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List of works by Alfonso Collura

15-30 arcsec resolution replica x-ray optics for AXAF-S

A Fully Planar Approach to the Construction of X-Ray Microcalorimeters with Doped Germanium Sensors

scholarly article by G. Chianetta et al published 25 January 2008 in Journal of Low Temperature Physics

A single stage adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator for testing x-ray microcalorimeters

ATHENA X-IFU thermal filters development status toward the end of the instrument phase-A

AXAF High-Resolution Camera (HRC): calibration and recalibration at XRCF and beyond

Absorption band at 7.6 eV induced by γ-irradiation in silica glasses

Active shape correction of a thin glass/plastic x-ray mirror

An Objective Multicolor Method for the Characterization of Low-Resolution X-Ray Spectra

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Astronomical soft x-ray mirrors reflectivity enhancement by multilayer coatings with carbon overcoating

B-MINE, the balloon-borne microcalorimeter nuclear line explorer

Baseline design of the thermal blocking filters for the X-IFU detector on board ATHENA

CHP efficiency of a 2000 × CPV system with reflective optics

Calibration of the AXAF-HRC UV/ion shields at Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S. Vaiana: I -instrumental setup

Calibration of the AXAF-HRC UV/ion shields at Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S. Vaiana: II - x-ray transmission measurements

Calibration of the AXAF-HRC UV/ion shields at Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S. Vaiana: III - synchrotron measurements of XANES in aluminum-coated Lexan film samples

scholarly article published 31 October 1996

Calibration of the AXAF-HRC UV/ion shields at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S. Vaiana: IV - UV rejection measurements

Calibration of the SphinX experiment at the XACT facility in Palermo

Calibration of the UV/ion shields for the AXAF High-Resolution Camera

Calibration of the XRT-SOLARB flat mirror samples at the XACT Facility of INAF-OAPA

Calibration of the XRT-SOLARB flight filters at the XACT facility of INAF-OAPA

Calibration of the lunar orbital x-ray fluorescence imaging spectrometer (LOXIA) of Chang'E-1 satellite at INAF-OAPA

scholarly article published 13 September 2007

Chemical Evolution of Interstellar Methanol Ice Analogs upon Ultraviolet Irradiation: The Role of the Substrate

scientific article

Combined heat and power generation with a HCPV system at 2000 suns

Direct sunlight facility for testing and research in HCPV

Electrical connections and driving electronics for piezo-actuated x-ray thin glass optics

Electrical-optical characterization of multijunction solar cells under 2000X concentration

article published in 2014

Electroplated Indium Bumps as Thermal and Electrical Connections of NTD-Ge Sensors for the Fabrication of Microcalorimeter Arrays

Fabrication of Electrical Contacts on Pyramid-Shaped NTD-Ge Microcalorimeters Using Free-Standing Shadow Masks

article by U. Lo Cicero et al published 30 November 2011 in Journal of Low Temperature Physics

In‐Flight Calibration of theROSATHRI Ultraviolet Sensitivity

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

LOFT: the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing

article

Lightweight thin plastic foil x-ray telescopes

Lobster eye optics for nano-satellite x-ray monitor

Manufacturing an active X-ray mirror prototype in thin glass

scientific article published in January 2016

Manufacturing and testing a thin glass mirror shell with piezoelectric active control

Measurement of the transmission of the UV/ion shields for the AXAF High-Resolution Camera

article

Metal thin-film temperature sensor embedded in heat-sink for CPV cells characterization

Modeling the energy thermalization of x-ray photons in a microcalorimeter with superconducting absorber

Monitoring the stability of thin and medium back-up filters of the Newton-XMM EPIC camera

Performance and calibration of the AXAF High-Resolution Camera I: imaging readout

Performance and calibration of the AXAF High-Resolution Camera II: the spectroscopic detector

Photoluminescence activity in natural silica excited in the vacuum-UV range

Planar Technology for NDT-Ge X-Ray Microcalorimeters: Absorber Fabrication

Planar array technology for the fabrication of germanium X-ray microcalorimeters

scholarly article published October 2008

ROSAT X-Ray Detection of epsilon Taurus: Revisiting the Coronal and Transition Region Emission of the Hyades Giants

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Radio frequency shielding of thin aluminized plastic filters investigated for the ATHENA X-IFU detector

scholarly article published 6 July 2018

Realization and drive tests of active thin glass x-ray mirrors

Simbol-X Mirror Module Thermal Shields: II-Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Measurements

Simbol-X Mirror Module Thermal Shields: I—Design and X-Ray Transmission

article

Soft X-ray irradiation of methanol ice: implication for H_2_ CO formation in interstellar regions

scholarly article

Soft X-ray irradiation of pure carbon monoxide interstellar ice analogues

scholarly article

Spectral broadening by incomplete thermalization of the energy in X-ray microcalorimeters with superconducting absorber and NTD-Ge thermal sensor

Status of the EPIC thin and medium filters on-board XMM-Newton after more than 10 years of operation I: laboratory measurements on back-up filters

Status of the EPIC thin and medium filters on-board XMM-Newton after more than 10 years of operation II: analysis of in-flight data

Study and implementation of a soft X-ray 100 eV -20 keV fixed exit monochromator system

Temperature effects on the performances of the ATHENA X-IFU thermal filters

Test of x-ray microcalorimeters with bilayer absorbers

Tests of lobster eye optics for small space X-ray telescope

The EChO science case

scientific article (publication date: 29 November 2015)

The European Photon Imaging Camera on XMM-Newton: The MOS cameras

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The LOFT mission concept: a status update

article

The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT)

article

The Large Observatory for x-ray timing

article

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

article

The optical blocking filter for the ATHENA wide field imager: ongoing activities towards the conceptual design

The thin and medium filters of the EPIC camera on-board XMM-Newton: measured performance after more than 15 years of operation

The young hard active Sun: soft X-ray irradiation of tryptophan in water solutions

Thermal Filters for the ATHENA X-IFU: Ongoing Activities Toward the Conceptual Design

Thermal shielding of the SIMBOL-X mirror assembly

Thin plastic shell x-ray optics: an update

Thin-shell plastic lenses for space and laboratory applications

scholarly article

X-ray and optical performance of the flight filters for the JET-X telescope

X-ray emitting hot plasma in solar active regions observed by the SphinX spectrometer

scientific article

XRASE: The X-Ray Spectroscopic Explorer

scholarly article