The XOC x-ray beamline: probing colder, quieter, and softer

Haley R. Stueber; Tanmoy Chattopadhyay; Sven C. Herrmann; Peter Orel; Tsion Gebre; Aanand Joshi; Steven W. Allen; Glenn Morris; Artem Poliszczuk

doi:10.1117/12.3017691

27 August 2024 The XOC x-ray beamline: probing colder, quieter, and softer

Haley R. Stueber, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sven C. Herrmann, Peter Orel, Tsion Gebre, Aanand Joshi, Steven W. Allen, Glenn Morris, Artem Poliszczuk

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Proceedings Volume 13103, X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy XI; 131031D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017691
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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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 to 10keV energy range and achieve detector temperatures as low as 173K. 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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Haley R. Stueber, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sven C. Herrmann, Peter Orel, Tsion Gebre, Aanand Joshi, Steven W. Allen, Glenn Morris, and Artem Poliszczuk "The XOC x-ray beamline: probing colder, quieter, and softer", Proc. SPIE 13103, X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy XI, 131031D (27 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017691

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