Athena charged particle diverter simulations: effects of micro-roughness on proton scattering using Geant4
Athena charged particle diverter simulations: effects of micro-roughness on proton scattering using Geant4
The last generation of x-ray focusing telescopes operating outside the Earth's radiation belt discovered that optics were able to focus not only astrophysical x-ray photons, but also low-energy heliophysical protons entering the field of view (FOV). This "soft proton" contamination affects around 40% of the observation time of XMM-Newton. The …