| 11-15 November 2024 - International workshop on Astronomical X-Ray Optics AXRO, Praga (CZ), presentation by S.Basso et al. |
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| 21-25 October 2024 - International Conference on Space Optics, Antibes Juan-les-Pins (France). Presentation and paper by B.Salmaso et al. |
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| 16 September - 25 October 2024 - Second measurement campaign at BEaTriX: thermal tests on a coated NewAthena Mirror Module - https://www.cosine.nl/newathena-mirror-module-undergoes-first-functional-thermal-vacuum-test-campaign/ |
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| July 2024 - BEaTriX awarded from INAF a grant within the "Potenziamento Laboratori Spaziali", aim to upgrade BEaTriX with flexible focal length in the range of 1.5/12 m. |
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| 16-21 June 2024 - SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024, Yokohama (Japan). Presentation and paper by D.Sisana et al. |
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| 05 February - 04 March 2024 - First measurement campaign at BEaTriX on a coated NewAthena Mirror Module |
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| 12-14 September 2023 - PhotonMEADOW2023, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (IT), presentation by B.Salmaso et al. |
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| 20-24 August 2023 - SPIE Optics + Photonics 2023, San Diego (California, US), Optics for EUV, X-Ray and Gamma Ray Astronomy XI, presentations and paper by B.Salmaso et al., D.Sisana et al. |
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| 06 March 2023 - Commissioning completed and Acceptance Review |
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| 5-9 December 2022 - International workshop on Astronomical X-Ray Optics AXRO, Praga (CZ), presentation by B.Salmaso et al. |
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| 07-10 November 2022 - Exploring the hot and energetic universe: 3rd ATHENA scientific conference, CosmoCaixa museum Barcelona (Spain), poster by Salmaso B. et al. |
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| September 2022 - INAF-OAB awarded a contract to study the feasibility of a BEaTriX#2 at cosine, the Dutch company in charge of the developments of the ATHENA Silicon Pore Optics Mirror Modules. |
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| 3-7 October 2022 ICSO 2022 - International Conference on Space Optics, Dubrovnik (Croatia) - Presentations and papers by Basso S. et al., Spiga D. et al. |
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| 17-22 July 2022 SPIE - Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022, Montréal Québec (Canada) - Presentations and papers by Salmaso B. et al, Basso S. et al., Ghigo M. et al.
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| 06 April 2022 IWXM2022 - 7th International Workshop on Metrology for X-ray Optics, Mirror Design and Fabrication, Berlin (Germany) - Held online - Presentation by S. Basso, "BEaTriX, the new X-ray facility for PSF and Effective Area calibration on X-ray optics" |
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10 March 2022 - First light: The first PSF with a MM was measured.
You can find the results on Basso. S. et al. "First light of BEaTriX, the new testing facility for the modular X-ray optics of the ATHENA mission", accepted on 29 June 2022 for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2206.15468
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