We will describe the LAUE project, supported by the Italian Space Agency, whose aim is to demonstrate the capability to build a focusing optics in the hard X-/soft gamma-ray domain (80--600 keV). To show the lens feasibility, the assembling of a Laue lens petal prototype with 20 m focal length is ongoing. Indeed, a feasibility study, within the LAUE project, has demonstrated that a Laue lens made of petals is feasible. Our goal is a lens in the 80-600 keV energy band. In addition to a detailed description of the new LARIX facility, in which the lens is being assembled, we will report the results of the project obtained so far.
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@article{arxiv.1401.4948,
title = {The LAUE project and its main results},
author = {E. Virgilli and F. Frontera and V. Valsan and V. Liccardo and V. Carassiti and S. Squerzanti and M. Statera and M. Parise and S. Chiozzi and F. Evangelisti and E. Caroli and J. Stephen and N. Auricchio and S. Silvestri and A. Basili and F. Cassese and L. Recanatesi and V. Guidi and V. Bellucci and R. Camattari and C. Ferrari and A. Zappettini and E. Buffagni and E. Bonnini and M. Pecora and S. Mottini and B. Negri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.4948},
year = {2014}
}