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10 July 2018 Status of resolve instrument for x-ray astronomy recovery mission (Conference Presentation)
Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard L. Kelley, Hiroki Akamatsu, Hisamitsu Awaki, Thomas G. Bialas, Gregory V. Brown, Meng P. Chiao, Elisa Costantini, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael J. Dipirro, Megan E. Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Akihiro Furuzawa, Steven M. Graham, Martin Grim, Takayuki Hayashi, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Ryo Iizuka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Shunji Kitamoto, Shu Koyama, Maurice A. Leutenegger, Yoshitomo Maeda, Dan McCammon, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Hideyuki Mori, Shinya Nakashima, Hirofumi Noda, Takaya Ohashi, Takashi Okajima, Stephane Paltani, F. Scott Porter, Kosuke Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Peter J. Shirron, Gary A. Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Andrew E. Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Shutaro Ueda, Cor P. de Vries, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Y. Yamasaki
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Abstract
The Resolve instrument onboard the X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM) consists of an array of 6x6 silicon-thermistor microcalorimeters cooled down to 50 mK and a high-throughput X-ray mirror assembly with a focal length of 5.6 m. The XARM is a recovery mission of ASTRO-H/Hitomi, and is developed by international collaboration of Japan, USA, and Europe. The Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS) onboard Hitomi demonstrated high resolution X-ray spectroscopy of ~ 5 eV FWHM in orbit for most of the microcalorimeter pixels. The Resolve instrument is planned to mostly be a copy of the Hitomi SXS and Soft X-ray Telescope designs, though several changes are planned based on the lessons learned of Hitomi. The energy resolution budget of the microcalorimeters is updated, reflecting the Hitomi SXS results. We report the current status of the Resolve instrument.
Conference Presentation
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Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard L. Kelley, Hiroki Akamatsu, Hisamitsu Awaki, Thomas G. Bialas, Gregory V. Brown, Meng P. Chiao, Elisa Costantini, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael J. Dipirro, Megan E. Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Akihiro Furuzawa, Steven M. Graham, Martin Grim, Takayuki Hayashi, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Ryo Iizuka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Shunji Kitamoto, Shu Koyama, Maurice A. Leutenegger, Yoshitomo Maeda, Dan McCammon, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Hideyuki Mori, Shinya Nakashima, Hirofumi Noda, Takaya Ohashi, Takashi Okajima, Stephane Paltani, F. Scott Porter, Kosuke Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Peter J. Shirron, Gary A. Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Andrew E. Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Shutaro Ueda, Cor P. de Vries, Shinya Yamada, and Noriko Y. Yamasaki "Status of resolve instrument for x-ray astronomy recovery mission (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10699, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 1069924 (10 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313440
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KEYWORDS
X-ray astronomy

X-rays

Image resolution

Mirrors

Optical instrument design

Silicon

Spectroscopes

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