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The Palermo XACT facility: a new 35 m long soft x-ray beam-line for the development and calibration of next-generation x-ray observatories

Marco Barbera, Roberto Candia, A. Collura, Gaspare Di Cicca, Carlo Pelliciari, S. Sciortino, Salvatore Varisco

Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2006 · 15 citations · 0 references

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Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsRadiation MeasurementX-ray AstronomyX-ray DetectionX-ray DetectorsX-ray OpticsX-ray SpectroscopyX-ray TelescopesAstronomical X-ray DetectionCalibration Source DesignDetector IntegrationSoft X-ray AstronomySoft X-ray OpticsSoft X-ray TelescopesUpgrade ArchitectureX-ray Beamline Optics

Abstract

The X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing (XACT) facility of the Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) at Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo has recently undergone a major upgrade with the design and construction of a 35 meter long vacuum beam-line operating in the soft X-rays (0.1-20 keV) and the addition of new hardware to meet the requirements for testing and calibration of next generation X-ray missions. We report on the present configuration of the facility and briefly survey the range of its applications.