Response function of an x-ray CCD camera on board the Astro-E satellite

Mamiko Nishiuchi; Katsuji Koyama; Takeshi G. Tsuru; Hisamitsu Awaki; Hiroshi Tomida; Kenji Hamaguchi; Hiroshi Tsunemi

doi:10.1117/12.330284

10 November 1998 Response function of an x-ray CCD camera on board the Astro-E satellite

Mamiko Nishiuchi, Katsuji Koyama, Takeshi G. Tsuru, Hisamitsu Awaki, Hiroshi Tomida, Kenji Hamaguchi, Hiroshi Tsunemi

Proceedings Volume 3445, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330284
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We report on the x-ray response function of the x-ray CCD camera (XIS) on-board the x-ray Astronomical Satellite, Astro-E, which will be launched in February of 2000. XIS is prepared by an international team, comprising MIT, ISAS, Osaka Univ. and Kyoto Univ. We evaluate the x-ray response on the high energy band of 1.5-10 keV. Fluorescent lines from Al, Cl, Ti, Ni, Fe, Zn are irradiated on the CCD chips, and are use to construct the response function. Details of the response function; energy-scale linearity, energy resolution, quantum efficiency and etc., are given as a function of incident x-ray energies. The response function is also demonstrated to depend largely on event-selection and re-construction criteria.

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Mamiko Nishiuchi, Katsuji Koyama, Takeshi G. Tsuru, Hisamitsu Awaki, Hiroshi Tomida, Kenji Hamaguchi, and Hiroshi Tsunemi "Response function of an x-ray CCD camera on board the Astro-E satellite", Proc. SPIE 3445, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, (10 November 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330284

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