The High-Resolution X-ray Microcalorimeter Spectrometer System for the SXS on ASTRO-H

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作者
Mitsuda, Kazuhisa [1 ]
Kelley, Richard L. [7 ]
Boyce, Kevin R. [7 ]
Brown, Gregory V. [10 ]
Costantini, Elisa [11 ]
DiPirro, Michael J. [7 ]
Ezoe, Yuichiro [3 ]
Fujimoto, Ryuichi [4 ]
Gendreau, Keith C. [7 ]
den Herder, Jan-Willem [11 ]
Hoshino, Akio [4 ]
Ishisaki, Yoshitaka [3 ]
Kilbourne, Caroline A.
Kitamoto, Shunji
McCammon, Dan [8 ]
Murakami, Masahide
Murakami, Hiroshi
Ogawa, Mina [1 ]
Ohashi, Takaya
Okamoto, Atsushi [2 ]
Paltani, Stephane [12 ]
Pohl, Martin [12 ]
Porter, F. Scott [7 ]
Sato, Yoichi
Shinozaki, Keisuke [2 ]
Shirron, Peter J.
Sneiderman, Gary A.
Sugita, Hiroyuki [2 ]
Szymkowiak, Andrew [9 ]
Takei, Yoh [1 ]
Tamagawa, Toru [6 ]
Tashiro, Makoto [5 ]
Terada, Yukikatsu [5 ]
Tsujimoto, Masahiro [1 ]
de Vries, Cor [11 ]
Yamaguchi, Hiroya [6 ]
Yamasaki, Noriko Y. [1 ]
机构
[1] JAXA, Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
[2] JAXA, Aerosp Res & Dev Directorate, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
[3] Tokyo Metropolitan Univ, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
[4] Kanazawa Univ, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
[5] Saitama Univ, Saitama, Japan
[6] Riken, Wako, Saitama, Japan
[7] NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, MD USA
[8] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA
[9] Yale Univ, New Haven, CT USA
[10] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA USA
[11] SRON Netherlands Inst Space Res, Utrecht, Netherlands
[12] Univ Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
来源
SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2010: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY | 2010年 / 7732卷
关键词
X-ray astronomy; Soft X-ray; High resolution X-ray Spectroscopy;
D O I
10.1117/12.856778
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present the science and an overview of the Soft X-ray Spectrometer onboard the ASTRO-H mission with emphasis on the detector system. The SXS consists of X-ray focusing mirrors and a microcalorimeter array and is developed by international collaboration lead by JAXA and NASA with European participation. The detector is a 6 x 6 format microcalorimeter array operated at a cryogenic temperature of 50 mK and covers a 3' x 3' filed of view of the X-ray telescope of 5.6 m focal length. We expect an energy resolution better than 7 eV (FWHM, requirement) with a goal of 4 eV. The effective area of the instrument will be 225 cm(2) at 7 keV; by a factor of about two larger than that of the X-ray microcalorimeter on board Suzaku. One of the main scientific objectives of the SXS is to investigate turbulent and/or macroscopic motions of hot gas in clusters of galaxies.
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