Speaker
Mr
Pablo Portillo
(Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial)
Description
The modelling of X-ray micropore optics have raised a considerable interest, in the framework of some recent and future missions like BepiColombo or the next X-ray observatory ATHENA, in order to not only help during design phases but also provide a precise knowledge of the low-energy particle focusing on the focal plane detectors.
As a first step, we have fully simulated the BepiColombo MIXS instrument, by means of Geant4 and the XRTG4 tracer, including a realistic model of the actual MIXS micropore optics. Preliminary results show a good correlation between our model and the main figures of merit obtained during ground X-ray tests performed on the MIXS flight model, which open up promising prospects for future further investigations
Primary authors
Ms
Marina Benito-Parejo
(INTA)
Mr
Pablo Portillo
(Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial)
Mr
Sergio Ibarmia
(INTA)
