documents - Athena
ATHENA DOCUMENTS
Here you can find links to useful background material as they become available.
(Some areas are password protected, where commercially sensitive material can be located)
Supporting Science Documents include more detailed science cases prepared in support of the general proposal
Overview Documents
Summary Report from the Concurrent Design Facility (CDF)
General Observatory description
X-ray Optics Design Description
SPIE 2016 Collection of papers
Resources - files FROM CONSORTIUM
For simulations, X-IFU response files can be found at the consortium web page; WFI response and specimen background files, together with explanatory documents, can be found at the MPE external site.
Athena Acronyms
A list of acronyms can be found here.