The current status of ASTRO-H/HXT development facility

We present the current state of the development system of the hard ray telescope onboard ASTRO-H satellite. Japan's 6th X-ray satellite mission ASTRO-H, which is planed to be launched in fiscal year 2013, will carry four X-ray telescopes (XRT). Two of four XRTs are hard X-ray telescopes (HXT) using depth-graded multilayer reflector which provide us the capability of hard X-ray imaging observation up to 80 keV. ASTRO-H/HXT is the light-weight hard X-ray telescope using Pt/C depth-graded multilayer and high-throughput thin-foil optics. The basic technology for fabricating the ASTRO-H/HXT has been established through the balloon borne experiments, "InFOC mu S" (US-Japan international joint experiment) and "SUMIT" missions. (Nagoya University, Osaka University and JAXA). Major changes from XRTs onboard InFOC mu S and SUMIT missions are large aperture size of 45 cm in diameter, the length of reflectors of 20 cm and the focal length of 12 m (XRTs onboard the balloon missions above have the aperture size of 40 cm in diameter, 13 cm long reflectors and 8 m focal length). Now we have almost finished to establish the mirror production facility dedicated to the ASTRO-H/HXT and are starting to produce foil reflectors for performance verification of 200 mm long reflector. We report the current status of the development facilities and test foil production