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ATHENA end-to-end simulations
Author(s): Jörn Wilms; Thorsten Brand; Didier Barret; Tobias Beuchert; Jan-Willem den Herder; Ingo Kreykenbohm; Simone Lotti; Norbert Meidinger; Kirpal Nandra; Philippe Peille; Luigi Piro; Arne Rau; Christian Schmid; Randall K. Smith; Christoph Tenzer; Michael Wille; Richard Willingale
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Paper Abstract

We present an overview of the development of the end-to-end simulation programs for the instruments on the future European X-ray astronomy mission Athena. The overview includes the design considerations behind the simulation software and the current status and planned developments of the simulators for the X-ray Integral Field Unit and the Wide Field Imager.

Paper Details

Date Published: 24 July 2014
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 91445X (24 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2056347
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Jörn Wilms, Dr.-Remeis-Sternwarte, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
Erlangen Ctr. for Astroparticle Physics (Germany)
Thorsten Brand, Dr.-Remeis-Sternwarte, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
Didier Barret, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (France)
Tobias Beuchert, Dr.-Remeis-Sternwarte, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
Erlangen Ctr. for Astroparticle Physics (Germany)
Jan-Willem den Herder, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (Netherlands)
Ingo Kreykenbohm, Dr.-Remeis-Sternwarte, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
Erlangen Ctr. for Astroparticle Physics (Germany)
Simone Lotti, INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (Italy)
Norbert Meidinger, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
Kirpal Nandra, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
Philippe Peille, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (France)
Luigi Piro, INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (Italy)
Arne Rau, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
Christian Schmid, Dr.-Remeis-Sternwarte, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
Erlangen Ctr. for Astroparticle Physics (Germany)
Randall K. Smith, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
Christoph Tenzer, Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik Tübingen, Eberhard Karls Univ. Tübingen (Germany)
Michael Wille, Dr.-Remeis-Sternwarte, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
Erlangen Ctr. for Astroparticle Physics (Germany)
Richard Willingale, Univ. of Leicester (United Kingdom)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9144:
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Tadayuki Takahashi; Jan-Willem A. den Herder; Mark Bautz, Editor(s)

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