BEaTriX: a facility for testing the modular elements of ATHENA
 
 
Team
 
 

The BEaTriX team, with Italian leadership by INAF (OABrera + OAPd + IASF-Mi), includes CNR-IMEM (Istituto dei Materiali per l’Elettronica e il Magnetismo), ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble), MPE (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching), DTU (Technical University of Denmark) and ESA.

 
Name Role Affiliation
Gianpiero Tagliaferri Project Leader INAF-OAB
Giovanni Pareschi Deputy Project Leader INAF-OAB
Bianca Salmaso Program manager & System Engineer INAF-OAB
Stefano Basso AIT & AIV Executive Manager INAF-OAB
Daniele Spiga Optical Design and calibration INAF-OAB
Mauro Ghigo Vacuum System, Polishing and figuring and control software INAF-OAB
Gabriele Vecchi Polishing and figuring INAF-OAB
Giorgia Sironi Metrology INAF-OAB
Vincenzo Cotroneo Figuring INAF-OAB
Davide Sisana PhD student POLI-MI
Andrea Bianco Clean environment INAF-OAB
Rachele Millul Project Controller INAF-OAB
Roberto Moncalvi Contracts Officer INAF-OAB
Claudio Ferrari Crystals IMEM-CNR
Andrea Zappettini Crystals IMEM-CNR
Vadim Burwitz Validation MPE
Manuel Sanchez del Rio Crystals ESRF
Michela Uslenghi Detectors INAF-IASF-Mi
Mauro Fiorin Electronics INAF-IASF-Mi
Finn Christensen External advisor DTU
Desiree Della Monica Ferreira Coating DTU
Sonny Massahi Coating DTU
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
With the collaboration and the support of
Name Role Affiliation
Paolo Conconi X-ray simulations INAF
Salvatore Incorvaia Cold finger INAF-IASF-Mi
Lorenzo Paoletti Electronics INAF-OAPD
Carlo Pelliciari Crystals  
Lorenzo Raimond Metrology Sincrotrone Trieste
Edoardo Redaelli Laser Tracker INAF-OAB
 
 
 
 
 
Banner image (by Stefano Basso): BEaTriX facility - INAF Brera Astronomical Observatory site of Merate (LC) - Web site credit: B. Salmaso, D. Spiga, and the BEaTriX team - M.R. Panzera