Dr. Luigi Pacciani Profile

Dr. Luigi Pacciani

Professor at INAF - IASF Roma

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Publications (39)

SPIE Journal Paper | 26 October 2024

Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-ray high-energy modular array

Anthony Hutcheson, Marco Feroci, Andrea Argan, Matias Antonelli, Marco Barbera, Jörg Bayer, Pierluigi Bellutti, Giuseppe Bertuccio, Valter Bonvicini, Franck Cadoux, Riccardo Campana, Matteo Centis Vignali, Francesco Ceraudo, Marc Christophersen, Daniela Cirrincione, Fabio D’Anca, Nicolas De Angelis, Alessandra DeRosa, Giovanni Della Casa, Ettore Del Monte, Giuseppe Dilillo, Yuri Evangelista, Yannick Favre, Francesco Ficorella, Mauro Fiorini, Jeremy Ford, Paul Hedderman, Marco Grassi, J. Eric Grove, Alejandro Guzmán, Merlin Kole, Ugo Lo Cicero, Giovanni Lombardi, Piero Malcovati, Malgorzata Michalska, Aline Meuris, Gabriele Minervini, Witold Nowosielski, Alessio Nuti, Luigi Pacciani, Giancarlo Pepponi, Steven Persyn, Antonino Picciotto, Samuel Pliego, Alexander Rashevsky, Irina Rashevskaya, Paul Ray, Alina Samusenko, Andrea Santangelo, Stéphane Schanne, Carl Schwendeman, Clio Sleator, Jacob Smith, Libor Sveda, Jiri Svoboda, Christopher Tenzer, Michela Todaro, Alessio Trois, Andrea Vacchi, Hao Xiong, Xianqi Wang, Xin Wu, Eric Wulf, Gianluigi Zampa, Nicola Zampa, Andrzej Zdziarski, Nicola Zorzi

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 04, 042503, (October 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.042503

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Equipment, Observatories, Collimators, Design, Spectroscopes, Anodes, X-ray detectors, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 1 October 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The Large Area Detector for the eXTP mission

Marco Feroci, Giovanni Ambrosi, Matias Antonelli, Andrea Argan, Viktor Babinec, Marco Barbera, Paolo Bastia, Joerg Bayer , Pierluigi Bellutti, Bruna Bertucci, Giuseppe Bertuccio, Federica Bonfitto, Valter Bonvicini, Enrico Bozzo, David Baudin, Florent Bouyjou, Daniele Brienza, Franck Cadoux, Riccardo Campana, Roberto Candia, Jiewei Cao, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Francesco Ceraudo, Tianxiang Chen, Wen Chen, Artur Coimbra, Angelo Colucci, Xiaoqing Cong, Daniela Cirrincione, Nicolas De Angelis, Alessandra De Rosa, Giovanni Della Casa, Ettore Del Monte, Gaspare Di Cicca, Sergio Di Cosimo, Giuseppe Dilillo, Roman Dohnal, Immacolata Donnarumma, Yuri Evangelista, Peng Fan, Qingmei Fan, Yannick Favre, Emanuele Fiandrini, Francesco Ficorella, Na Gao, Olivier Gevin, Marco Grassi, Manuel Guedel, Alejandro Guzman Cabrera, Dong Han, Huilin He, Paul Hedderman, Jan-Willem den Herder, Richard Hynek, Merlin Reynaard Kole, Vladimir Karas, Martin Komarek, Claudio Labanti, Daniel La Marra, Giuseppe Lesci, Gang Li, Loghui Li, Tiangtong Li, Olivier Limousin, Hongwei Liu, Rui Liu, Yichen Liu, Xiaojing Liu, Ugo Lo Cicero, Jens Loehring, Giovanni Lombardi, Fang-Jun Lu, Tao Luo, Piero Malcovati, Andrea Marinucci, Filippo Mele, Vasco Mendes, Martin Merkl, Aline Meuris, Malgorzata Michalska, Alfredo Morbidini, Gianluca Morgante, Fabio Muleri, Riccardo Munini, Lorenzo Mussolin, Barbara Negri, Petr Novák, Witold Nowosielski, Alessio Nuti, Piotr Orleanski, Roland Ottensamer, Luigi Pacciani, Stephane Paltani, Teng Pan, Giancarlo Pepponi, Emanuele Perinati, Raffaele Piazzolla, Antonino Picciotto, Samuel Pliego, Andreas Putz, Alexandre Rachevski, Irina Rashevskaia, Alina Samusenko, Andrea Santangelo, Stephane Schanne, Roberto Serafinelli, Konrad Skup, Libor Sveda, Jiri Svoboda, Chris Tenzer, Michela Todaro, Gabriel Torok, Alessio Trois, Andrea Vacchi, Salvatore Varisco, Francesco Villa, Enrico Virgilli, Hongwen Xiang, Hao Xiong, Jian Wang, Xianqi Wang, Berend Winter, Zhenyu Wu, Xin Wu, Yupeng Xu, Gianluigi Zampa, Nicola Zampa, Andrzej Zdziarski, Long Zhang, Shu Zhang, Shuang-Nan Zhang, Yonghe Zhang, Wenda Zhang, Qiao Zhao, Cheng Zhu, Xiaofei Zhu, Nicola Zorzi

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130931X (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019868

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Collimators, Equipment, Design, X-rays, Capillaries, Optical filters, Prototyping, Astronomy, Power supplies

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Managing the mass production for the LAD instrument onboard eXTP

G. Minervini, A. Argan, M. Feroci, A. Trois, E. Del Monte, D. Brienza, G. Ambrosi, M. Antonelli, M. Barbera, D. Baudin, J. Bayer, P. Bellutti, B. Bertucci, Xingzi Bi, W. Bonvicini, E. Bozzo, F. Bouyjou, F. Cadoux, R. Campana, Jiewei Cao, E. Cavazzuti, F. Ceraudo, Tianxiang Chen, Wen Chen, D. Cirrincione, A. Collura, F. D'Anca, N. De Angelis, A. De Rosa, S. Di Cosimo, G. Didillo, Y. Evangelista, Y. Favre, E. Fiandrini, F. Ficorella, Na Gao, O. Gevin, M. Guedel, Xingbo Han, Huilin He, P. Hedderman, R. Hynek, M. Kole, V. Karas, M. Komarek, D. La Marra, Hong Liang, O. Limousin, Rui Liu, U. Lo Cicero, J. Loehring, G. Lombardi, Fang-Jun Lu, Tao Luo, M. Merkl, A. Meuris, M. Michalska, G. Morgante, R. Munini, L. Mussolin, P. Novák, W. Nowosielski, A. Nuti, P. Orleanski, R. Ottensamer, L. Pacciani, S. Paltani, G. Pepponi, R. Piazzolla, A. Picciotto, S. Pliego Caballero, A. Putz, A. Rachevski, I. Rashevskaya, A. Samusenko, A. Santangelo, S. Schanne, L. Sciortino, K. Skup, L. Sveda, J. Svoboda, C. Tenzer, M. Todaro, A. Vacchi, Hao Xiong, Jian Wang, Xianqi Wang, B. Winter, Xin Wu, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, A. Zdziarski, Shu-Nan Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Zijian Zhao, Yupeng Zhou, N. Zorzi

Proceedings Volume 13099, 130991D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020230

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Manufacturing, Collimators, Industry, Equipment, Calibration, X-rays, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Tunable filters

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The large area detector onboard the eXTP mission

Marco Feroci, Giovanni Ambrosi, Filippo Ambrosino, Matias Antonelli, Andrea Argan, Viktor Babinec, Marco Barbera, Joerg Bayer, Pierluigi Bellutti, Bruna Bertucci, Giuseppe Bertuccio, Xingzi Bi, Mirko Boezio, Walter Bonvicini, Giacomo Borghi, Enrico Bozzo, David Baudin, Florent Bouyjou, Daniele Brienza, Franck Cadoux, Riccardo Campana, Jiewei Cao, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Francesco Ceraudo, Tianxiang Chen, Wen Chen, Daniela Cirrincione, Nicolas De Angelis, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Sergio Di Cosimo, Giuseppe Dilillo, Roman Dohnal, Immacolata Donnarumma, Yuri Evangelista, Qingmei Fan, Yannick Favre, Emanuele Fiandrini, Francesco Ficorella, Fabio Fuschino, Na Gao, Olivier Gevin, Marco Grassi, Manuel Guedel, Xingbo Han, Huilin He, Paul Hedderman, Jan-Willem den Herder, Richard Hynek, Bin Hong, Ge Jin, Merlin Kole, Vladimir Karas, Martin Komarek, Claudio Labanti, Loghui Li, Tianming Li, Hong Liang, Olivier Limousin, Rui Liu, Ugo Lo Cicero, Jens Lohering, Giovanni Lombardi, Fang-Jun Lu, Tao Luo, Piero Malcovati, Hanqi Mao, Andrea Marinucci, Filippo Mele, Vasco Mendes, Martin Merkl, Aline Meuris, Malgorzata Michalska, Alfredo Morbidini, Gianluca Morgante, Fabio Muleri, Riccardo Munini, Lorenzo Mussolin, Barbara Negri, Petr Novák, Witold Nowosielski, Alessio Nuti, Piotr Orleanski, Roland Ottensamer, Luigi Pacciani, Stephane Paltani, Teng Pan, Giancarlo Pepponi, Emanuele Perinati, Raffaele Piazzolla, Antonino Picciotto, Samuel Pliego, Alexandre Rachevski, Irina Rashevskaia, Andrea Santangelo, Stéphane Schanne, Roberto Serafinelli, Konrad Skup, Libor Sveda, Jiri Svoboda, Chris Tenzer, Michela Todaro, Gabriel Torok, Alessio Trois, Andrea Vacchi, Enrico Virgilli, Hao Xiong, Jian Wang, Xianqi Wang, Berend Winter, Xin Wu, Yupeng Xu, Ganluigi Zampa, Nicola Zampa, Andrzej Zdziarski, Long Zhang, Shu Zhang, Shuang-Nan Zhang, Wenda Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Yupeng Zhou, Nicola Zorzi

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121811X (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628814

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Collimators, Space operations, Capillaries, Prototyping, Thermal modeling, Interfaces, Satellites, Electronics, X-rays

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2016 Paper

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XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer

P. Soffitta, R. Bellazzini, E. Bozzo, V. Burwitz, A. Castro-Tirado, E. Costa, T. Courvoisier, H. Feng, S. Gburek, R. Goosmann, V. Karas, G. Matt, F. Muleri, K. Nandra, M. Pearce, J. Poutanen, V. Reglero, D. Sabau Maria, A. Santangelo, G. Tagliaferri, C. Tenzer, J. Vink, M. Weisskopf, S. Zane, I. Agudo, A. Antonelli, P. Attina, L. Baldini, A. Bykov, R. Carpentiero, E. Cavazzuti, E. Churazov, E. Del Monte, D. De Martino, I. Donnarumma, V. Doroshenko, Y. Evangelista, I. Ferreira, E. Gallo, N. Grosso, P. Kaaret, E. Kuulkers, J. Laranaga, L. Latronico, D. Lumb, J. Macian, J. Malzac, F. Marin, E. Massaro, M. Minuti, C. Mundell, J. U. Ness, T. Oosterbroek, S. Paltani, G. Pareschi, R. Perna, P.-O. Petrucci, H. B. Pinazo, M. Pinchera, J. P. Rodriguez, M. Roncadelli, A. Santovincenzo, S. Sazonov, C. Sgro, D. Spiga, J. Svoboda, C. Theobald, T. Theodorou, R. Turolla, E. Wilhelmi de Ona, B. Winter, A. M. Akbar, H. Allan, R. Aloisio, D. Altamirano, L. Amati, E. Amato, E. Angelakis, J. Arezu, J.-L. Atteia, M. Axelsson, M. Bachetti, L. Ballo, S. Balman, R. Bandiera, X. Barcons, S. Basso, A. Baykal, W. Becker, E. Behar, B. Beheshtipour, R. Belmont, E. Berger, F. Bernardini, S. Bianchi, G. Bisnovatyi-Kogan, P. Blasi, P. Blay, A. Bodaghee, M. Boer, M. Boettcher, S. Bogdanov, I. Bombaci, R. Bonino, J. Braga, W. Brandt, A. Brez, N. Bucciantini, L. Burderi, I. Caiazzo, R. Campana, S. Campana, F. Capitanio, M. Cappi, M. Cardillo, P. Casella, O. Catmabacak, B. Cenko, P. Cerda-Duran, C. Cerruti, S. Chaty, M. Chauvin, Y. Chen, J. Chenevez, M. Chernyakova, C. C. Cheung, D. Christodoulou, P. Connell, R. Corbet, F. Coti Zelati, S. Covino, W. Cui, G. Cusumano, A. D’Ai, F. D’Ammando, M. Dadina, Z. Dai, A. De Rosa, L. de Ruvo, N. Degenaar, M. Del Santo, L. Del Zanna, G. Dewangan, S. Di Cosimo, N. Di Lalla, G. Di Persio, T. Di Salvo, T. Dias, C. Done, M. Dovciak, G. Doyle, L. Ducci, R. Elsner, T. Enoto, J. Escada, P. Esposito, C. Eyles, S. Fabiani, M. Falanga, S. Falocco, Y. Fan, R. Fender, M. Feroci, C. Ferrigno, W. Forman, L. Foschini, C. Fragile, F. Fuerst, Y. Fujita, J. L. Gasent-Blesa, J. Gelfand, B. Gendre, G. Ghirlanda, G. Ghisellini, M. Giroletti, D. Goetz, E. Gogus, J.-L. Gomez, D. Gonzalez, R. Gonzalez-Riestra, E. Gotthelf, L. Gou, P. Grandi, V. Grinberg, F. Grise, C. Guidorzi, N. Gurlebeck, T. Guver, D. Haggard, M. Hardcastle, D. Hartmann, C. Haswell, A. Heger, M. Hernanz, J. Heyl, L. Ho, J. Hoormann, J. Horak, J. Huovelin, D. Huppenkothen, R. Iaria, C. Inam Sitki, A. Ingram, G. Israel, L. Izzo, M. Burgess, M. Jackson, L. Ji, J. Jiang, T. Johannsen, C. Jones, S. Jorstad, J. J. E. Kajava, M. Kalamkar, E. Kalemci, T. Kallman, A. Kamble, F. Kislat, M. Kiss, D. Klochkov, E. Koerding, M. Kolehmainen, K. Koljonen, S. Komossa, A. Kong, S. Korpela, M. Kowalinski, H. Krawczynski, I. Kreykenbohm, M. Kuss, D. Lai, M. Lan, J. Larsson, S. Laycock, D. Lazzati, D. Leahy, H. Li, J. Li, L.-X. Li, T. Li, Z. Li, M. Linares, M. Lister, H. Liu, G. Lodato, A. Lohfink, F. Longo, G. Luna, A. Lutovinov, S. Mahmoodifar, J. Maia, V. Mainieri, C. Maitra, D. Maitra, A. Majczyna, S. Maldera, D. Malyshev, A. Manfreda, A. Manousakis, R. Manuel, R. Margutti, A. Marinucci, S. Markoff, A. Marscher, H. Marshall, F. Massaro, M. McLaughlin, G. Medina-Tanco, M. Mehdipour, M. Middleton, R. Mignani, P. Mimica, T. Mineo, B. Mingo, G. Miniutti, S. M. Mirac, G. Morlino, A. Motlagh, S. Motta, A. Mushtukov, S. Nagataki, F. Nardini, J. Nattila, G. Navarro, B. Negri, Matteo Negro, S. Nenonen, V. Neustroev, F. Nicastro, A. Norton, A. Nucita, P. O’Brien, S. O’Dell, H. Odaka, B. Olmi, N. Omodei, M. Orienti, M. Orlandini, J. Osborne, L. Pacciani, V. Paliya, I. Papadakis, A. Papitto, Z. Paragi, P. Pascal, B. Paul, L. Pavan, A. Pellizzoni, E. Perinati, M. Pesce-Rollins, E. Piconcelli, A. Pili, M. Pilia, M. Pohl, G. Ponti, D. Porquet, A. Possenti, K. Postnov, I. Prandoni, N. Produit, G. Puehlhofer, B. Ramsey, M. Razzano, N. Rea, P. Reig, K. Reinsch, T. Reiprich, M. Reynolds, G. Risaliti, T. Roberts, J. Rodriguez, M. Rossi, S. Rosswog, A. Rozanska, A. Rubini, B. Rudak, D. Russell, F. Ryde, S. Sabatini, G. Sala, M. Salvati, M. Sasaki, T. Savolainen, R. Saxton, S. Scaringi, K. Schawinski, N. Schulz, A. Schwope, P. Severgnini, M. Sharon, A Shaw, A. Shearer, X. Shesheng, I. -C. Shih, K. Silva, R. Silva, E. Silver, A. Smale, F. Spada, G. Spandre, A. Stamerra, B. Stappers, S. Starrfield, L. Stawarz, N. Stergioulas, A. Stevens, H. Stiele, V. Suleimanov, R. Sunyaev, A. Slowikowska, F. Tamborra, F. Tavecchio, R. Taverna, A. Tiengo, L. Tolos, F. Tombesi, J. Tomsick, H. Tong, G. Torok, D. Torres, A. Tortosa, A. Tramacere, V. Trimble, G. Trinchieri, S. Tsygankov, M. Tuerler, S. Turriziani, F. Ursini, P. Uttley, P. Varniere, F. Vincent, E. Vurgun, C. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Watts, J. Wheeler, K. Wiersema, R. Wijnands, J. Wilms, A. Wolter, K. Wood, K. Wu, X. Wu, W. Xiangyu, F. Xie, R. Xu, S.-P. Yan, J. Yang, W. Yu, F. Yuan, A. Zajczyk, D. Zanetti, R. Zanin, C. Zanni, L. Zappacosta, A. Zdziarski, A. Zech, H. Zhang, S. Zhang, W. Zhang, A. Zoghbi

Proceedings Volume 9905, 990515 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233046

KEYWORDS: Physics, Astronomy, Mirrors, Observatories, Modulation, Polarimetry, X-rays, Sensors, Polarization, X-ray optics

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Proceedings Article | 1 August 2016 Paper

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Silicon photomultipliers as readout elements for a Compton Effect polarimeter: the COMPASS project

E. Del Monte, A. Rubini, A. Brandonisio, F. Muleri, P. Soffitta, E. Costa, G. Di Persio, S. Di Cosimo, E. Massaro, A. Morbidini, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, S. Fabiani, D. Michilli, S. Giarrusso, O. Catalano, D. Impiombato, T. Mineo, G. Sottile, S. Billotta

Proceedings Volume 9915, 991528 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232572

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Scintillators, Polarization, Compton scattering, Scattering, Photons, X-rays, Absorption, Electrons, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2016 Paper

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The LOFT mission concept: a status update

M. Feroci, E. Bozzo, S. Brandt, M. Hernanz, M. van der Klis, L.-P. Liu, P. Orleanski, M. Pohl, A. Santangelo, S. Schanne, L. Stella, T. Takahashi, H. Tamura, A. Watts, J. Wilms, S. Zane, S.-N. Zhang, S. Bhattacharyya, I. Agudo, M. Ahangarianabhari, C. Albertus, M. Alford, A. Alpar, D. Altamirano, L. Alvarez, L. Amati, C. Amoros, N. Andersson, A. Antonelli, A. Argan, R. Artigue, B. Artigues, J.-L. Atteia, P. Azzarello, P. Bakala, D. Ballantyne, G. Baldazzi, M. Baldo, S. Balman, M. Barbera, C. van Baren, D. Barret, A. Baykal, M. Begelman, E. Behar, O. Behar, T. Belloni, F. Bernardini, G. Bertuccio, S. Bianchi, A. Bianchini, P. Binko, P. Blay, F. Bocchino, M. Bode, P. Bodin, I. Bombaci, J.-M. Bonnet Bidaud, S. Boutloukos, F. Bouyjou, L. Bradley, J. Braga, M. Briggs, E. Brown, M. Buballa, N. Bucciantini, L. Burderi, M. Burgay, M. Bursa, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, E. Cackett, F. Cadoux, P. Cais, G. Caliandro, R. Campana, S. Campana, X. Cao, F. Capitanio, J. Casares, P. Casella, A. Castro-Tirado, E. Cavazzuti, Y. Cavechi, S. Celestin, P. Cerda-Duran, D. Chakrabarty, N. Chamel, F. Château, C. Chen, Y. Chen, J. Chenevez, M. Chernyakova, J. Coker, R. Cole, A. Collura, M. Coriat, R. Cornelisse, L. Costamante, A. Cros, W. Cui, A. Cumming, G. Cusumano, B. Czerny, A. D'Aì, F. D'Ammando, V. D'Elia, Z. Dai, E. Del Monte, A. De Luca, D. De Martino, J. P. C. Dercksen, M. De Pasquale, A. De Rosa, M. Del Santo, S. Di Cosimo, N. Degenaar, J. W. den Herder, S. Diebold, T. Di Salvo, Y. Dong, I. Donnarumma, V. Doroshenko, G. Doyle, S. Drake, M. Durant, D. Emmanoulopoulos, T. Enoto, M. H. Erkut, P. Esposito, Y. Evangelista, A. Fabian, M. Falanga, Y. Favre, C. Feldman, R. Fender, H. Feng, V. Ferrari, C. Ferrigno, M. Finger, G. Fraser, M. Frericks, M. Fullekrug, F. Fuschino, M. Gabler, D. K. Galloway, J. L. Gálvez Sanchez, P. Gandhi, Z. Gao, E. Garcia-Berro, B. Gendre, O. Gevin, S. Gezari, A. B. Giles, M. Gilfanov, P. Giommi, G. Giovannini, M. Giroletti, E. Gogus, A. Goldwurm, K. Goluchová, D. Götz, L. Gou, C. Gouiffes, P. Grandi, M. Grassi, J. Greiner, V. Grinberg, P. Groot, M. Gschwender, L. Gualtieri, M. Guedel, C. Guidorzi, L. Guy, D. Haas, P. Haensel, M. Hailey, K. Hamuguchi, F. Hansen, D. Hartmann, C. A. Haswell, K. Hebeler, A. Heger, M. Hempel, W. Hermsen, J. Homan, A. Hornstrup, R. Hudec, J. Huovelin, D. Huppenkothen, S. Inam, A. Ingram, J. In't Zand, G. Israel, K. Iwasawa, L. Izzo, H. Jacobs, F. Jetter, T. Johannsen, P. Jenke, P. Jonker, J. Josè, P. Kaaret, K. Kalamkar, E. Kalemci, G. Kanbach, V. Karas, D. Karelin, D. Kataria, L. Keek, T. Kennedy, D. Klochkov, W. Kluzniak, E. Koerding, K. Kokkotas, S. Komossa, S. Korpela, C. Kouveliotou, A. Kowalski, I. Kreykenbohm, L. Kuiper, D. Kunneriath, A. Kurkela, I. Kuvvetli, F. La Franca, C. Labanti, D. Lai, F. Lamb, C. Lachaud, P. Laubert, F. Lebrun, X. Li, E. Liang, O. Limousin, D. Lin, M. Linares, D. Linder, G. Lodato, F. Longo, F. Lu, N. Lund, T. Maccarone, D. Macera, S. Maestre, S. Mahmoodifar, D. Maier, P. Malcovati, J. Malzac, C. Malone, I. Mandel, V. Mangano, A. Manousakis, M. Marelli, J. Margueron, M. Marisaldi, S. Markoff, A. Markowitz, A. Marinucci, A. Martindale, G. Martínez, I. McHardy, G. Medina-Tanco, M. Mehdipour, A. Melatos, M. Mendez, S. Mereghetti, S. Migliari, R. Mignani, M. Michalska, T. Mihara, M. C. Miller, J. M. Miller, T. Mineo, G. Miniutti, S. Morsink, C. Motch, S. Motta, M. Mouchet, G. Mouret, J. Mulačová, F. Muleri, T. Muñoz-Darias, I. Negueruela, J. Neilsen, T. Neubert, A. Norton, M. Nowak, A. Nucita, P. O'Brien, M. Oertel, P. E. H. Olsen, M. Orienti, M. Orio, M. Orlandini, J. Osborne, R. Osten, F. Ozel, L. Pacciani, F. Paerels, S. Paltani, M. Paolillo, I. Papadakis, A. Papitto, Z. Paragi, J. Paredes, A. Patruno, B. Paul, F. Pederiva, E. Perinati, A. Pellizzoni, A. V. Penacchioni, U. Peretz, M. Perez, M. Perez-Torres, B. Peterson, V. Petracek, C. Pittori, J. Pons, J. Portell, A. Possenti, K. Postnov, J. Poutanen, M. Prakash, I. Prandoni, H. Le Provost, D. Psaltis, J. Pye, J. Qu, D. Rambaud, P. Ramon, G. Ramsay, M. Rapisarda, A. Rashevski, I. Rashevskaya, P. Ray, N. Rea, S. Reddy, P. Reig, M. Reina Aranda, R. Remillard, C. Reynolds, L. Rezzolla, M. Ribo, R. de la Rie, A. Riggio, A. Rios, D. Rischke, P. Rodríguez-Gil, J. Rodriguez, R. Rohlfs, P. Romano, E. M. Rossi, A. Rozanska, A. Rousseau, B. Rudak, D. Russell, F. Ryde, L. Sabau-Graziati, T. Sakamoto, G. Sala, R. Salvaterra, D. Salvetti, A. Sanna, J. Sandberg, T. Savolainen, S. Scaringi, J. Schaffner-Bielich, H. Schatz, J. Schee, C. Schmid, M. Serino, N. Shakura, S. Shore, J. Schnittman, R. Schneider, A. Schwenk, A. Schwope, A. Sedrakian, J.-Y. Seyler, A. Shearer, A. Slowikowska, M. Sims, A. Smith, D. Smith, P. Smith, M. Sobolewska, V. Sochora, P. Soffitta, P. Soleri, L. Song, A. Spencer, A. Stamerra, B. Stappers, R. Staubert, A. Steiner, N. Stergioulas, A. Stevens, G. Stratta, T. Strohmayer, Z. Stuchlik, S. Suchy, V. Suleimanov, F. Tamburini, T. Tauris, F. Tavecchio, C. Tenzer, F. Thielemann, A. Tiengo, L. Tolos, F. Tombesi, J. Tomsick, G. Torok, J. M. Torrejon, D. F. Torres, E. Torresi, A. Tramacere, I. Traulsen, A. Trois, R. Turolla, S. Turriziani, S. Typel, P. Uter, P. Uttley, A. Vacchi, P. Varniere, S. Vaughan, S. Vercellone, M. Vietri, F. Vincent, V. Vrba, D. Walton, J. Wang, Z. Wang, S. Watanabe, R. Wawrzaszek, N. Webb, N. Weinberg, H. Wende, P. Wheatley, R. Wijers, R. Wijnands, M. Wille, C. Wilson-Hodge, B. Winter, S. Walk, K. Wood, S. Woosley, X. Wu, R. Xu, W. Yu, F. Yuan, W. Yuan, Y. Yuan, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, L. Zampieri, L. Zdunik, A. Zdziarski, A. Zech, B. Zhang, C. Zhang, S. Zhang, M. Zingale, F. Zwart

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99051R (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233161

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Stars, Sensors, Observatories, Physics, Astronomy, Cameras, Roads, Collimators, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2014 Paper

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The Large Observatory for x-ray timing

M. Feroci, J. W. den Herder, E. Bozzo, D. Barret, S. Brandt, M. Hernanz, M. van der Klis, M. Pohl, A. Santangelo, L. Stella, A. Watts, J. Wilms, S. Zane, M. Ahangarianabhari, C. Albertus, M. Alford, A. Alpar, D. Altamirano, L. Alvarez, L. Amati, C. Amoros, N. Andersson, A. Antonelli, A. Argan, R. Artigue, B. Artigues, J.-L. Atteia, P. Azzarello, P. Bakala, G. Baldazzi, S. Balman, M. Barbera, C. van Baren, S. Bhattacharyya, A. Baykal, T. Belloni, F. Bernardini, G. Bertuccio, S. Bianchi, A. Bianchini, P. Binko, P. Blay, F. Bocchino, P. Bodin, I. Bombaci, J.-M. Bonnet Bidaud, S. Boutloukos, L. Bradley, J. Braga, E. Brown, N. Bucciantini, L. Burderi, M. Burgay, M. Bursa, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, E. Cackett, F. Cadoux, P. Caïs, G. Caliandro, R. Campana, S. Campana, F. Capitanio, J. Casares, P. Casella, A. Castro-Tirado, E. Cavazzuti, P. Cerda-Duran, D. Chakrabarty, F. Château, J. Chenevez, J. Coker, R. Cole, A. Collura, R. Cornelisse, T. Courvoisier, A. Cros, A. Cumming, G. Cusumano, A. D'Ai, V. D'Elia, E. Del Monte, A. de Luca, D. de Martino, J. P. C. Dercksen, M. de Pasquale, A. De Rosa, M. Del Santo, S. Di Cosimo, S. Diebold, T. Di Salvo, I. Donnarumma, A. Drago, M. Durant, D. Emmanoulopoulos, M. H. Erkut, P. Esposito, Y. Evangelista, A. Fabian, M. Falanga, Y. Favre, C. Feldman, V. Ferrari, C. Ferrigno, M. Finger, G. Fraser, M. Frericks, F. Fuschino, M. Gabler, D. K. Galloway, J. L. Galvez Sanchez, E. Garcia-Berro, B. Gendre, S. Gezari, A. B. Giles, M. Gilfanov, P. Giommi, G. Giovannini, M. Giroletti, E. Gogus, A. Goldwurm, K. Goluchová, D. Götz, C. Gouiffes, M. Grassi, P. Groot, M. Gschwender, L. Gualtieri, C. Guidorzi, L. Guy, D. Haas, P. Haensel, M. Hailey, F. Hansen, D. Hartmann, C. A. Haswell, K. Hebeler, A. Heger, W. Hermsen, J. Homan, A. Hornstrup, R. Hudec, J. Huovelin, A. Ingram, J. In't Zand, G. Israel, K. Iwasawa, L. Izzo, H. Jacobs, F. Jetter, T. Johannsen, P. Jonker, J. Josè, P. Kaaret, G. Kanbach, V. Karas, D. Karelin, D. Kataria, L. Keek, T. Kennedy, D. Klochkov, W. Kluzniak, K. Kokkotas, S. Korpela, C. Kouveliotou, I. Kreykenbohm, L. Kuiper, I. Kuvvetli, C. Labanti, D. Lai, F. Lamb, P. Laubert, F. Lebrun, D. Lin, D. Linder, G. Lodato, F. Longo, N. Lund, T. J. Maccarone, D. Macera, S. Maestre, S. Mahmoodifar, D. Maier, P. Malcovati, I. Mandel, V. Mangano, A. Manousakis, M. Marisaldi, A. Markowitz, A. Martindale, G. Matt, I. McHardy, A. Melatos, M. Mendez, S. Mereghetti, M. Michalska, S. Migliari, R. Mignani, M. C. Miller, J. M. Miller, T. Mineo, G. Miniutti, S. Morsink, C. Motch, S. Motta, M. Mouchet, G. Mouret, J. Mulačová, F. Muleri, T. Muñoz-Darias, I. Negueruela, J. Neilsen, A. Norton, M. Nowak, P. O'Brien, P. E. H. Olsen, M. Orienti, M. Orio, M. Orlandini, P. Orleański, J. Osborne, R. Osten, F. Ozel, L. Pacciani, M. Paolillo, A. Papitto, J. Paredes, A. Patruno, B. Paul, E. Perinati, A. Pellizzoni, A. V. Penacchioni, M. A. Perez, V. Petracek, C. Pittori, J. Pons, J. Portell, A. Possenti, J. Poutanen, M. Prakash, P. Le Provost, D. Psaltis, D. Rambaud, P. Ramon, G. Ramsay, M. Rapisarda, A. Rachevski, I. Rashevskaya, P. Ray, N. Rea, S. Reddy, P. Reig, M. Reina Aranda, R. Remillard, C. Reynolds, L. Rezzolla, M. Ribo, R. de la Rie, A. Riggio, A. Rios, P. Rodríguez-Gil, J. Rodriguez, R. Rohlfs, P. Romano, E. M. R. Rossi, A. Rozanska, A. Rousseau, F. Ryde, L. Sabau-Graziati, G. Sala, R. Salvaterra, A. Sanna, J. Sandberg, S. Scaringi, S. Schanne, J. Schee, C. Schmid, S. Shore, R. Schneider, A. Schwenk, A. Schwope, J.-Y. Seyler, A. Shearer, A. Smith, D. Smith, P. Smith, V. Sochora, P. Soffitta, P. Soleri, A. Spencer, B. Stappers, A. Steiner, N. Stergioulas, G. Stratta, T. Strohmayer, Z. Stuchlik, S. Suchy, V. Sulemainov, T. Takahashi, F. Tamburini, T. Tauris, C. Tenzer, L. Tolos, F. Tombesi, J. Tomsick, G. Torok, J. M. Torrejon, D. F. Torres, A. Tramacere, A. Trois, R. Turolla, S. Turriziani, P. Uter, P. Uttley, A. Vacchi, P. Varniere, S. Vaughan, S. Vercellone, V. Vrba, D. Walton, S. Watanabe, R. Wawrzaszek, N. Webb, N. Weinberg, H. Wende, P. Wheatley, R. Wijers, R. Wijnands, M. Wille, C. Wilson-Hodge, B. Winter, K. Wood, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, L. Zampieri, L. Zdunik, A. Zdziarski, B. Zhang, F. Zwart, M. Ayre, T. Boenke, C. Corral van Damme, Erik Kuulkers, D. Lumb

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91442T (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055913

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Collimators, Physics, Spectral resolution, Stars, Observatories, Astronomy, Space operations, Gamma radiation

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

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Optimisation of the design for the LOFT large area detector module

D. Walton, B. Winter, S. Zane, T. Kennedy, J. Coker, M. Feroci, J.-W. Den Herder, A. Argan, P. Azzarello, D. Barret, L. Bradley, F. Cadoux, A. Cros, Y. Evangelista, Y. Favre, G. Fraser, M. Hailey, T. Hunt, A. Martindale, F. Muleri, L. Pacciani, M. Pohl, P. Smith, A. Santangelo, S. Suchy, C. Tenzer, G. Zampa, N. Zampa

Proceedings Volume 9144, 914462 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056682

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Collimators, Electronics, X-rays, Aluminum, Titanium, Sun, Manufacturing, Optical filters, Thermal modeling

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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The large area detector of LOFT: the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing

S. Zane, D. Walton, T. Kennedy, M. Feroci, J.-W Den Herder, M. Ahangarianabhari, A. Argan, P. Azzarello, G. Baldazzi, M. Barbera, D. Barret, G. Bertuccio, P. Bodin, E. Bozzo, L. Bradley, F. Cadoux, P Cais, R. Campana, J. Coker, A. Cros, E. Del Monte, A. De Rosa, S. Di Cosimo, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, Y. Favre, C. Feldman, G. Fraser, F. Fuschino, M. Grassi, M. Hailey, R. Hudec, C. Labanti, P. Malcovati, D. Macera, M. Marisaldi, A. Martindale, T. Mineo, F. Muleri, M. Nowak, M. Orlandini, L. Pacciani, E. Perinati, V. Petracek, M. Pohl, A. Rachevski, P. Smith, A. Santangelo, J.-Y. Seyler, C. Schmid, P. Soffitta, S. Suchy, C. Tenzer, P. Uttley, A. Vacchi, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, J. Wilms, B. Winter

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91442W (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054654

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Collimators, Calibration, X-rays, Electronics, Connectors, Field programmable gate arrays, X-ray detectors, Silicon, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2012 Paper

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On-ground calibration of AGILE-GRID with a photon beam: results and lessons for the future

P. Cattaneo, A. Rappoldi, A. Argan, B. Buonomo, A. Bulgarelli, A. Chen, F. D'Ammando, L. Foggetta, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, A. Giuliani, F. Longo, M. Marisaldi, G. Mazzitelli, A. Pellizzoni, M. Prest, G. Pucella, L. Quintieri, M. Tavani, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, P. Valente, E. Vallazza, S. Vercellone, G. Barbiellini, P. Caraveo, E. Costa, G. De Paris, E. Del Monte, G. Di Cocco, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, A. Ferrari, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, M. Giusti, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, F. Lucarelli, S. Mereghetti, E. Morelli, E. Moretti, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, F. Perotti, G. Piano, P. Picozza, M. Pilia, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, S. Sabatini, P. Soffitta, E. Striani, V. Vittorini, D. Zanello, S. Colafrancesco, P. Giommi, C. Pittori, P. Santolamazza, F. Verrecchia, L. Salotti

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84434D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926445

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Calibration, Sensors, Target detection, Spectroscopy, Silicon, Optical simulations, Magnetic sensors, Photonics systems, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

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LOFT: the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing

M. Feroci, J. den Herder, E. Bozzo, D. Barret, S. Brandt, M. Hernanz, M. van der Klis, M. Pohl, A. Santangelo, L. Stella, A. Watts, J. Wilms, S. Zane, M. Ahangarianabhari, A. Alpar, D. Altamirano, L. Alvarez, L. Amati, C. Amoros, N. Andersson, A. Antonelli, A. Argan, R. Artigue, P. Azzarello, G. Baldazzi, S. Balman, M. Barbera, T. Belloni, G. Bertuccio, S. Bianchi, A. Bianchini, P. Bodin, J.-M. Bonnet Bidaud, S. Boutloukos, J. Braga, E. Brown, N. Bucciantini, L. Burderi, M. Bursa, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, E. Cackett, F. Cadoux, P. Cais, G. Caliandro, R. Campana, S. Campana, P. Casella, D. Chakrabarty, J. Chenevez, J. Coker, R. Cole, A. Collura, T. Courvoisier, A. Cros, A. Cumming, G. Cusumano, A. D'Ai, V. D'Elia, E. Del Monte, D. de Martino, A. De Rosa, S. Di Cosimo, S. Diebold, T. Di Salvo, I. Donnarumma, A. Drago, M. Durant, D. Emmanoulopoulos, Y. Evangelista, A. Fabian, M. Falanga, Y. Favre, C. Feldman, C. Ferrigno, M. Finger, G. Fraser, F. Fuschino, D. Galloway, J. Galvez Sanchez, E. Garcia-Berro, B. Gendre, S. Gezari, A. Giles, M. Gilfanov, P. Giommi, G. Giovannini, M. Giroletti, A. Goldwurm, D. Götz, C. Gouiffes, M. Grassi, P. Groot, C. Guidorzi, D. Haas, F. Hansen, D. Hartmann, C. A. Haswell, A. Heger, J. Homan, A. Hornstrup, R. Hudec, J. Huovelin, A. Ingram, J. J. In't Zand, J. Isern, G. Israel, L. Izzo, P. Jonker, P. Kaaret, V. Karas, D. Karelin, D. Kataria, L. Keek, T. Kennedy, D. Klochkov, W. Kluzniak, K. Kokkotas, S. Korpela, C. Kouveliotou, I. Kreykenbohm, L. Kuiper, I. Kuvvetli, C. Labanti, D. Lai, F. Lamb, F. Lebrun, D. Lin, D. Linder, G. Lodato, F. Longo, N. Lund, T. Maccarone, D. Macera, D. Maier, P. Malcovati, V. Mangano, A. Manousakis, M. Marisaldi, A. Markowitz, A. Martindale, G. Matt, I. McHardy, A. Melatos, M. Mendez, S. Migliari, R. Mignani, M. Miller, J. Miller, T. Mineo, G. Miniutti, S. Morsink, C. Motch, S. Motta, M. Mouchet, F. Muleri, A. Norton, M. Nowak, P. O'Brien, M. Orienti, M. Orio, M. Orlandini, P. Orleanski, J. Osborne, R. Osten, F. Ozel, L. Pacciani, A. Papitto, B. Paul, E. Perinati, V. Petracek, J. Portell, J. Poutanen, D. Psaltis, D. Rambaud, G. Ramsay, M. Rapisarda, A. Rachevski, P. Ray, N. Rea, S. Reddy, P. Reig, M. Reina Aranda, R. Remillard, C. Reynolds, P. Rodríguez-Gil, J. Rodriguez, P. Romano, E. M. Rossi, F. Ryde, L. Sabau-Graziati, G. Sala, R. Salvaterra, A. Sanna, S. Schanne, J. Schee, C. Schmid, A. Schwenk, A. Schwope, J.-Y. Seyler, A. Shearer, A. Smith, D. Smith, P. Smith, V. Sochora, P. Soffitta, P. Soleri, B. Stappers, B. Steltzer, N. Stergioulas, G. Stratta, T. Strohmayer, Z. Stuchlik, S. Suchy, V. Sulemainov, T. Takahashi, F. Tamburini, C. Tenzer, L. Tolos, G. Torok, J. Torrejon, D. Torres, A. Tramacere, A. Trois, S. Turriziani, P. Uter, P. Uttley, A. Vacchi, P. Varniere, S. Vaughan, S. Vercellone, V. Vrba, D. Walton, S. Watanabe, R. Wawrzaszek, N. Webb, N. Weinberg, H. Wende, P. Wheatley, R. Wijers, R. Wijnands, M. Wille, C. Wilson-Hodge, B. Winter, K. Wood, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, L. Zampieri, A. Zdziarski, B. Zhang

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84432D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926310

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Collimators, Observatories, Physics, Astronomy, Photons, Spatial resolution, Gamma radiation, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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Simulations of the x-ray imaging capabilities of the silicon drift detectors (SDD) for the LOFT wide-field monitor

Y. Evangelista, R. Campana, E. Del Monte, I. Donnarumma, M. Feroci, F. Muleri, L. Pacciani, P. Soffitta, A. Rachevski, A. Vacchi, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, S. Suchy , S. Brandt, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, M. Hernanz

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84435P (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926000

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Monte Carlo methods, Spatial resolution, Clouds, X-ray imaging, Electrons, Absorption, Electronics, X-rays

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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Calibration strategies for the LAD instrument on-board LOFT

Luigi Pacciani, Paolo Soffitta, Andrea Argan, Didier Barret, Enrico Bozzo, Marco Feroci, George Fraser, Jan-Willem den Herder, Martin Pohl, Christian Schmid, Chris Tenzer, Andrea Vacchi, Dave Walton, Gianluigi Zampa, Silvia Zane

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84435N (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926628

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, X-rays, X-ray sources, Iron, X-ray detectors, Stars, Collimators, Crystals, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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Calibration of AGILE-GRID with in-flight data and Monte Carlo simulations

Andrew Chen, A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli, P. Cattaneo, A. Giuliani, C. Pittori, G. Pucella, M. Tavani, A. Trois, G. Barbiellini, P. Caraveo, S. Colafrancesco, E. Costa, G. De Paris, E. Del Monte, G. Di Cocco, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, A. Ferrari, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, P. Giommi, M. Giusti, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, F. Longo, F. Lucarelli, M. Marisaldi, S. Mereghetti, E. Morelli, E. Moretti, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, G. Piano, P. Picozza, M. Pilia, M. Prest, M. Rapisarda, A. Rappoldi, A. Rubini, S. Sabatini, P. Santolamazza, P. Soffitta, E. Striani, M. Trifoglio, L. Salotti, E. Vallazza, S. Vercellone, F. Verrecchia, V. Vittorini, D. Zanello

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84434E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926195

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Point spread functions, Dispersion, Calibration, Matrices, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Sensors, Photon transport, Particles

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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A large area detector proposed for the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT)

S. Zane, D. Walton, T. Kennedy, M. Feroci, J.-W. Den Herder, M. Ahangarianabhari, A. Argan, P. Azzarello, G. Baldazzi, D. Barret, G. Bertuccio, P. Bodin, E. Bozzo, F Cadoux, P. Cais, R. Campana, J. Coker, A. Cros, E. Del Monte, Alessandra De Rosa, S. Di Cosimo, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, Y. Favre, C. Feldman, G. Fraser, F. Fuschino, M. Grassi, M. Hailey, R. Hudec, C. Labanti, D. Macera, P. Malcovati, M. Marisaldi, A. Martindale, T. Mineo, F. Muleri, M. Nowak, M. Orlandini, L. Pacciani, E. Perinati, V. Petracek, M. Pohl, A. Rachevski, P. Smith, A. Santangelo, J.-Y. Seyler, C. Schmid, P. Soffitta, S. Suchy, C. Tenzer, P. Uttley, A. Vacchi, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, J. Wilms, B. Winter

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84432F (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925156

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Collimators, Electronics, X-ray detectors, Microchannel plates, Silicon, Aluminum, Stars, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

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Concept for an innovative wide-field camera for x-ray astronomy

R. Campana, M. Feroci, A. Vacchi, C. Labanti, G. Zampa, E. Del Monte, Y. Evangelista, F. Muleri, L. Pacciani, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, E. Costa, I. Donnarumma, F. Lazzarotto, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, M. Rapisarda, F. Fuschino, M. Marisaldi, V. Bonvicini, A. Rashevsky, N. Zampa, F. Perotti, L. Amati, F. Frontera, L. A. Antonelli, F. Fiore, G. L. Israel, F. Nicastro, M. Orlandini, G. Baldazzi, L. Picolli, M. Grassi, P. Malcovati

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77324L (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857254

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Silicon, X-ray astronomy, Spatial resolution, X-ray detectors, Spectroscopy, Gamma radiation, Cameras, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

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X-ray imaging and spectroscopy performance of a large area silicon drift chamber for wide-field x-ray astronomy applications

Gianluigi Zampa, Andrea Vacchi, Marco Feroci, Claudio Labanti, Valter Bonvicini, Alexander Rashevsky, Nicola Zampa, Riccardo Campana, Ettore Del Monte, Yuri Evangelista, Fabio Muleri, Luigi Pacciani, Alda Rubini, Paolo Soffitta, Enrico Costa, Immacolata Donnarumma, Francesco Lazzarotto, Marcello Mastropietro, Ennio Morelli, Massimo Rapisarda, Fabio Fuschino, Martino Marisaldi, Giuseppe Baldazzi, Luca Picolli, Marco Grassi, Piero Malcovati

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77324M (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857292

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Imaging spectroscopy, Silicon, X-ray detectors, Spectroscopy, Spatial resolution, Monte Carlo methods, X-ray astronomy, X-ray imaging

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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LOFT: a large observatory for x-ray timing

M. Feroci, L. Stella, A. Vacchi, C. Labanti, M. Rapisarda, P. Attinà, T. Belloni, R. Campana, S. Campana, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, G. L. Israel, F. Muleri, P. Porta, A. Rashevsky, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, G. Baldazzi, G. Bertuccio, V. Bonvicini, E. Bozzo, L. Burderi, A. Corongiu, S. Covino, S. Dall'Osso, D. de Martino, S. Di Cosimo, G. Di Persio, T. Di Salvo, F. Fuschino, M. Grassi, F. Lazzarotto, P. Malcovati, M. Marisaldi, M. Mastropietro, S. Mereghetti, E. Morelli, M. Orio, A. Pellizzoni, L. Pacciani, A. Papitto, L. Picolli, A. Possenti, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, R. Turolla, L. Zampieri

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77321V (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857337

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Stars, Silicon, Satellites, Spatial resolution, Diagnostics, Collimators, Observatories, Imaging spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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Rolling and tumbling: status of the SuperAGILE experiment

E. Del Monte, E. Costa, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, M. Tavani, A. Argan, A. Trois

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773230 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858064

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Hard x-rays, Gamma radiation, Sensors, Silicon, Satellite imaging, X-rays, Photons, Point spread functions, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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SuperAGILE: one year after launch

M. Feroci, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Frutti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, E. Morelli, M. Mastropietro, L. Pacciani, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, A. Argan, A. Trois, M. Tavani

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70111O (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789120

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Sensors, Calibration, Satellites, X-rays, Spatial resolution, Hard x-rays, Data processing, Light, Binary data

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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Calibrating and optimizing the imaging of the SuperAGILE experiment

Y. Evangelista, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, M. Feroci, M. Frutti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, A. Argan, A. Trois, A. Lo Bue, P. Rossi, L. Semeraro, M. Tavani

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70113B (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789421

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Signal to noise ratio, Satellites, Optical alignment, Satellite imaging, Spatial resolution, Silicon, Point spread functions, Alignment procedures

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Proceedings Article | 26 October 2007 Paper

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SuperAGILE ground calibrations and first in orbit observations

L. Pacciani, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, F. Lazzarotto, I. Lapshov, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli, F. Gianotti, A. Lo Bue, A. Morbidini, P. Rossi, L. Semeraro, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois

Proceedings Volume 6686, 668616 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734550

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Spatial resolution, Analog electronics, Satellites, Imaging systems, Hard x-rays, Silicon, Resistors, X-rays

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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SuperAGILE at launch

P. Soffitta, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, M. Frutti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, G. Porrovecchio, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, G. Sabatino, Olga Uberti, A. Argan, M. Tavani

Proceedings Volume 6266, 626631 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671652

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Gamma radiation, X-rays, Photons, Image sensors, X-ray detectors, Electronics, Imaging systems, X-ray imaging

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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The on-ground calibrations of SuperAGILE: I. X-ray pencil beam

Y. Evangelista, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, M. Feroci, M. Frutti, A. Generosi, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, G. Porrovecchio, M. Rapisarda, V. Rossi-Albertini, A. Rubini, G. Sabatino, P. Soffitta

Proceedings Volume 6266, 626635 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671711

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, X-rays, Point spread functions, X-ray detectors, Collimators, Silicon, Electronics, Photons, Tungsten

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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An x-ray polarimeter for hard x-ray optics

Fabio Muleri, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Enrico Costa, Paolo Soffitta, Francesco Lazzarotto, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, Alda Rubini, Ennio Morelli, Luca Baldini, Francesco Bitti, Alessandro Brez, Francesco Cavalca, Luca Latronico, Marco Maria Massai, Nicola Omodei, Michele Pinchera, Carmelo Sgró, Gloria Spandre, Giorgio Matt, Giuseppe Cesare Perola, Oberto Citterio, Giovanni Pareschi, Vincenzo Cotroneo, Daniele Spiga, Rodolfo Canestrari

Proceedings Volume 6266, 62662X (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671975

KEYWORDS: Polarization, X-rays, Argon, Neon, Polarimetry, Hard x-rays, Modulation, X-ray optics, Absorption, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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The on-ground calibrations of SuperAGILE: II. Finite distance radioactive sources

I. Donnarumma, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, M. Frutti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, A. Lo Bue, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, G. Porrovecchio, M. Rapisarda, P. Rossi, A. Rubini, G. Sabatino, P. Soffitta

Proceedings Volume 6266, 626636 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671719

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Cadmium, Point spread functions, Cesium, Monte Carlo methods, Photons, Deconvolution, Image sensors, Convolution

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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ASPEX: a prêt-à-porter all sky monitor

M. Feroci, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, M. Marisaldi, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta

Proceedings Volume 6266, 626634 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671691

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, X-rays, Spatial resolution, Gamma radiation, Imaging systems, Photons, Scintillators, Electronics, Capacitance

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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The AGILE mission and its scientific instrument

M. Tavani, G. Barbiellini, A. Argan, M. Basset, F. Boffelli, A. Bulgarelli, P. Caraveo, A. Chen, E. Costa, G. De Paris, E. Del Monte, G. Di Cocco, I. Donnarumma, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, L. Foggetta, T. Froysland, M. Frutti, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, A. Giuliani, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, F. Liello, P. Lipari, F. Longo, M. Marisaldi, M. Mastropietro, E. Mattaini, F. Mauri, S. Mereghetti, E. Morelli, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, P. Picozza, C. Pittori, C. Pontoni, G. Porrovecchio, M. Prest, G. Pucella, M. Rapisarda, E. Rossi, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, A. Traci, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, E. Vallazza, S. Vercellone, A. Zambra, D. Zanello

Proceedings Volume 6266, 626603 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673207

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Sensors, Hard x-rays, Imaging systems, Satellites, Spatial resolution, Silicon, Particles, Space operations, Analog electronics

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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A photoelectric polarimeter for XEUS: a new window in x-ray sky

Ronaldo Bellazzini, Luca Baldini, Francesco Bitti, Alessandro Brez, Francesco Cavalca, Luca Latronico, Marco Maria Massai, Nicola Omodei, Michele Pinchera, Carmelo Sgró, Gloria Spandre, Enrico Costa, Paolo Soffitta, Giuseppe Di Persio, Marco Feroci, Fabio Muleri, Luigi Pacciani, Alda Rubini, Ennio Morelli, Giorgio Matt, Giuseppe Cesare Perola

Proceedings Volume 6266, 62663Z (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671693

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Polarization, X-rays, Sensors, X-ray astronomy, Space telescopes, Photons, Scattering, Magnetism, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 13 June 2006 Paper

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POLARIX: a small mission of x-ray polarimetry

Enrico Costa, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Paolo Soffitta, Fabio Muleri, Marco Feroci, Massimo Frutti, Marcello Mastropietro, Luigi Pacciani, Alda Rubini, Ennio Morelli, Luca Baldini, Francesco Bitti, Alessandro Brez, Francesco Cavalca, Luca Latronico, Marco Maria Massai, Nicola Omodei, Michele Pinchera, Carmelo Sgró, Gloria Spandre, Giorgio Matt, Giuseppe Cesare Perola, Guido Chincarini, Oberto Citterio, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Giovanni Pareschi, Vincenzo Cotroneo

Proceedings Volume 6266, 62660R (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672951

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Telescopes, Polarization, X-rays, Space telescopes, Sensors, Photons, Scattering, Modulation, X-ray telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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Instrumentation for ground test of SuperAgile detectors and front-end electronics

Luigi Pacciani, Geiland Porrovecchio, Lidia Barbanera, Enrico Costa, Ettore Del Monte, Giuseppe Di Persio, Immacolata Donnarumma, Marco Feroci, F. Lazarotto, Olga Uberti, Alda Rubini, Paolo Soffitta, Andrea Bulgarelli, Fulvio Gianotti, Ennio Morelli, Massimo Trifoglio, Marcello Mastropietro

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.557896

KEYWORDS: Electronics, Data acquisition, Analog electronics, Calibration, Logic, Software development, X-rays, Clocks, Sensors, Data archive systems

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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The engineering model of the SuperAGILE experiment

Marco Feroci, Enrico Costa, Lidia Barbanera, Ettore Del Monte, Giuseppe Di Persio, Immacolata Donnarumma, Massimo Frutti, Igor Lapshov, Francesco Lazzarotto, Marcello Mastropietro, Ennio Morelli, Luigi Pacciani, G. Porrovecchio, B. Preger, Massimo Rapisarda, Alda Rubini, Paolo Soffitta, G. Sabatino

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.557840

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Scanning electron microscopy, Calibration, Silicon, Collimators, Analog electronics, Photons, Gamma radiation, Prototyping, Carbon

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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Laboratory tests and scientific performances of the XAA1.2 front-end chip for space applications

Ettore Del Monte, Enrico Costa, Giuseppe Di Persio, Marco Feroci, Marcello Mastropietro, Ennio Morelli, Luigi Pacciani, Geiland Porrovecchio, Alda Rubini, Paolo Soffitta

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.557843

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Temperature metrology, Ions, Pulse generators, Power supplies, Capacitance, Interference (communication), Magnesium, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

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The AGILE instrument

Marco Tavani, Guido Barbiellini, A. Argan, Natalia Auricchio, Alberto Bernabeo, A. Bulgarelli, Patricia Caraveo, Enrico Celesti, A. Chen, Valter Cocco, Enrico Costa, Ettore Del Monte, G. De Paris, Guido Di Cocco, Giulio Fedel, Marco Feroci, Mauro Fiorini, T. Froysland, Marcello Galli, Fulvio Gianotti, A. Giuliani, Claudio Labanti, Igor Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, Francesco Longo, Marcello Mastropietro, E. Mattaini, A. Mauri, Sandro Mereghetti, Ennio Morelli, Aldo Morselli, Luigi Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, Francesco Perotti, Piergiorgio Picozza, C. Pittori, C. Pontoni, G. Porrovecchio, B. Preger, Michela Prest, Massimo Rapisarda, Elio Rossi, Alda Rubini, E. Sant' Ambrogio, Paolo Soffitta, L. Soli, Alessandro Traci, Massimo Trifoglio, Erik Vallazza, Stefano Vercellone, A. Zambra, D. Zanello

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461312

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Gamma radiation, Spatial resolution, Gamma ray imaging, Image sensors, Tungsten, Imaging systems, Electronics, Particles

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

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Radiation damage studies XAA1.2 ASIC chop for the SuperAGILE experiment onboard AGILE

Ettore Del Monte, Enrico Costa, Giuseppe Di Persio, Marco Feroci, Marcello Mastropietro, E. Morelli, Luigi Pacciani, G. Porrovecchio, Massimo Rapisarda, Alda Rubini, Paolo Soffitta, D. Bisello, Andrea Candelori, Alexander Kaminski, Jeff Wyss

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479579

KEYWORDS: Ions, Silicon, Sensors, Electronics, Space operations, Particles, Magnesium, Nickel, Diodes, Power supplies

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2003 Paper

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Sensitivity of a photoelectric x-ray polarimeter for astronomy: the impact of gas mixture and pressure

Luigi Pacciani, Enrico Costa, Giuseppe Di Persio, Marco Feroci, Paolo Soffitta, Luca Baldini, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Alessandro Brez, Nicolas Lumb, Gloria Spandre

Proceedings Volume 4843, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459275

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Modulation, Electrons, X-rays, Sensors, Diffusion, Monte Carlo methods, X-ray astronomy, Polarization, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2003 Paper

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Novel gaseous x-ray polarimeter: data analysis and simulation

Ronaldo Bellazzini, F. Angelini, Luca Baldini, Alessandro Brez, Enrico Costa, Giuseppe Di Persio, Luca Latronico, M. Massai, Nicola Omodei, Luigi Pacciani, Paolo Soffitta, Gloria Spandre

Proceedings Volume 4843, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459381

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Absorption, Modulation, Sensors, Polarimetry, X-rays, Scattering, Reconstruction algorithms, Data analysis, Ionization

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2003 Paper

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Micropattern gas detector for x-ray polarimetry

Ronaldo Bellazzini, F. Angelini, Luca Baldini, Alessandro Brez, Enrico Costa, Giuseppe Di Persio, Luca Latronico, M. Massai, Nicola Omodei, Luigi Pacciani, Paolo Soffitta, Gloria Spandre

Proceedings Volume 4843, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459380

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Sensors, X-rays, Polarization, Modulation, Electrons, Photons, X-ray detectors, X-ray astronomy, X-ray optics

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