The end-to-end simulator of the ATHENA X-IFU Cryogenic AntiCoincidence
detector (CryoAC)
The end-to-end simulator of the ATHENA X-IFU Cryogenic AntiCoincidence
detector (CryoAC)
The X-IFU is one of the two instruments of ATHENA, the next ESA large X-ray observatory. It is a cryogenic spectrometer based on an array of TES microcalorimeters. To reduce the particle background, the TES array works in combination with a Cryogenic AntiCoincidence detector (CryoAC). The CryoAC is a 4-pixel …