buscarino, Alfonso Collura, Fabio Gastaldello, Nicola La Palombara, Ugo Lo Cicero, Andrea Tiengo, Luisa Sciortino, Salvatore Varisco, and Anna Maria Venezia "Status of the EPIC thin and medium filters on-board XMM-Newton after more than 10 years of operation I: laboratory measurements on back-up filters", Proc. SPIE 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII, 885914 (26 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2030896

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