TESSIM: A simulator for the Athena-X-IFU

Wilms J, Smith SJ, Peille P, Ceballos MT, Cobo B, Dauser T, Brand T, Den Hartog RH, Bandler SR, De Plaa J, Den Herder JW (2016)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2016

Publisher: SPIE

Book Volume: 9905

Article Number: 990564

ISBN: 9781510601895

DOI: 10.1117/12.2234435

Abstract

We present the design of tessim, a simulator for the physics of transition edge sensors developed in the framework of the Athena end to end simulation effort. Designed to represent the general behavior of transition edge sensors and to provide input for engineering and science studies for Athena, tessim implements a numerical solution of the linearized equations describing these devices. The simulation includes a model for the relevant noise sources and several implementations of possible trigger algorithms. Input and output of the software are standard FITS-files which can be visualized and processed using standard X-ray astronomical tool packages. Tessim is freely available as part of the SIXTE package (http://www.sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de/research/sixte/).

Authors with CRIS profile

Jörn Wilms Professur für Astronomie und Astrophysik Thomas Dauser Dr.Karl-Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, Astronomisches Institut Thorsten Brand Dr.Karl-Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, Astronomisches Institut

Involved external institutions

National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) FR France (FR) Netherlands Institute for Space Research / Stichting Ruimteonderzoek Nederland (SRON) NL Netherlands (NL) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) US United States (USA) (US) Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA) ES Spain (ES)

How to cite

APA:

Wilms, J., Smith, S.J., Peille, P., Ceballos, M.T., Cobo, B., Dauser, T.,... Den Herder, J.W. (2016). TESSIM: A simulator for the Athena-X-IFU. In Proceedings of the Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. SPIE.

MLA:

Wilms, Jörn, et al. "TESSIM: A simulator for the Athena-X-IFU." Proceedings of the Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray SPIE, 2016.

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