Kavli Affiliate: Marshall W. Bautz
| First 5 Authors: Abigail Y. Pan, Abigail Y. Pan, , ,
| Summary:
The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is one of two candidate mission
concepts selected for Phase-A study for the new NASA Astrophysics Probe
Explorer (APEX) mission class, with a planned launch in 2032. The X-ray camera
for AXIS is under joint development by the X-ray Astronomy and Observational
Cosmology (XOC) Group at Stanford, the MIT Kavli Institute (MKI), and MIT
Lincoln Laboratory (MIT-LL). To accelerate development efforts and meet the
AXIS mission requirements, XOC has developed a twin beamline testing system,
capable of providing the necessary performance, flexibility, and robustness. We
present design details, simulations, and performance results for the newer of
the two beamlines, constructed and optimized to test and characterize the first
full-size MIT-LL AXIS prototype detectors, operating with the
Stanford-developed Multi-Channel Readout Chip (MCRC) integrated readout
electronics system. The XOC X-ray beamline design is forward-looking and
flexible, with a modular structure adaptable to a wide range of detector
technologies identified by the Great Observatories Maturation Program (GOMAP)
that span the X-ray to near-infrared wavelengths.
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