Soft x-ray imager onboard ASTRO-H

Hiroshi Tsunemi; Kiyoshi Hayashida; Hiroshi Nakajima; Takeshi Go Tsuru; Takaaki Tanaka; Tadayasu Dotani; Masayuki Ozaki; Chikara Natsukari; Hiroshi Tomida; Junko S. Hiraga; Takayoshi Kohmura; Hiroshi Murakami; Koji Mori; Makoto Yamauchi; Isamu Hatsukade; Aya Bamba

doi:10.1117/12.2023267

26 September 2013 Soft x-ray imager onboard ASTRO-H

Hiroshi Tsunemi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Go Tsuru, Takaaki Tanaka, Tadayasu Dotani, Masayuki Ozaki, Chikara Natsukari, Hiroshi Tomida, Junko S. Hiraga, Takayoshi Kohmura, Hiroshi Murakami, Koji Mori, Makoto Yamauchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Aya Bamba

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Proceedings Volume 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII; 88590C (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023267
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Soft X-ray Imager, SXI, is an X-ray CCD camera onboard the ASTRO-H satellite to be launched in 2015. ASTRO-H will carry two types of soft X-ray detector. The X-ray calorimeter, SXS, has an excellent energy resolution with a narrow field of view while the SXI has a medium energy resolution with a large field of view, 38′ square. We employ 4 CCDs of P-channel type with a depletion layer of 200 μm. Having passed the CDR, we assemble the FM so that we can join the final assembly. We present here the SXI status and its expected performance in orbit.

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Hiroshi Tsunemi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Go Tsuru, Takaaki Tanaka, Tadayasu Dotani, Masayuki Ozaki, Chikara Natsukari, Hiroshi Tomida, Junko S. Hiraga, Takayoshi Kohmura, Hiroshi Murakami, Koji Mori, Makoto Yamauchi, Isamu Hatsukade, and Aya Bamba "Soft x-ray imager onboard ASTRO-H", Proc. SPIE 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII, 88590C (26 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023267

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