The Astro-H High Resolution Soft X-Ray Spectrometer

被引:60
作者
Kelley, Richard L. [1 ]
Akamatsu, Hiroki [2 ]
Azzarell, Phillipp [3 ]
Bialas, Tom [1 ]
Boyce, Kevin R. [1 ]
Brown, Gregory V. [4 ]
Canavan, Edgar [1 ]
Chiao, Meng P. [1 ,5 ]
Costantini, Elisa [2 ]
DiPirro, Michael J. [1 ]
Eckart, Megan E. [1 ]
Ezoe, Yuichiro [6 ]
Fujimoto, Ryuichi [7 ]
Haas, Daniel [2 ]
den Herder, Jan-Willem [2 ]
Hoshino, Akio [8 ]
Ishikawa, Kumi [9 ]
Ishisaki, Yoshitaka [10 ]
Iyomoto, Naoko [11 ]
Kilbourne, Caroline A. [1 ]
Kimball, Mark [1 ]
Kitamoto, Shunji [8 ]
Konami, Saori [6 ]
Koyama, Shu [12 ]
Leutenegger, Maurice A. [1 ,5 ]
McCammon, Dan [13 ]
Miko, Joseph [1 ]
Mitsuda, Kazuhisa [12 ]
Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki [14 ]
Moseley, Harvey [1 ]
Murakami, Hiroshi [15 ]
Murakami, Masahide [16 ]
Noda, Hirofumi [17 ]
Ogawa, Mina [12 ]
Ohashi, Takaya [6 ]
Okamoto, Atsushi [18 ]
Ota, Naomi [19 ]
Paltani, Stephane [3 ]
Porter, F. Scott [1 ]
Sakai, Kazuhiro [20 ]
Sato, Kosuke [21 ]
Sato, Yohichi [17 ]
Sawada, Makoto [22 ]
Seta, Hiromi [6 ]
Shinozaki, Keisuke [18 ]
Shirron, Peter J. [1 ]
Sneiderman, Gary A. [1 ]
Sugita, Hiroyuki [18 ]
Szymkowiak, Andrew E. [23 ]
Takei, Yoh [12 ]
机构
[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[2] SRON Netherlands Inst Space Res, Utrecht, Netherlands
[3] Univ Genoa, Dept Astron, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
[4] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
[5] Univ Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA
[6] Tokyo Metropolitan Univ, Dept Phys, Tokyo 1920397, Japan
[7] Kanazawa Univ, Fac Math & Phys, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 9201192, Japan
[8] Rikkyo Univ, Dept Phys, Tokyo 1718501, Japan
[9] RIKEN Nishina Ctr, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[10] Tokyo Metropolitan Univ, Dept Phys, Tokyo 1920397, Japan
[11] Kyushu Univ, Fukuoka 8190395, Japan
[12] Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy JAXA, ISAS, Kanagawa 2525210, Japan
[13] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, 1150 Univ Ave, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[14] Nagoya Univ, Dept Phys, Nagoya, Aichi 4648602, Japan
[15] Tohoku Gakuin Univ, Dept Informat Sci, Fac Liberal Arts, Sendai, Miyagi 9813193, Japan
[16] Kindai Univ, Dept Architecture, Osaka 5778502, Japan
[17] Tohoku Univ, Frontier Res Inst Interdisciplinary Sci, Sendai, Miyagi 9808578, Japan
[18] Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy JAXA, Tsukuba Space Ctr TKSC, Ibaraki 3058505, Japan
[19] Nara Womens Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Nara 6308506, Japan
[20] Univ Space Res Assoc, Huntsville, AL 35805 USA
[21] Tokyo Univ Sci, Dept Phys, Tokyo 1628601, Japan
[22] Aoyama Gakuin Univ, Dept Math & Phys, Kanagawa 2525258, Japan
[23] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[24] Saitama Univ, Dept Phys, Saitama 3388570, Japan
[25] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Tokyo 1528551, Japan
来源
SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2016: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY | 2016年 / 9905卷
关键词
Detectors; x-rays; calorimeters; spectrometers; instruments; missions;
D O I
10.1117/12.2232509
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We present the overall design and performance of the Astro-H (Hitomi) Soft X-Ray Spectrometer (SXS). The instrument uses a 36-pixel array of x-ray microcalorimeters at the focus of a grazing-incidence x-ray mirror Soft X-Ray Telescope (SXT) for high-resolution spectroscopy of celestial x-ray sources. The instrument was designed to achieve an energy resolution better than 7 eV over the 0.3-12 keV energy range and operate for more than 3 years in orbit. The actual energy resolution of the instrument is 4-5 eV as demonstrated during extensive ground testing prior to launch and in orbit. The measured mass flow rate of the liquid helium cryogen and initial fill level at launch predict a lifetime of more than 4 years assuming steady mechanical cooler performance. Cryogen-free operation was successfully demonstrated prior to launch. The successful operation of the SXS in orbit, including the first observations of the velocity structure of the Perseus cluster of galaxies, demonstrates the viability and power of this technology as a tool for astrophysics.
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