Author: Collon, M.J.
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TUOBM06 MINERVA, a New X-ray Facility for the Characterization of the ATHENA Mirror Modules at the ALBA Synchrotron 28
 
  • A. Carballedo, J.J. Casas, C. Colldelram, A. Crisol, G. Cuní, D. Heinis, J. Nicolàs, A. Sánchez, N. Valls Vidal
    ALBA-CELLS, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
  • N. Barrière, M.J. Collon, G. Vacanti
    Cosine Measurement Systems, Warmond, The Netherlands
  • M. Bavdaz, I. Ferreira
    ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
  • L. Cibic, M. Krumrey, D. Skroblin
    PTB, Berlin, Germany
 
  Funding: MINERVA is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
In this paper we present the newly built beamline MINERVA, an X-ray facility at the ALBA synchrotron. The beamline has been designed to support the development of the X ray observatory ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics). MINERVA will host the necessary metrology equipment to integrate the stacks produced by cosine in a mirror module (MM) and characterize their optical performances. The optical and mechanical design is based on the XPBF 2.0 from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), at BESSY II already in use to this effect and its construction is meant to significantly augment the capability to produce MM. The development of MINERVA has addressed the need for improved technical specifications, overcome existing limitations and achieve enhanced mechanical performances. We describe the design, construction process and implementation of Minerva that lasted three years. Even though the beamline is still under a commissioning phase, we expose tests and analysis that have been recently performed, remarking the improvements accomplished and the challenges to overcome, in order to reach the operational readiness for the mirror modules mass production.
 
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-MEDSI2023-TUOBM06  
About • Received ※ 24 October 2023 — Revised ※ 03 November 2023 — Accepted ※ 09 November 2023 — Issued ※ 09 February 2024
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