Micro-X: Transition Edge Sensors for X-ray Astrophysics, to Cas A and Beyond - Josh Fuhrman (NASA Goddard)

Tuesday 12 Dec 2023, 12:30 → 13:30 America/Los_Angeles

48/2-224 - Madrone (SLAC)

Micro-X is an x-ray space telescope and NASA sounding rocket payload carrying a 128-pixel x-ray microcalorimeter array. Over two flights, an engineering success in 2018 and a comprehensive success in 2022, Micro-X has demonstrated the viability of Transition Edge Sensors (TES) and their Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID) based readout systems for future space observatories. In this talk, we will cover the Micro-X payload and discuss lessons learned from both rocket flights relevant to future x-ray microcalorimeter space missions. We will share the soft x-ray spectra of Cas A measured during the second rocket flight. Finally, we will look beyond Micro-X to the development of next-generation TES microcalorimeter arrays at Goddard Space Flight Center for future x-ray space observatories, such as Athena and LEM. 

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