The Geant4 mass model of the ATHENA Silicon Pore Optics and its effect on soft proton scattering
The Geant4 mass model of the ATHENA Silicon Pore Optics and its effect on soft proton scattering
Given the unprecedented effective area, the new ATHENA Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) focusing technology, the dynamic and variable L2 environment, where no X-ray mission has flown up to date, a dedicated Geant4 simulation campaign is needed to evaluate the impact of low energy protons scattering on the ATHENA mirror surface …