The detector assembly of the cameras of the Lunar Electromagnetic Monitor in X-rays (LEM-X)

Francesco Ceraudo; Alessio Nuti; Giuseppe Bertuccio; Riccardo Campana; Daniela Cirrincione; Giovanni Della Casa; Ettore Del Monte; Giuseppe Dilillo; Yuri Evangelista; Marco Feroci; Mauro Fiorini; Marco Grassi; Giovanni Lombardi; Piero Malcovati; Filippo Mele; Giancarlo Pepponi; Alexandre Rachevski; Irina Rashevskaya; Gianluigi Zampa; Nicola Zampa; Francesca Esposito; Immacolata Donnarumma; Ugo Cortesi; Fabio D'Amico; Alessandro Turchi; Marco Gai; Andrea Argan

doi:10.1117/12.3030691

21 August 2024 The detector assembly of the cameras of the Lunar Electromagnetic Monitor in X-rays (LEM-X)

Francesco Ceraudo, Alessio Nuti, Giuseppe Bertuccio, Riccardo Campana, Daniela Cirrincione, Giovanni Della Casa, Ettore Del Monte, Giuseppe Dilillo, Yuri Evangelista, Marco Feroci, Mauro Fiorini, Marco Grassi, Giovanni Lombardi, Piero Malcovati, Filippo Mele, Giancarlo Pepponi, Alexandre Rachevski, Irina Rashevskaya, Gianluigi Zampa, Nicola Zampa, Francesca Esposito, Immacolata Donnarumma, Ugo Cortesi, Fabio D'Amico, Alessandro Turchi, Marco Gai, Andrea Argan

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Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 130937N (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3030691
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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The Lunar Electromagnetic Monitor in X-rays (LEM-X) is a proposed observatory on the Moon surface for the detection of transients and the long-term monitoring of astrophysical sources across the whole observable sky in the 2 − 50 keV band. LEM-X is based on a compact and lightweight coded-aperture camera with a 2 sr field of view. The detector plane is composed of four individual alumina-based Detector Assemblies (DA), each one hosting a single large-area (∼ 7 × 7 cm²) linear Silicon Drift Detector (SDD), as well as 24 analog Application Specific Integrated Circuits (AFE ASICs), specifically developed for this project. High-voltage cables and a rigid-flex printed circuit board connect the DA to the back-end electronics and power supply. A breadboard featuring a 64-channel SDD and two AFE ASICs has been manufactured and is currently under test. The LEMX DA is being developed within the Earth-Moon-Mars project of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan.

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Francesco Ceraudo, Alessio Nuti, Giuseppe Bertuccio, Riccardo Campana, Daniela Cirrincione, Giovanni Della Casa, Ettore Del Monte, Giuseppe Dilillo, Yuri Evangelista, Marco Feroci, Mauro Fiorini, Marco Grassi, Giovanni Lombardi, Piero Malcovati, Filippo Mele, Giancarlo Pepponi, Alexandre Rachevski, Irina Rashevskaya, Gianluigi Zampa, Nicola Zampa, Francesca Esposito, Immacolata Donnarumma, Ugo Cortesi, Fabio D'Amico, Alessandro Turchi, Marco Gai, and Andrea Argan "The detector assembly of the cameras of the Lunar Electromagnetic Monitor in X-rays (LEM-X)", Proc. SPIE 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 130937N (21 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3030691

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