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arxiv: 0902.2713 · v1 · submitted 2009-02-16 · 🌌 astro-ph.IM

Simbol-X Background Minimization: Mirror Spacecraft Passive Shielding Trade-Off Study

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The present work shows a quantitative trade-off analysis of the Simbol-X Mirror Spacecraft (MSC) passive shielding, in the phase space of the various parameters: mass budget, dimension, geometry, and composition. A simplified physical (and geometrical) model of the sky screen, implemented by means of a GEANT4 simulation, has been developed to perform a performance-driven mass optimization and evaluate the residual background level on Simbol-X focal plane.

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