Dr. Fabio D'Anca Profile

Dr. Fabio D'Anca

at INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo "Giuseppe Salvatore Vaiana"

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SPIE Journal Paper | 24 January 2024 Open Access

Multi-technique investigation of silicon nitride/aluminum membranes as optical blocking filters for high-energy space missions

Luisa Sciortino, Marco Barbera, Salvatore Ferruggia Bonura, Michela Todaro, Elena Puccio, Fabio D’Anca, Ugo Lo Cicero, Pekka T. Törmä, Elena Magnano, Silvia Nappini, Igor Píš, Emanuele Perinati, Sebastian Diebold, Alejandro Guzman, Chris Tenzer, Gianpiero Buscarino, Christian Gollwitzer, Evelyn Handick, Michael Krumrey, Christian Laubis, Roberto Candia, Salvatore Varisco

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 01, 018002, (January 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.1.018002

KEYWORDS: Aluminum, Tunable filters, Silicon, Silicon nitride, X-rays, Optical filters, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Oxides, Ultraviolet radiation, Visible radiation

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SPIE Journal Paper | 18 August 2023 Open Access

Elastic characterization of nanometer-thick polymeric film for astrophysics application with an experimental-numerical method

Nicola Montinaro, Ugo Lo Cicero, Fabio D’Anca, Enrico Bozzo, Stéphane Paltani, Marco Barbera

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 03, 034005, (August 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.3.034005

KEYWORDS: Film thickness, Elasticity, Polymers, Aluminum, Tunable filters, Polymer thin films, Elastic modulus, Materials properties, Coating, Thin films

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SPIE Journal Paper | 6 April 2023 Open Access

Design and acoustic tests of the ATHENA WFI filter wheel assembly development model towards TRL5

Szymon Polak, Jacek Musiał, Robert Pietrzak, Adam Sikorski, Mateusz Dumin, Adam Dacko, Mirosiław Rataj, Tomasz Barciński, Tadeusz Kamisiński, Adam Pilch, Wojciech Binek, Grzegorz Woźniak, Monika Zuchniak, Agata Różańska, Norbert Meidinger, Marcus Plattner, Jintin Frank, Rafael Strecker, Andreas von Kienlin, Marco Barbera, Fabio D’Anca, Daniele Gulli, Ugo Lo Cicero, Nicola Montinaro, Giancarlo Parodi, Enrico Bozzo, Stephane Paltani

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 02, 024002, (April 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.2.024002

KEYWORDS: Tunable filters, Design and modelling, Acoustics, Scanning probe lithography, Optical filters, Baffles, Equipment, Breadboards, Vibration, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Filters design and characterization for LAD instrument onboard eXTP

Ugo Lo Cicero, Marco Barbera, Nicola Montinaro, Fabio D’Anca, Michela Todaro, Elena Puccio, Luisa Sciortino, Filippo Ambrosino, Riccardo Campana, Tianxiang Chen, Yong Chen, Yuri Evangelista, Marco Feroci, Na Gao, Fangjun Lu, Yupeng Xu, Levent Cibik, Michael Krumrey

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121816H (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631556

KEYWORDS: Aluminum, Optical filters, Sensors, X-rays, Coating, Prototyping, Collimators, Oxygen, Data modeling, Transmittance

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Carbon nanotubes thin filters for x-ray detectors in space

Marco Barbera, Ugo Lo Cicero, Luisa Sciortino, Michela Todaro, Elena Puccio, Fabio D'Anca, Nicola Montinaro, Salvatore Varisco, Pekka Törmä, Lauri Riuttanen, Ilkka Varjos, Bjorn Mikladal, Elena Magnano, Igor Pis, Christian Gollwitzer, Evelyn Handick, Michael Krumrey, Christian Laubis

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121814H (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631516

KEYWORDS: Aluminum, X-rays, Pellicles, Transmittance, Oxides, Optical filters, X-ray detectors, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

The ASTRI-Horn Cherenkov camera: improvements on the hardware and software components

Giuseppe Sottile, Pierluca Sangiorgi, Carmelo Gargano, Fabio Paolo Lo Gerfo, Mattia Corpora, Osvaldo Catalano, Milvia Capalbi, Teresa Mineo, Giovanni Contino, Benedetto Biondo, Giuseppe Leto, Salvatore Garozzo, Davide Marano, Alessandro Grillo, Fabio D'Anca, Vito Conforti, Fulvio Gianotti, Giovanni Pareschi, Salvatore Scuderi

Proceedings Volume 12188, 1218830 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629634

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Calibration, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Field programmable gate arrays, Data acquisition, Electronics, Imaging systems, Photodetectors

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

The telescope assembly of the Ariel space mission

Emanuele Pace, Andrea Tozzi, Manuel Adler Abreu, Gustavo Alonso, Bruno Barroqueiro, Giovanni Bianucci, Andrea Bocchieri, Daniele Brienza, Anna Brucalassi, Matteo Burresi, Rodolfo Canestrari, Luca Carbonaro, João Castanheira, Paolo Chioetto, Josep Colomé Ferrer, Carlos Compostizo, Fausto Cortecchia, Fabio D'Anca, Ciro Del Vecchio, Emiliano Diolaiti, Paul Eccleston, Salma Fahmy, Alejandro Fernandez Soler, Debora Ferruzzi, Mauro Focardi, Sara Freitas, Camille Galy, Andres Garcia Perez, Daniele Gottini, Samuele Grella, Gabriele Grisoni, Elisa Guerriero, Jean-Philippe Halain, Marie-Laure Hellin, Lucia Ianni, Marcella Iuzzolino, Delphine Jollet, Matteo Lombini, Ricardo Machado, Giuseppe Malaguti, Alexandra Mazzoli, Giuseppina Micela, Federico Miceli, Giuseppe Mondello, Gianluca Morgante, Lorenzo Mugnai, Luca Naponiello, Vladmiro Noce, Enzo Pascale, Javier Perez Alvarez, Raffaele Piazzolla, Carlo Pompei, Giampaolo Preti, Stephane Roose, Mario Salatti, Jean-Christophe Salvignol, Antonio Scippa, Christophe Serre, Carlo Simoncelli, Frederico Teixeira, Luca Terenzi, Giovanna Tinetti, Leonardo Tommasi, Elisabetta Tommasi Di Vigano, Bart Vandenbussche, Dervis Vernani, Paola Zuppella

Proceedings Volume 12180, 1218011 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629432

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Optical benches, Aluminum, Off axis mirrors, Manufacturing, Interfaces, Coating, Space operations, Cryogenics

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

ATHENA WFI optical blocking filters development status toward the end of the instrument phase-A

Marco Barbera, Ugo Lo Cicero, Luisa Sciortino, Fabio D'Anca, Giancarlo Parodi, Miroslaw Rataj, Szymon Polak, Adam Pilch, Norbert Meidinger, Salvatore Sciortino, Gregor Rauw, Graziella Branduardi Raymont, Teresa Mineo, Emanuele Perinati, Paolo Giglio, Alfonso Collura, Salvatore Varisco, Roberto Candia

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106991K (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314448

KEYWORDS: Acoustics, Sensors, Optical filters, Aluminum, Stars, Field effect transistors, Scanning probe lithography, Silicon, Quantum efficiency, X-rays

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

ATHENA X-IFU thermal filters development status toward the end of the instrument phase-A

Marco Barbera, Ugo Lo Cicero, Luisa Sciortino, Fabio D'Anca, Giuseppe Lo Cicero, Giancarlo Parodi, Salvatore Sciortino, Gregor Rauw, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, Salvatore Varisco, Salvatore Ferruggia Bonura, Alfonso Collura, Roberto Candia, Gaspare Di Cicca, Paolo Giglio, Antonino Buttacavoli, Francesco Cuttaia, Fabrizio Villa, Massimo Cappi, Thien Lam Trong, Jean-Michel Mesnager, Philippe Peille, Roland den Hartog, Jan Willem den Herder, Brian Jackson, Didier Barret, Luigi Piro

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106991R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314450

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, X-ray detectors, Space operations, Optical filters, Astrophysics, Thermography, Infrared radiation, Electromagnetism, Infrared sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Thermal modelling of the ATHENA X-IFU filters

Luisa Sciortino, Ugo Lo Cicero, Salvatore Ferruggia Bonura, Fabio D'Anca, Antonino Buttacavoli, Elena Puccio, Marco Barbera

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069950 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314453

KEYWORDS: Thermal modeling, X-ray telescopes, Sensors, Contamination, X-ray detectors, X-rays, High energy astrophysics, Cryogenics, Aluminum, Niobium

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Structural modelling and mechanical tests supporting the design of the ATHENA X-IFU thermal filters and WFI optical blocking filter

Giancarlo Parodi, Fabio D'Anca, Ugo Lo Cicero, Luisa Sciortino, Miroslaw Rataj, Szymon Polak, Adam Pilch, Norbert Meidinger, Kurt Dittrich, Johannes Hartwig, Valérie Samain, Alfonso Collura, Salvatore Ferruggia Bonura, Antonino Buttacavoli, Marco Barbera

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106994C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314451

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Thermography, Modeling, Sensors, X-rays, High energy astrophysics, X-ray telescopes, X-ray detectors, Staring arrays, Acoustics

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Radio frequency shielding of thin aluminized plastic filters investigated for the ATHENA X-IFU detector

Ugo Lo Cicero, Giuseppe Lo Cicero , Elena Puccio, Nicola Montinaro, Daniele Gulli, Michela Todaro, Enrico Calandra, Pekka Törmä, Francesco Cuttaia, Fabrizio Villa , Salvatore Ferruggia Bonura , Giuseppe Lullo, Alfonso Collura , Fabio D’Anca, Luisa Sciortino , Salvatore Varisco, Brian Jackson, Bert-Joost van Leeuwen, Emilie Gloaguen, M. Barbera

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106994R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313257

KEYWORDS: Aluminum, Signal attenuation, Coating, Antennas, Sensors, X-rays, X-ray detectors, Optical filters, Thin films, Copper

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2016 Paper

The filter and calibration wheel for the ATHENA wide field imager

M. Rataj, S. Polak, T. Palgan, T. Kamisiński, A. Pilch, J. Eder, N. Meidinger, M. Plattner, M. Barbera, G. Parodi, Fabio D'Anca

Proceedings Volume 9905, 990568 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2235411

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Imaging systems, Acoustics, Finite element methods, Optical filters, Sensors, Calibration, Imaging systems, Acoustics, Image filtering, Adhesives, Aluminum, Polishing

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