Kavli Affiliate: Sven C. Herrmann
| First 5 Authors: Haley R. Stueber, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sven C. Herrmann, Peter Orel, Tsion Gebre
| Summary:
Future strategic X-ray satellite telescopes, such as the probe-class Advanced
X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS), will require excellent soft energy response in
their imaging detectors to enable maximum discovery potential. In order to
characterize Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) and Single Electron Sensitive Read
Output (SiSeRO) detectors in the soft X-ray region, the X-ray Astronomy and
Observational Cosmology (XOC) group at Stanford has developed, assembled, and
commissioned a 2.5-meter-long X-ray beamline test system. The beamline is
designed to efficiently produce monoenergetic X-ray fluorescence lines in the
0.3-10 keV energy range and achieve detector temperatures as low as 173 K. We
present design and simulation details of the beamline, and discuss the vacuum,
cooling, and X-ray fluorescence performance achieved. As a workhorse for future
detector characterization at Stanford, the XOC beamline will support detector
development for a broad range of X-ray astronomy instruments.
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