US Contributions to the Athena WFI
Abstract
The US is contributing to the Athena Wide Field Imager (WFI) in three areas: development of a secondary computer board (the Science Products Module, or SPM) for on-board transient analysis and background rejection; assistance with the design and testing of the VERITAS-2 ASIC that is part of the detector front-end electronics; and fabrication of heat pipes. We will present the preliminary design of the SPM software algorithms under development at Penn State, MIT, and SAO.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #233
- Pub Date:
- January 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AAS...23346202B