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Accurate integration of segmented X-ray optics using interfacing ribs

Civitani, M. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Citterio, O. , Conconi, P., Fumi, P., Gallieni, D., Ghigo, M. , Martelli, F., Pareschi, G. , Parodi, G., et al.

2013, Optical Engineering, Volume 52, id. 091809 (2013).

Citations: 17 I.F.: 8.95 Citations/Authors: 0.89

Development of mirrors made of chemically tempered glass foils for future X-ray telescopes

Salmaso, B. , Civitani, M. , Brizzolari, C., Basso, S. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Spiga, D. , Proserpio, L. , Suppiger, Y.

2015, Experimental Astronomy, Volume 39, Issue 3, pp.527-545

Citations: 2 I.F.: 1.56 Citations/Authors: 0.22

Evaluation of the surface strength of glass plates shaped by hot slumping process

Proserpio, L. , Basso, S. , Borsa, F. , Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Sironi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , et al.

2014, Optical Engineering, Volume 53, id. 085101 (2014).

Citations: 2 I.F.: 1.22 Citations/Authors: 0.11

X-ray scattering of periodic and graded multilayers: comparison of experiments to simulations from surface microroughness characterization

Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Canestrari, R., Raimondi, L.

2013, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, Volume 710, p. 106-113.

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.5 Citations/Authors: 0.25

Characterization of ADP crystals for soft x-ray optics of the Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility (BEaTriX)

Ferrari, C., Beretta, S., Salmaso, B. , Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Basso, S. , Spiga, D. , Pelliciari, C., Giro, E.

2019, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 52

Facilities for X-ray Optics Calibration

Salmaso, B. , Moretti. A., Gaskin, J.

2022, Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics, Edited by Bambi, C., Santangelo, A., Springer, Singapore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4544-0_14-1

First light of BEaTriX, the new testing facility for the modular X-ray optics of the ATHENA mission

Basso, S. , Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Ghigo, M. , Vecchi, G. , Sironi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Conconi, P., Redaelli, E., Bianco, A. , Pareschi, G. , et al.

2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 664, A173, September 2022 - DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244028

Manufacturing an active X-ray mirror prototype in thin glass

Spiga, Daniele , Barbera, Marco, Collura, Alfonso, Basso, Stefano , Candia, Roberto, Civitani, Marta , Di Bella, Maurizio, Di Cicca, Gaspare, Lo Cicero, Ugo, Lullo, Giuseppe, Pelliciari, Carlo, et al.

2016, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, Vol. 23(1), p. 59-66 - DOI: 10.1107/S1600577515017142

Model supporting the use of pressure in the hot slumping of glass substrates for X-ray telescopes

Salmaso, B. , Brizzolari, C., Spiga, D.

2016, Optics Express, vol. 24, issue 21, p. 24799

Ottiche in vetro sottile per una migliore visione del cielo X

Salmaso, B.

2017, Giornale di Astronomia, Vol. 43, N.1, p. 14-20, DOI: 10.19272/201708801003, (2017)

Performance of the thin film coating on the long and collimating BEaTriX parabolic mirror

Gellert, N.C., Massahi, S., Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Della Monica Ferreira, D., Vecchi, G. , Ferreira, I., Bavdaz, M., Basso, S. , Svendsen, S., SJegers, A., et al.

2023, Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Vol. 9(2) 024004 - DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.9.2.024004

Thin glass shells for active optics for future space telescopes

Vecchi, G. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M.M. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B.

2019, CEAS Space Journal, Volume 11, Issue 4, pp.533-541

Production of thin glass mirrors by hot slumping for x-ray telescopes: present process and ongoing development

Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Vecchi, G. , Brizzolari, C.

2014, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9151, id. 91512W 14 pp. (2014).

Citations: 9 I.F.: 8 Citations/Authors: 1

Direct hot slumping and accurate integration process to manufacture prototypal x-ray optical units made of glass

Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Proserpio, L. , Spiga, D. , Salmaso, B. , Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Burwitz, V., Hartner, G., Menz, B., et al.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8861, id. 886110 24 pp. (2013).

Citations: 11 I.F.: 6.77 Citations/Authors: 0.85

Profile reconstruction of grazing-incidence X-ray mirrors from intra-focal X-ray full imaging

Spiga, D. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Burwitz, V., Civitani, M. , Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Hartner, G., Menz, B., Pareschi, G. , Proserpio, L. , et al.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8861, id. 88611F 17 pp. (2013).

Citations: 8 I.F.: 5.14 Citations/Authors: 0.57

A high resolution large x-ray mission based on thin glass: optomechanical design

Basso, S. , Buratti, E., Civitani, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Ghigo, M. , Tagliaferri, G. , Eder, J.

2014, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9144, id. 91444C 12 pp. (2014).

Citations: 6 I.F.: 4.67 Citations/Authors: 0.67

Slumped glass optics for x-ray telescopes: advances in the hot slumping assisted by pressure

Salmaso, B. , Brizzolari, C., Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Vecchi, G.

2015, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9603, id. 96030O 16 pp. (2015).

Citations: 5 I.F.: 4.44 Citations/Authors: 0.56

X-ray optical units made of glass: achievements and perspectives

Civitani, M. , Basso, S. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Vecchi, G. , Burwitz, V., Hartner, G., Menz, B., et al.

2014, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9144, id. 914416 19 pp. (2014).

Citations: 6 I.F.: 4.36 Citations/Authors: 0.55

Production of the IXO glass segmented mirrors by hot slumping with pressure assistance: tests and results

Proserpio, L. , Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Conconi, P., Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Negri, R., Pagano, G., Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , et al.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8147, id. 81470M (2011).

Citations: 9 I.F.: 4.26 Citations/Authors: 0.47

IXO x-ray mirrors based on slumped glass segments with reinforcing ribs: optical and mechanical design, image error budget, and optics unit integration process

Civitani, M. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Citterio, O. , Conconi, P., Gallieni, D., Ghigo, M. , Guldimann, B., Martelli, F., Pagano, G., Pareschi, G. , et al.

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. 773242, 19 pp. (2010).

Citations: 8 I.F.: 3.79 Citations/Authors: 0.42

Cold shaping of thin glass foils: a fast and cost-effective solution for making light-weight astronomical x-ray optics

Civitani, M.M. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Ghigo, M. , Salmaso, B. , Pareschi, G. , Vecchi, G.

2015, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9603, id. 960310 11 pp. (2015).

Citations: 3 I.F.: 3 Citations/Authors: 0.43

Slumped glass optics with interfacing ribs for high angular resolution x-ray astronomy: a progress report

Civitani, M. , Basso, S. , Brizzolari, C., Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Vecchi, G. , Breuning, E., Burwitz, V., et al.

2015, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9603, id. 96030P 18 pp. (2015).

Citations: 4 I.F.: 2.46 Citations/Authors: 0.31

Functional tests of modular elements of segmented optics for X-ray telescopes via an expanded beam facility

Spiga, D. , Pareschi, G. , Pelliciari, C., Salmaso, B. , Tagliaferri, G.

2012, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8443, article id. 84435F, 6 pp. (2012).

Citations: 3 I.F.: 2.4 Citations/Authors: 0.6

Hot slumping glass technology for the grazing incidence optics of future missions with particular reference to IXO

Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Bavdaz, M., Conconi, P., Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Friedrich, P., Gallieni, D., Guldimann, B., Martelli, F., Negri, R., et al.

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. 77320C, 12 pp. (2010).

Citations: 5 I.F.: 1.8 Citations/Authors: 0.2

Cold and Hot Slumped Glass Optics with interfacing ribs for high angular resolution X-ray telescopes

Civitani, M. , Basso, S. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Vecchi, G. , Banham, R., Breuning, E., Burwitz, V., Hartner, G., et al.

2016, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9905, id. 99056U 22 pp. (2016).

Citations: 3 I.F.: 1.75 Citations/Authors: 0.25

Accurate modeling of periodic and graded multilayer X-ray scattering from surface microroughness characterization

Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Canestrari, R., Raimondi, L.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8147, id. 814710 (2011).

Citations: 3 I.F.: 1.5 Citations/Authors: 0.75

LAMP: a micro-satellite based soft x-ray polarimeter for astrophysics

She, R., Feng, H., Soffitta, P., Muleri, F., Xu, R., Li, H., Bellazzini, R., Wang, Z., Spiga, D. , Minuti, M., Brez, A., et al.

2015, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9601, id. 96010I 14 pp. (2015).

Citations: 8 I.F.: 1.45 Citations/Authors: 0.36

Design and advancement status of the Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility (BEaTriX)

Spiga, D. , Pelliciari, C., Salmaso, B. , Arcangeli, L., Bianucci, G., Ferrari, C., Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Rossi, M., Tagliaferri, G. , Valsecchi, G., et al.

2016, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9963, id. 996304 13 pp. (2016).

Citations: 3 I.F.: 1.38 Citations/Authors: 0.23

X-ray optics developments at ESA

Bavdaz, M., Wille, E., Wallace, K., Shortt, B., Fransen, S., Rando, N., Collon, M., Ackermann, M., Vacanti, G., Guenther, R., Haneveld, J., et al.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8861, id. 88610L 12 pp. (2013).

Citations: 7 I.F.: 1.36 Citations/Authors: 0.19

Micro-roughness improvement of slumped glass foils for x-ray telescopes via dip coating

Salmaso, B. , Bianco, A. , Citterio, O. , Pareschi, G. , Pariani, G. , Preserpio, L., Spiga, D. , Mandelli, D., Negri, M.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8861, id. 88610W 13 pp. (2013).

Citations: 2 I.F.: 1.33 Citations/Authors: 0.22

Active shape correction of a thin glass/plastic X-ray mirror

Spiga, D. , Barbera, M., Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Collura, A., Dell'Agostino, S., Lo Cicero, U., Lullo, G., Pelliciari, C., Riva, M. , Salmaso, B. , et al.

2014, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9208, id. 92080A 10 pp. (2014).

Citations: 3 I.F.: 1.25 Citations/Authors: 0.25

Angular resolution measurements at SPring-8 of a hard X-ray optic for the New Hard X-ray Mission

Spiga, D. , Raimondi, L., Furuzawa, A., Basso, S. , Binda, R., Borghi, G., Cotroneo, V. , Grisoni, G., Kunieda, H., Marioni, F., Matsumoto, H., et al.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8147, id. 81470A (2011).

Citations: 4 I.F.: 1.14 Citations/Authors: 0.19

Simulation and modeling of silicon pore optics for the ATHENA x-ray telescope

Spiga, D. , Christensen, F.E., Bavdaz, M., Civitani, M.M. , Conconi, P., Della Monica Ferreira, D., Knudsen, E.B., Massahi, S., Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Shortt, B., et al.

2016, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9905, id. 99055O 24 pp. (2016).

Citations: 4 I.F.: 1.14 Citations/Authors: 0.29

Slumping technique for the manufacturing of a representative x-ray grazing incidence mirror module for future space missions

Ghigo, M. , Proserpio, L. , Basso, S. , Citterio, O. , Civitani, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Sironi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Vecchi, G. , et al.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8884, id. 88841Q 14 pp. (2013).

Citations: 2 I.F.: 1.1 Citations/Authors: 0.1

Slumped glass optics development with pressure assistance

Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Holyszko, J., Spiga, D. , Vecchi, G. , Pareschi, G.

2016, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9905, id. 990523 11 pp. (2016).

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.88 Citations/Authors: 0.12

Beyond Chandra (towards the X-ray Surveyor mission): possible solutions for the implementation of very high angular resolution X-ray telescopes in the new millennium based on fused silica segments

Pareschi, G. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Parodi, G., Pelliciari, C., Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Vecchi, G.

2016, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9905, id. 99051T 14 pp. (2016).

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.78 Citations/Authors: 0.11

Manufacturing and testing a thin glass mirror shell with piezoelectric active control

Spiga, D. , Barbera, M., Collura, A., Basso, S. , Candia, R., Civitani, M. , Di Bella, M., Di Cicca, G., Lo Cicero, U., Lullo, G., Pelliciari, C., et al.

2015, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9603, id. 96031N 9 pp. (2015).

Citations: 2 I.F.: 0.67 Citations/Authors: 0.13

Electrical connections and driving electronics for piezo-actuated x-ray thin glass optics

Lo Cicero, U., Sciortino, L., Lullo, G., Di Bella, M., Barbera, M., Collura, A., Candia, R., Spiga, D. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M.M. , Pelliciari, C., et al.

2016, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9965, id. 99650A 10 pp. (2016).

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.33 Citations/Authors: 0.08

Technologies for manufacturing of high angular resolution multilayer coated optics for the New hard X-ray Mission

Orlandi, A., Basso, S. , Borghi, G., Binda, R., Citterio, O. , Grisoni, G., Kools, J., Marioni, F., Missaglia, N., Negri, B., Negri, R., et al.

2011, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8076, id. 807606 (2011).

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.33 Citations/Authors: 0.05

Realization and drive tests of active thin glass X-ray mirrors

Spiga, D. , Barbera, M., Collura, A., Basso, S. , Candia, R., Civitani, M. , DiCicca, G., LoCicero, U., Lullo, G., Pelliciari, C., Salmaso, B. , et al.

2016, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9965, id. 996509 11 pp. (2016).

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.31 Citations/Authors: 0.08

Testing multilayer-coated polarizing mirrors for the LAMP soft X-ray telescope

Spiga, D. , Salmaso, B. , She, R., Tayabaly, K., Wen, M., Banham, R., Costa, E., Feng, H., Giglia, A., Huang, Q., Muleri, F., et al.

2015, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9603, id. 96031B 11 pp. (2015).

Citations: 1 I.F.: 0.25 Citations/Authors: 0.06

AHEAD joint research activity on X-ray optics

Burwitz, V., Willingale, R., Pareschi, G. , Hudec, R., Spiga, D. , Pelliciari, C., Tychy, V., Salmaso, B.

2018, Proceedings of the SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Vol. 10699, 106993T (2018) - DOI: 10.1117/12.2314109

A novel approach for the realization of thin glass substrates for optical mirrors

Vecchi, G. , Basso, S. , Canestrari, R., Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Holyszko, J., Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B.

2018, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10706, id. 107060H 9 pp. (2018).

ATHENA optics technology development

Bavdaz, M., Wille, E., Ayre, M., Ferreira, I., Shortt, B., Fransen, S., Millinger, M., Collon, M., Vacanti, G., Barriere, N., Landgraf, B., et al.

2022, Proceedings of the SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Vol. 12181 121810T - DOI: 10.1117/12.2629894

A vertical facility based on raster scan configuration for the x-ray scientific calibrations of the ATHENA optics

Pareschi, G. , Moretti, A. , Salmaso, B. , Sironi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Uslenghi, M., Fiorini, M., Attin, P., Bressan, R., Marchiori, G., Torsi, M., et al.

2019, Proceedings of the SPIE, International Conference on Space Optics 2018, Vol. 11180, 1118025 ISSN: 1996756X - DOI: 10.1117/12.2535996

BEaTriX (Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility) for testing ATHENAs SPO modules: advancement status

Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Ghigo, M. , Giro, E., Pareschi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Vecchi, G. , Pelliciari, C., Burwitz, V., Sanchez del Rio, M., et al.

2019, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11180, id. 1118026 10 pp. (2019).

BEaTriX - the Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility for testing ATHENA's SPO modules: progress in the realization

Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Giro, E., Spiga, D. , Vecchi, G. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Uslenghi, M., Fiorini, M., Paoletti, L., et al.

2019, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11119, id. 111190N 15 pp. (2019).

BEaTriX, the Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility for testing ATHENA's SPO modules: the collimating mirror

Vecchi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Sironi, G. , Ghigo, M. , Spiga, D. , Giro, E., Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G.

2019, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11119, id. 111191J 9 pp. (2019).

BEaTriX, the new facility to measure the modular X-ray optics of the ATHENA telescope with an expanded and parallel X-ray beam

Basso, S. , Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Ghigo, M. , Vecchi, G. , Sironi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Conconi, P., Redaelli, E., Bianco, A. , Pareschi, G. , et al.

2023, Proceedings of the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO) 2022, SPIE Volume 12777, 1277720 (12 July 2023) - DOI: 10.1117/12.2689948

Building the BEaTriX facility for the ATHENA mirror modules X-ray testing

Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Cotroneo, V. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Redaelli, E., Sironi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Vecchi, G. , Fiorini, M., et al.

2021, Proceedings of the SPIE, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy X, Vol. 11822, 118220M - DOI: 10.1117/12.2594182

Characterising X-ray optics at PANTER for the NewATHENA mission and X-ray optic test facilities

Burwitz, V., Hartner, G., Mueller, T., Rukdee, S., Schmidt, T., Langmeier, A., Bavdaz, M., Ferreira, I., Collon, M.J., Vacanti, G., Barriere, N.M., et al.

2023, Proceedings of the SPIE, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy XI, Vol. 12679, 126790V - 10.1117/12.2677474

Direct hot slumping of thin glass foils for future generation X-ray telescopes: current state of the art and future outlooks

Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Brizzolari, C., Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G. , Vecchi, G.

2015, Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Space Optics, PS2.34

Evaluation of the surface strength of glass plates shaped by hot slumping process

Proserpio, L. , Crimi, G., Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , D'Este, A., Dall'Igna, R., Silvestri, M., Parodi, G., Martelli, F.

2013, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8861, id. 88610S 11 pp. (2013).

Final correction by ion beam figuring of thin shells for x-ray telescopes

Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Gilli, R., Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Vecchi, G. , Zhang, W.W.

2018, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10706, id. 107063I 8 pp. (2018).

Fused Silica segments: a possible solution for x-ray telescopes with very high angular resolution like Lynx/XRS

Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Holyszko, J., Spiga, D. , Vecchi, G. , Pareschi, G.

2017, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10399, id. 103990X 13 pp. (2017).

Grazing incidence at work: an outreach project to demonstrate the X-ray optics behaviour using nested mirrors developed for the BeppoSAX X-ray satellite

Fiorini, M., Salmaso, B. , Sironi, G. , Pareschi, G.

2019, Proc. SPIE 11119, 1111914 (2019) - DOI:10.1117/12.2530558

Laboratory demonstration of the piezoelectric figure correction of a cylindrical slumped glass optic

Allured, Ryan, Hertz, Edward, Marquez, Vanessa, Cotroneo, Vincenzo , Wallace, Margeaux L., Salmaso, Bianca , Civitani, Marta M. , Trolier McKinstry, Susan, Vikhlinin, Alexey, Pareschi, Giovanni , Reid, Paul B., et al.

2016, American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #15, id.116.02

Manufacturing and testing of the X-ray collimating mirror for the BEaTriX facility

Vecchi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Salmaso, B. , Sironi, G. , Spiga, D. , Conconi, P., Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Burwitz, V., et al.

2021, Proceedings of the SPIE, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy X, Vol. 11822, 118220N - DOI: 10.1117/12.2594581

Manufacturing of thin glass shells for future space telescopes

Vecchi, G. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B.

2019, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11180, id. 1118016 8 pp. (2019).

NewATHENA optics technology

Bavdaz, M., Wille, E., Ayre, M., Ferreira, I., Shortt, B., Fransen, S., Collon, M.J., Vacanti, G., Barriere, N.M., Landgraf, B., Girou, D., et al.

2023, Proceedings of the SPIE, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy XI, Vol. 12679, 1267902 - DOI: 10.1117/12.2678522

Optical design and performance simulations for the 1.49 keV beamline of the BEaTriX X-ray facility

Spiga, D. , Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Pelliciari, C., Ferrari, C., Lolli, R., Ghigo, M. , Sironi, G. , Vecchi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Pareschi, G. , et al.

2023, Proceedings of the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO) 2022, SPIE Volume 12777, 127773E (12 July 2023) - DOI: 10.1117/12.2690353

Optical simulations for the laboratory-based, expanded and collimated X-ray beam facility BEaTriX

Spiga, D. , Salmaso, B. , Bavdaz, M., Pelliciari, C., Basso, S. , Burwitz, V., Ferreira, I., Ghigo, M. , Giro, E., Pareschi, G. , Sanchez del Rio, M., et al.

2019, Proc. SPIE 11110, Advances in Laboratory-based X-Ray Sources, Optics, and Applications VII, 111100E

Performance simulations for the ground-based, expanded-beam X-ray source BEaTriX

Spiga, D. , Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Ghigo, M. , Sironi, G. , Vecchi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Conconi, P., Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Bavdaz, M., et al.

2021, Proceedings of the SPIE, Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components XVI, Vol. 11837, 118370O - DOI: 10.1117/12.2595033

Progress in the realization of the Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility (BEaTriX) for testing ATHENA's SPO modules

Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Basso, S. , Ghigo, M. , Giro, E., Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Vecchi, G. , Pelliciari, C., Burwitz, V., SanchezdelRio, M., et al.

2018, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10699, id. 106993I 11 pp. (2018).

Segmented glass optics for next generation X-ray telescopes .

Proserpio, L. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Citterio, O. , Conconi, P., Ghigo, M. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Tagliaferri, G.

2013, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, v.84, p.819 (2013)

Slumped glass foils as substrate for adjustable X-ray optics

Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Holyszko, J., Pelliciari, C., Spiga, D. , Vecchi, G. , Pareschi, G.

2016, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9965, id. 99650B 15 pp. (2016).

Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope

Ferreira, I., Bavdaz, M., Ayre, M., Wille, E., Shortt, B., Fransen, S., Collon, M., Vacanti, G., Barrière, N., Landgraf, B., Olde Riekerink, M., et al.

2023, Proceedings of the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO) 2022, SPIE Volume 12777, 127770Q (12 July 2023) - DOI: 10.1117/12.2688840

The BEaTriX X-ray facility at work: activities and future development

Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Basso, S. , Sisana, D. , Ghigo, M. , Vecchi, G. , Sironi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , Ferrari, C., et al.

2023, Proceedings of the SPIE, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy XI, Vol. 12679, 126790W - DOI: 10.1117/12.2677330

The control software of the BEaTriX X-ray beam calibration facility: problems and solutions

Ghigo, M. , Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Spiga, D. , Paoletti, L.

2022, Proceedings of the SPIE, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII, Vol. 12189, 121890Y - DOI: 10.1117/12.2629985

The expanded, parallel, and monochromatic x-ray beam of BEaTriX: alignment and characterization

Basso, S. , Salmaso, B. , Ghigo, M. , Spiga, D. , Vecchi, G. , Sironi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Conconi, P., Redaelli, E., Bianco, A. , Pareschi, G. , et al.

2022, Proceedings of the SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Vol. 12181, 121814D - DOI: 10.1117/12.2629921

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.

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

Thermal forming of substrates for the X-ray Surveyor telescope

Cotroneo, V. , Allured, R., Reid, P.B., DeRoo, C.T., Schwartz, D.A., Marquez, V., Vikhlinin, A.A., Civitani, M. , Salmaso, B. , Pareschi, G.

2016, Proc. SPIE, 9965, Adaptive X-Ray Optics IV, 99650C; doi:10.1117/12.2239223

Thermal simulations for characterization of ATHENA mirror modules with a radiating box in the BEaTriX facility

Basso, S. , Salmaso, B.

2019, Proceedings SPIE, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IX; Volume 11119,111191I

VERT-X: a VERTical X-ray raster-scan facility for calibrations. The concept design.

Moretti, A. , Pareschi, G. , Uslenghi, M., Tordi, M., Bressan, R., Valsecchi, G., Zocchi, F., Attina' , P., Amisano, F., Sironi, G. , Salmaso, B. , et al.

2019, Proceedings of the SPIE, Optics for EUV, X-ray, and Gamma- Ray Astronomy IX, Vol. 11119, 111190O - ISSN: 1996756X - DOI: 10.1117/12.2530713

X-ray beam diagnostics at the BEaTriX facility

Sisana, D. , Spiga, D. , Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Lavagna, M., Ghigo, M. , Vecchi, G. , Sironi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G. , et al.

2023, Proceedings of the SPIE, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy XI, Vol. 12679, 1267911 - DOI: 10.1117/12.2677484

X-ray mirror prototype based on cold shaping of thin glass foils

Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Holyszko, J., Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Vecchi, G. , Burwitz, V., Pelliciari, C., Hartner, G., Breunig, E., et al.

2017, Proc. SPIE 10399, 1039911 (2017) - DOI: 10.1117/12.2275335

X-ray tests of the ATHENA mirror modules in BEaTriX: from design to reality

Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Ghigo, M. , Spiga, D. , Vecchi, G. , Sironi, G. , Cotroneo, V. , Conconi, P., Redaelli, E., Bianco, A. , Pareschi, G. , et al.

2022, Proceedings of the SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Vol. 12181, 121810W - DOI: 10.1117/12.2628227

Acceptance tests and calibration of the Explorer Atomic Force Microscope new head

Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D.

2015, INAF/OAB internal report 02/2015

AFM analysis of test wafers coated with Cr-Ni-Au layers: roughness characterization

Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D.

2012, INAF/OAB technical note 01/2012

BEaTriX: vibrations campaign on the laboratory ground

Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D. , Basso, S. , Giro, E., Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G.

2018, INAF/OAB technical report 03/2018

BEaTriX X-ray facility for testing ATHENA mirror modules: a white paper for the implementation

Spiga, D. , Pareschi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Tagliaferri, G.

2017, INAF/OAB technical report 02/2017

Characterization of slumped glasses for the IXO backup optics project, phase 2

Spiga, D. , Proserpio, L. , Pagano, G., Salmaso, B.

2011, INAF/OAB internal report 05/2011

Characterization of the profiles of slumped glass foils after cutting and annealing

Holyszko, J., Salmaso, B. , Civitani, M.

2015, INAF/OAB internal report 13/2015

Characterization of the Silicon cylindrical slumping mould polished by HELLMA

Salmaso, B. , Brizzolari, C., Civitani, M. , Spiga, D.

2014, INAF/OAB internal report 11/2014

Characterization of the Zerodur K20-20B cylindrical slumping mould polished by HELLMA

Salmaso, B. , Brizzolari, C., Arcangeli, L, Rossi, M., Spiga, D.

2015, INAF/OAB internal report 03/2015

Characterization of the Zerodur K20-20 cylindrical slumping mould polished by HELLMA

Salmaso, B. , Brizzolari, C., Spiga, D. , Rossi, M., Arcangeli, L.

2014, INAF/OAB internal report 01/2014

Cleaning of Ruths primary mirror: 2016

Salmaso, B. , Crimi, G.

2016, INAF/OAB internal report 09/2016

Coating samples for the BEaTriX mirrors: surface roughness analysis

Spiga, D. , Salmaso, B. , Vecchi, G.

2021, INAF-OAB internal report 01/2021

Detecting the mitigation of fused silica roughening after Ion Beam Figuring

Holyszko, J., Salmaso, B. , Ghigo, M. , Arcangeli, L., Passaretti, F., Spiga, D.

2017, INAF/OAB technical report 05/2017

Electroformed nickel samples for the polarimetric LAMP X-ray telescope: sample roughness characterization

Tayabaly, K., Spiga, D. , Salmaso, B. , Valsecchi, G., Banham, R., Missaglia, N., Pareschi, G. , Tagliaferri, G.

2014, INAF/OAB internal report 05/2014

Engineering Models for SIMBOL-X Phase A: metrological and X-ray analyses post PANTER tests

Spiga, D. , Sironi, G. , Salmaso, B. , Romaine, S., Bruni, R., Cotroneo, V. , Mattarello, V., Garoli, D.

2009, INAF/OAB internal report 07/2009

Fine-tuning of slumped AF32 glasses on a Zerodur K20 mould

Salmaso, B. , Spiga, D.

2013, INAF/OAB internal report 14/2013

From AF32 to Eagle XG: characterization of glasses slumped on Zerodur K20-10 mould

Salmaso, B. , Brizzolari, C., Spiga, D.

2014, INAF/OAB internal report 02/2014

Fused Silica thin segments for X-ray telescopes: status of the process at OAB.

Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Ghigo, M. , Pariani, G. , Spiga, D. , Vecchi, G. , Arcangeli, L., Ritucci, A., Rossi, M., Pareschi, G. , et al.

2017, INAF/OAB technical report 10/2017

Hard X-ray mirrors for NHXM: reflectivity and roughness characterization of mirror shell samples

Salmaso, B. , Raimondi, L., Negri, R., Spiga, D. , Binda, R., Orlandi, A., Valsecchi, G.

2011, INAF/OAB internal report 02/2011

High-resolution X-ray scattering measurement of slumped glasses

Spiga, D. , Raimondi, L., Salmaso, B. , Civitani, M. , Pagano, G., Basso, S. , Ghigo, M. , Proserpio, L.

2011, INAF/OAB internal report 04/2011

Ion Beam Figuring of thin Fused Silica flat wafers

Salmaso, B. , Ghigo, M.

2017, INAF/OAB technical report 11/2017

IXO backup optics with slumped glasses: PANTER test of the Proof of Concept #2 optic

Spiga, D. , Civitani, M. , Proserpio, L. , Salmaso, B. , Basso, S. , Burwitz, V., Menz, B., Hartner, G., Budau, B.

2013, INAF/OAB internal report 10/2013

IXO back-up optics with slumped glasses: Proof of Concept (PoC) tests at PANTER and INAF/OAB

Spiga, D. , Salmaso, B. , Proserpio, L. , Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Civitani, M. , Pareschi, G. , Sironi, G. , Pagano, G., Zambra, A., Burwitz, V., et al.

2012, INAF/OAB internal report 04/2012

IXO back-up optics with slumped glasses: XOU-BB tests at PANTER and INAF/OAB

Spiga, D. , Civitani, M. , Proserpio, L. , Ghigo, M. , Basso, S. , Salmaso, B. , Pareschi, G. , Zambra, A., Pagano, G., Burwitz, V., Menz, B., et al.

2012, INAF/OAB internal report 05/2012

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