Fabio D'Anca

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• Master of Engineering
• Tecnologist at National Institute of Astrophysics

The High Energy Modular Array (HEMA) is one of three instruments that compose the STROBE-X mission concept. The HEMA is a large-area, high-throughput non-imaging pointed instrument based on the Large Area Detector developed as part of the LOFT mission concept. It is designed for spectral timing measurements of a broad range of sources and provides...

Context. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities, such as the kink instability, can trigger the chaotic fragmentation of a twisted magnetic flux tube into small-scale current sheets that dissipate as aperiodic impulsive heating events. In turn, the instability could propagate as an avalanche to nearby flux tubes and lead to a nanoflare storm. Our p...

MHD kink instability can trigger the fragmentation of a twisted magnetic flux tube into small-scale current sheets that dissipate as aperiodic impulsive heating events. This instability propagates as an avalanche to nearby flux tubes and leads to a nanoflare storm. Our previous work was devoted to related 3D MHD numerical modeling with a stratified...

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is one of the two focal plane detectors of Athena, a large-class high energy astrophysics space mission approved by ESA in the Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 Science Program. The X-IFU consists of a large array of transition edge sensor micro-calorimeters that operate at ~100 mK inside a sophisticated cryostat. To pre...

X-ray detectors for space astrophysics missions are susceptible to noise caused by photons with energies outside the operating energy range; for this reason, efficient external optical blocking filters are required to shield the detector from the out-of-band radiation. These filters play a crucial role in meeting the scientific requirements of the...

The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray Observatory. Athena is a versatile observatory designed to address the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme, as selected in November 2013 by the Survey Science Committee. Based on a large format...

The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer, studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray Observatory, a versatile observatory designed to address the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme, selected in November 2013 by the Survey Science Committee. Based on a large format array of Tr...

Ariel (Atmospheric Remote-Sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large Survey) is the adopted M4 mission in the framework of the ESA “Cosmic Vision” program. Its purpose is to conduct a survey of the atmospheres of known exoplanets through transit spectroscopy. Launch is scheduled for 2029. Ariel scientific payload consists of an off-axis, unobscured Cassegrai...

ATHENA is the future X-ray telescope to observe hot and energetic Universe. It has been selected by European Space Agency (ESA) as a second large mission with a launch foreseen in 2031. Polish engineers and researchers were invited to participate in the design and construction of subsystems for both ATHENA instruments. In this paper, we present the...

Parallel kinematic machines (PKMs) have demonstrated their potential in many applications when high stiffness and accuracy are needed, even at micro- and nanoscales. The present paper is focused on the functional design of a parallel platform providing high accuracy and repeatability in full spatial motion. The hexaglide architecture with 6-PSS kin...

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is one of the two instruments of the Athena astrophysics space mission approved by ESA in the Cosmic Vision Science Program. The X-IFU consists of a large array of TES microcalorimeters that will operate at ~ 50 mK inside a sophisticated cryostat. A set of thin filters, highly transparent to X-rays, will be mou...

The Wide Field Imager (WFI) is one of the two instruments of the ATHENA astrophysics space mission approved by ESA as the second large mission in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Science Programme. The WFI, based on a large array of depleted field effect transistors (DEPFET), will provide imaging in the 0.2-15 keV band over a 40'x40' field of view, simu...

ATHENA is a Large high energy astrophysics space mission selected by ESA in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Science Program. It will be equipped with two interchangeable focal plane detectors: the X-Ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) and the Wide Field Imager (WFI). Both detectors require x-ray transparent filters to fully exploit their sensitivity. In or...

The X-IFU instrument of the ATHENA mission requires a set of thermal filters to reduce the photon shot noise onto its cryogenic detector and to protect it from molecular contamination. A set of five filters, operating at different nominal temperatures corresponding to the cryostat shield temperatures, is currently baselined. The knowledge of the ac...

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is one of the two detectors of the ATHENA astrophysics space mission approved by ESA in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Science Programme. The X-IFU consists of a large array of transition edge sensors (TES) micro-calorimeters covering a field of view of ∼5' diameter, sensitive in the energy range 0.2-12 keV, and p...

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is one of the two instruments of the Athena astrophysics space mission approved by ESA in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Science Programme. The X-IFU consists of a large array of transition edge sensor micro-calorimeters that will operate at ∼100 mK inside a sophisticated cryostat. A set of thin filters, highly tr...

The planned filter and calibration wheel for the Wide Field Imager (WFI) instrument on Athena is presented. With four selectable positions it provides the necessary functions, in particular an UV/VIS blocking filter for the WFI detectors and a calibration source. Challenges for the filter wheel design are the large volume and mass of the subsystem,...

Acoustic monitoring can improve the knowledge of marine environment, because sounds can be an indicator of background noise and health status of biological habitat [?]. Acoustic devices find applications in many different research and monitoring activities nowadays carried out in shallow marine waters. This paper introduces a reconfigurable measure...

The construction project of the novel thermal neutron Brillouin spectrometer (BRISP) is entering its commissioning period. After a brief review of the scientific motivation and the technical components of the instrument, we present here a historical overview of the installation steps that have gradually brought such a difficult project into the pre...

In recent years several experiments carried out by means of inelastic X-ray and neutron scattering on liquid and amorphous systems have shown that collective modes exist in the low-momentum region well beyond the hydrodynamic limit. To expand the potentialities of the neutron technique in this field, a small-angle inelastic spectrometer operated at...

An innovative setup to combine electrochemical and in situ surface X-ray diffraction (SXRD) measurements is described. This electrochemical cell has a different design from the other ones commonly used for X-ray diffraction studies. It allows the sample surface to stay always completely immersed into the solution under controlled potential conditio...

An in situ cell for reductive and oxidative treatments at different temperatures that allows the possibility of recording data as a function of temperature has been designed and constructed for X-ray absorption experiments at the GILDA beamline BM08 of ESRF. The cell is linked to a mass quadrupole spectrometer providing control of the reaction gase...

Inelastic neutron scattering experiments for advanced investigations of the atomic and spin dynamics of matter at low momentum transfers (Neutron Brillouin Spectroscopy) require new instrumentation and efficient measuring techniques. In this paper we describe the development and expected performance of the BRISP thermal neutron spectrometer, which...

The BRISP project is an Italian–German collaboration for the construction of a thermal neutron Brillouin scattering time-of-flight spectrometer at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL, Grenoble). Such instrument will allow small momentum transfer investigations of the dynamic structure factor of disordered and magnetic systems, with good energy and mome...

We have designed and realized a cell where a powdered sample, in form of self-supported pellet, can be (i) in situ heated up to 900 K, either under dynamical vacuum or in reducing/oxidizing atmosphere; (ii) contacted with the desired amount of adsorbed gas; (iii) cooled down to 77 K for measurements. The cell (transmission geometry) has been employ...

This technical note reports on the design, construction and performance of a vibrating sample holder in use on the GILDA - CRG beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. It permits to minimize the effects of coherent scattering (Bragg Scattering) when measuring the x-ray absorption coefficient of single crys...