The Wide-Field Imager for IXO: Status and future activities

The Wide Field Imager (WFI) of the International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is an X-ray imaging spectrometer based on a large monolithic DePFET (Depleted P-channel Field Effect Transistor) Active Pixel Sensor. Filling an area of 10 x 10 cm2 with a format of 1024 x 1024 pixels it will cover a field of v...

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Main Authors: Struder, Lothar, Aschauer, Florian, Herrmann, Sven, Lauf, Thomas, Meuris, Aline, Porro, Matteo, Reiffers, Jonas, de Vita, Giulio, Bautz, Mark W., Bombelli, Luca, Fiorini, Carlo, Burrows, David, Fraser, George, Kendziorra, Eckhard, Santangelo, Andrea, Tenzer, Chris, Kuster, Markus, Lechner, Peter, Lutz, Gerhard, Majewski, Petra, Soltau, Heike, Richter, Rainer, Stefanescu, Alexander, Treis, Johannes, Tsunemi, Hiroshi, Wilms, Jorn
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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Published: SPIE 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64817
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author Struder, Lothar
Aschauer, Florian
Herrmann, Sven
Lauf, Thomas
Meuris, Aline
Porro, Matteo
Reiffers, Jonas
de Vita, Giulio
Bautz, Mark W.
Bombelli, Luca
Fiorini, Carlo
Burrows, David
Fraser, George
Kendziorra, Eckhard
Santangelo, Andrea
Tenzer, Chris
Kuster, Markus
Lechner, Peter
Lutz, Gerhard
Majewski, Petra
Soltau, Heike
Richter, Rainer
Stefanescu, Alexander
Treis, Johannes
Tsunemi, Hiroshi
Wilms, Jorn
author2 MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
author_facet MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Struder, Lothar
Aschauer, Florian
Herrmann, Sven
Lauf, Thomas
Meuris, Aline
Porro, Matteo
Reiffers, Jonas
de Vita, Giulio
Bautz, Mark W.
Bombelli, Luca
Fiorini, Carlo
Burrows, David
Fraser, George
Kendziorra, Eckhard
Santangelo, Andrea
Tenzer, Chris
Kuster, Markus
Lechner, Peter
Lutz, Gerhard
Majewski, Petra
Soltau, Heike
Richter, Rainer
Stefanescu, Alexander
Treis, Johannes
Tsunemi, Hiroshi
Wilms, Jorn
author_sort Struder, Lothar
collection MIT
description The Wide Field Imager (WFI) of the International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is an X-ray imaging spectrometer based on a large monolithic DePFET (Depleted P-channel Field Effect Transistor) Active Pixel Sensor. Filling an area of 10 x 10 cm2 with a format of 1024 x 1024 pixels it will cover a field of view of 18 arcmin. The pixel size of 100 x 100 μm2 corresponds to a fivefold oversampling of the telescope's expected 5 arcsec point spread function. The WFI's basic DePFET structure combines the functionalities of sensor and integrated amplifier with nearly Fano-limited energy resolution and high efficiency from 100 eV to 15 keV. The development of dedicated control and amplifier ASICs allows for high frame rates up to 1 kHz and flexible readout modes. Results obtained with representative prototypes with a format of 256 x 256 pixels are presented.
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spelling mit-1721.1/648172022-09-26T13:54:05Z The Wide-Field Imager for IXO: Status and future activities Struder, Lothar Aschauer, Florian Herrmann, Sven Lauf, Thomas Meuris, Aline Porro, Matteo Reiffers, Jonas de Vita, Giulio Bautz, Mark W. Bombelli, Luca Fiorini, Carlo Burrows, David Fraser, George Kendziorra, Eckhard Santangelo, Andrea Tenzer, Chris Kuster, Markus Lechner, Peter Lutz, Gerhard Majewski, Petra Soltau, Heike Richter, Rainer Stefanescu, Alexander Treis, Johannes Tsunemi, Hiroshi Wilms, Jorn MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Bautz, Mark W. Bautz, Mark The Wide Field Imager (WFI) of the International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is an X-ray imaging spectrometer based on a large monolithic DePFET (Depleted P-channel Field Effect Transistor) Active Pixel Sensor. Filling an area of 10 x 10 cm2 with a format of 1024 x 1024 pixels it will cover a field of view of 18 arcmin. The pixel size of 100 x 100 μm2 corresponds to a fivefold oversampling of the telescope's expected 5 arcsec point spread function. The WFI's basic DePFET structure combines the functionalities of sensor and integrated amplifier with nearly Fano-limited energy resolution and high efficiency from 100 eV to 15 keV. The development of dedicated control and amplifier ASICs allows for high frame rates up to 1 kHz and flexible readout modes. Results obtained with representative prototypes with a format of 256 x 256 pixels are presented. 2011-07-15T13:51:00Z 2011-07-15T13:51:00Z 2010-07 2010-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0277-786X http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64817 Lothar Strüder, Florian Aschauer, Mark Bautz, Luca Bombelli, David Burrows, Carlo Fiorini, George Fraser, Sven Herrmann, Eckhard Kendziorra, Markus Kuster, Thomas Lauf, Peter Lechner, Gerhard Lutz, Petra Majewski, Aline Meuris, Matteo Porro, Jonas Reiffers, Rainer Richter, Andrea Santangelo, Heike Soltau, Alexander Stefanescu, Chris Tenzer, Johannes Treis, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Giulio de Vita and Jörn Wilms, "The wide-field imager for IXO: status and future activities", Proc. SPIE 7732, 77321I (2010); doi:10.1117/12.856628 © 2010 SPIE https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1379-4482 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.856628 Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering; v.7732 Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf SPIE SPIE
spellingShingle Struder, Lothar
Aschauer, Florian
Herrmann, Sven
Lauf, Thomas
Meuris, Aline
Porro, Matteo
Reiffers, Jonas
de Vita, Giulio
Bautz, Mark W.
Bombelli, Luca
Fiorini, Carlo
Burrows, David
Fraser, George
Kendziorra, Eckhard
Santangelo, Andrea
Tenzer, Chris
Kuster, Markus
Lechner, Peter
Lutz, Gerhard
Majewski, Petra
Soltau, Heike
Richter, Rainer
Stefanescu, Alexander
Treis, Johannes
Tsunemi, Hiroshi
Wilms, Jorn
The Wide-Field Imager for IXO: Status and future activities
title The Wide-Field Imager for IXO: Status and future activities
title_full The Wide-Field Imager for IXO: Status and future activities
title_fullStr The Wide-Field Imager for IXO: Status and future activities
title_full_unstemmed The Wide-Field Imager for IXO: Status and future activities
title_short The Wide-Field Imager for IXO: Status and future activities
title_sort wide field imager for ixo status and future activities
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64817
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1379-4482
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