Simbol-X: mission overview

Ferrando, P., Arnaud, M., Briel, U., Citterio, O. , Cledassou, R., Duchon, P., Fiore, F., Giommi, P., Goldwurm, A., Hasinger, G., Kendziorra, E., et al.

Ferrando, P., Arnaud, M., Briel, U., Citterio, O. , Cledassou, R., Duchon, P., Fiore, F., Giommi, P., Goldwurm, A., Hasinger, G., Kendziorra, E., Laurent, P., Lebrun, F., Limousin, O., Malaguti, G., Mereghetti, S., Micela, G., Pareschi, G. , Rio, Y., Roques, J. P., Struder, L., Tagliaferri, G.

2006, [Proc. SPIE 6266, 62660F (2006)] published Tue Jun 20, 2006.

Slumped glass option for making the XEUS mirrors: preliminary design and ongoing developments

Ghigo, M. , Canestrari, R., Proserpio, L. , Dell'Orto, E., Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Pareschi, G. , Parodi, G.

2008, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Turner, Martin J. L.; Flanagan, Kathryn A. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7011, pp. 70111F-70111F-14 (2008).

Stiff and Lightweight Optical Mirrors Made by Glass Slumping with Foamed Core

Pareschi, Giovanni , Ghigo, M. , Canestrari, R., Proserpio, L. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O.

2009, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #214, #600.03

Technologies for manufacturing of high angular resolution multilayer coated optics for future new hard x-ray missions: a status report

Borghi, G., Vernani, D., Marchi, E.Boscolo, Citterio, O. , Grisoni, G., Kools, J., Marioni, F., Orlandi, A., Ritucci, A., Rossi, M., Salmaso, G., et al.

Borghi, G., Vernani, D., Marchi, E.Boscolo, Citterio, O. , Grisoni, G., Kools, J., Marioni, F., Orlandi, A., Ritucci, A., Rossi, M., Salmaso, G., Valsecchi, G., Basso, S. , Pareschi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Negri, B.

2009, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IV. Edited by O'Dell, Stephen L.; Pareschi, Giovanni. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7437 (2009)., article id. 74370W, 10 pp. (2009).

Technologies for manufacturing of high angular resolution multilayer coated optics for the New Hard X-ray Mission: a status report II

Vernani, D., Borghi, G., Binda, R., Citterio, O. , Grisoni, G., Kools, J., Marioni, F., Orlandi, A., Ritucci, A., Sironi, G. , Valsecchi, G., et al.

Vernani, D., Borghi, G., Binda, R., Citterio, O. , Grisoni, G., Kools, J., Marioni, F., Orlandi, A., Ritucci, A., Sironi, G. , Valsecchi, G., Basso, S. , Pareschi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Negri, B.

2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Edited by Arnaud, Monique; Murray, Stephen S.; Takahashi, Tadayuki. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7732, article id. 77323P, 9 pp. (2010).

The gas pixel detector at the focus of an x-ray optics

Soffitta, P., Costa, E., Fabiani, S., Muleri, F., Rubini, A., Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Pareschi, G. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Bellazzini, R., et al.

Soffitta, P., Costa, E., Fabiani, S., Muleri, F., Rubini, A., Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Pareschi, G. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Bellazzini, R., Brez, A., deRuvo, L., Minuti, M., Pinchera, M., Sgrò, C., Spandre, G., Burwitz, V., Burkert, W., Menz, B., Hartner, G.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8859, id. 88590N 9 pp. (2013).

The in-flight spectroscopic performance of the Swift XRT CCD camera

Osborne, J. P., Beardmore, A. P., Godet, O., Abbey, A. F., Goad, M. R., Page, K. L., Wells, A. A., Angelini, L., Burrows, D. N., Campana, S. , Chincarini, G., et al.

Osborne, J. P., Beardmore, A. P., Godet, O., Abbey, A. F., Goad, M. R., Page, K. L., Wells, A. A., Angelini, L., Burrows, D. N., Campana, S. , Chincarini, G., Citterio, O. , Cusumano, G., Giommi, P., Hill, J. E., Kennea, J., LaParola, V., Mangano, V., Mineo, T., Moretti, A. , Nousek, J. A., Pagani, C., Perri, M., Romano, P. , Tagliaferri, G. , Tamburelli, F.

2005, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV. Edited by Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5898, pp. 340-347 (2005).

The Integration Process of Very Thin Mirror Shells with a Particular Regard to Simbol-X

Basso, S. , Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Mazzoleni, F., Valtolina, R., Citterio, O. , Conconi, P.

2009, SIMBOL-X: FOCUSING ON THE HARD X-RAY UNIVERSE: Proceedings of the 2nd International Simbol-X Symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1126, pp. 69-71 (2009).

The NASA -- MIDEX Swift Mission

Chincarini, G., Angelini, Lorella, Barbier, Louis, Barthelmy, Scott, Burrows, David, Caraveo, Patrizia, Chester, Margaret, Chincarini, Guido, Citterio, Oberto , Cline, Tom, Cominsky, Lynn, et al.

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2003, Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics: Proceedings of the ESO/CERN/ESA Symposium Held in Garching, Germany, 4-7 March 2002, ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA. ISBN 3-540-40179-2. Edited by P.A. Shaver, L. DiLella, and A. Giménez. Springer-Verlag, 2003, p. 432

The NASA -- MIDEX Swift Mission, Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics

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Chincarini, G., Angelini, L., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S., Burrows, D., Caraveo, P., Chester, M., Citterio, O. , Cline, T., Cominsky, L., Corbet, R., Cordova, F., Cropper, M., Feigelson, E., Fenimore, E., Frail, D., Gehrels, N., Garmire, G., Giommi, P., Horner, S., Hurley, K., Jahoda, K., Lebrun, F., Marshall, F., Mason, K., Meszaros, P., Mushotzky, R., Norris, J., Nousek, J., Paczynski, B., Palmer, D., Parsons, A., Paul, J., Roming, P., Sasseen, T., Smale, A., Stella, L., Tagliaferri, G. , Townsley, L., Tueller, J., Turner, M., Vietri, M., Ward, M., Wells, A., White, N., Whitlock, L., Willingale, R., Zhang, W., Zerbi, F.

2003, Proceedings of the ESO-CERN-ESA Symposium held in Garching, Germany, 4-7 March 2002, p. 432

The optics system of the New Hard X-ray Mission: status report

Basso, S. , Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Raimondi, L., Sironi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Salmaso, B. , Negri, B., Attinà, P., et al.

Basso, S. , Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Raimondi, L., Sironi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Salmaso, B. , Negri, B., Attinà, P., Borghi, G., Orlandi, A., Vernani, D., Valsecchi, G., Binda, R., Marioni, F., Moretti, S., Castelnuovo, M., Burkert, W., Freyberg, M.J., Burwitz, V.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8147, id. 814709 (2011).

The problem of the calibration of SIMBOL-X X-ray telescope

Basso, S. , Spiga, D. , Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Malaguti, G.

2008, Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana, v.79, p.221 (2008)

The problems concerning the integration of very thin mirror shells

Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Mazzoleni, F., Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Valtolina, R., Conconi, P., Parodi, G.

2009, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IV. Edited by Basso, S.; Citterio, O.; Mazzoleni, F.; Pareschi, G.; Tagliaferri, G.; Valtolina, R.; Conconi, P.; Parodi, G. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7437, pp. 74371C-74371C-11 (2009).

The Swift X-Ray Telescope (AAS-HEAD)

Burrows, D.N., Hill, J.E., Nousek, J.A., Wells, A., Short, A.D., Ambrosi, R.M., Chincarini, G., Citterio, O. , Tagliaferri, G.

2003, American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting 35, 2214

The Swift X-Ray Telescope (AIPC)

Burrows, D.N., Hill, J.E., Nousek, J.A., Wells, A., Short, A., Turner, M., Citterio, O. , Tagliaferri, G. , Chincarini, G.

2003, GAMMA-RAY BURST AND AFTERGLOW ASTRONOMY 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission, AIP Conference 2003, Proceedings, Volume 662, pp. 488-490 (2003, AIPC, 662, 488)

Thin monolithic glass shells for future high angular resolution and large collecting area x-ray telescope

Civitani, M.M. , Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Mattaini, E., Pareschi, G. , Parodi, G.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8884, id. 88841R 11 pp. (2013).

X-ray optics shape error evaluation: synergy between innovative shape metrology and the TraceIT 3D ray-tracing

Sironi, G. , Citterio, O. , Pareschi, G.

2011, Advances in Computational Methods for X-Ray Optics II. Edited by Tsakalakos, Loucas. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8141, article id. 81410P, 7 pp. (2011).

ESA Silicon Substrate Microroughness Chracterization

Vernani, D., Mazzoleni, F., Spiga, D. , Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O.

2005, INAF/OAB Internal Technical Report 01/2005

Mirror module design for BICE X-ray telescopes

Spiga, D. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Bianucci, G., Valsecchi, G.

2015, INAF/OAB internal report 05/2015

Mirror shell 338 (Jet-X mandrel n.1 sized shell):Achieved tests at Panter facility and INAF/OAB

Spiga, D. , Canestrari, R., Vernani, D., Freyberg, M., Bukert, W., Hartner, G., Budau, B., Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Basso, S. , Mazzoleni, F., et al.

2006, INAF/OAB Internal Report 02/2006

Profile and roughness metrology of slumped glasses for the "IXO back-up optics" project

Spiga, D. , Proserpio, L. , Salmaso, B. , Ghigo, M. , Friedrich, P., Vongehr, M., Winter, A., Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Gallieni, D., Tintori, M., et al.

Spiga, D. , Proserpio, L. , Salmaso, B. , Ghigo, M. , Friedrich, P., Vongehr, M., Winter, A., Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Gallieni, D., Tintori, M., Sironi, G. , Pagano, G., Negri, R., Rossi, M., Alpini, A., Cavenaghi, T., Zambra, A., Ferrario, I., Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Tagliaferri, G.

2013, INAF/OAB internal report 15/2013

Prototype realization of WFXT shell in glass: Shell#4 grinding and polishing @LT-Ultra

Civitani, M.M. , Citterio, O.

2014, INAF/OAB internal report 12/2014

Prototype realization of WFXT shell in glass: The new air bearing pitch tool.

Civitani, M. , Mattaini, E., Citterio, O. , Basso, S. , Holyszko, J.

2016, INAF/OAB internal report 11/2016

X-ray and topographic characterization of a W/Si graded multilayer coated mirror shell (n.333) at PANTER facility (april 2005)

Spiga, D. , Burkert, W., Hartner, G., Budau, B., Vernani, D., Canestrari, R., Pareschi, G. , Citterio, O. , Basso, S. , Mazzoleni, F., Valtolina, R., et al.

2005, INAF/OAB Internal Report 08/05

Optics for EUV, X-ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Citterio, O. , O'Dell, S. L., (eds.)

2004, SPIE Proc. 5168

Performance of the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) Mirror/Detector Combination

Short, A. D., Ambrosi, R. M., Hutchinson, I. B., Willingale, R., Abbey, A. F., Wells, A. A., Hill, J. E., Burrows, D. N., Tagliaferri, G. , Citterio, O.

2003, GAMMA-RAY BURST AND AFTERGLOW ASTRONOMY 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 662, pp. 511-513 (2003).