Dr. Meng P. Chiao Profile

Dr. Meng P. Chiao

Systems Engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 March 2023

Ground test results of the microvibration interference for the x-ray microcalorimeter onboard x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission

Takashi Hasebe, Ryuta Imamura, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hisamitsu Awaki, Meng Chiao, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Leslie Hartz, Caroline Kilbourne, Gary Sneiderman, Yoh Takei, Susumu Yasuda, the XRISM Resolve team

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 01, 014003, (March 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.1.014003

KEYWORDS: Space operations, X-rays, Accelerometers, Equipment, X-ray imaging, Cryocoolers, Spectroscopy, Imaging spectroscopy, Vibration, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Ground calibration of the x-ray mirror assembly for the x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission (XRISM) III-performance variation across the aperture

Takayuki Hayashi, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Keisuke Tamura, Takashi Okajima, Toshiki Sato, Lawrence Olsen, Richard Koenecke, Wilson Lara, Leor Bleier, Maurice Leutenegger, Megan Eckart, Tahir Yaqoob, Meng Chiao

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121815Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627975

KEYWORDS: Reflectors, X-rays, X-ray imaging, Mirrors, Calibration, Aerospace engineering, Spectroscopy, Space operations, Reflectivity, Space mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Ground test results of the micro-vibration interference for the x-ray microcalorimeter onboard XRISM

Takashi Hasebe, Ryuta Imamura, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hisamitsu Awaki, Meng Chiao, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Leslie Hartz, Gary Sneiderman, Yoh Takei, Susumu Yasuda

Proceedings Volume 12181, 1218163 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629782

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Sensors, Cryocoolers, X-rays, X-ray imaging, X-ray detectors, Spectroscopy, Magnetic sensors, Imaging spectroscopy, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Ground calibration of the x-ray mirror assembly for the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) II: imaging performance and stray light

Keisuke Tamura, Takayuki Hayashi, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Takashi Okajima, Toshiki Sato, Lawrence Olsen, Richard Koenecke, Wilson Lara, Leor Bleier, Megan Eckart, Maurice Leutenegger, Tahir Yaqoob, Meng Chiao

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121811V (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629534

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Stray light, Reflectors, Point spread functions, Mirrors, X-ray imaging, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Calibration, Aerospace engineering

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Ground calibration of the x-ray mirror assembly for the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) I-measurement setup and effective area

Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Takayuki Hayashi, Keisuke Tamura, Takashi Okajima, Toshiki Sato, Lawrence Olsen, Richard Koenecke, Wilson Lara, Leor Bleier, Megan Eckart, Maurice Leutenegger, Tahir Yaqoob, Meng Chiao

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121811U (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627563

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Calibration, Mirrors, X-ray telescopes, Vignetting, X-ray imaging, Telescopes, Sensors, Aerospace engineering, Raster graphics

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Status of resolve instrument onboard X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM)

Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard Kelley, Hisamitsu Awaki, Jesus Balleza, Kim Barnstable, Thomas Bialas, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Gregory Brown, Edgar Canavan, Renata Cumbee, Timothy Carnahan, Meng Chiao, Brian Comber, Elisa Costantini, Jan-Willem den Herder, Johannes Dercksen, Cor de Vries, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Nathalie Gorter, Steven Graham, Martin Grim, Leslie Hartz, Ryota Hayakawa, Takayuki Hayashi, Natalie Hell, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Bryan James, Steven Kenyon, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Shunji Kitamoto, Maurice Leutenegger, Yoshitomo Maeda, Dan McCammon, Joseph Miko, Misaki Mizumoto, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Stephane Paltani, Frederick Porter, Kosuke Sato, Toshiki Sato, Makoto Sawada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Russell Shipman, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Richard Szymkiewicz, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Keisuke Tamura, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Yuusuke Uchida, Stephen Wasserzug, Michael Witthoeft, Rob Wolfs, Shinya Yamada, Susumu Yasuda

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121811S (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630654

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Space operations, Helium, Cryocoolers, Calibration, Optical filters, Sensor performance, X-ray detectors, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Results of accelerometer monitor in the ground testing of Resolve x-ray microcalorimeter instrument onboard XRISM

Ryuta Imamura, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hisamitsu Awaki, Meng Chiao, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard Kelley, Caroline Kilbourne, Frederick Porter, Makoto Sawada, Gary Sneiderman, Yoh Takei, Shinya Yamada

Proceedings Volume 12191, 121912C (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629773

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cryocoolers, X-rays, X-ray detectors, Sensor performance, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Status of x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission (XRISM)

Makoto Tashiro, Hironori Maejima, Kenichi Toda, Richard Kelley, Lillian Reichenthal, Leslie Hartz, Robert Petre, Brian Williams, Matteo Guainazzi, Elisa Costantini, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Joy Henegar-Leon, Matt Holland, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Caroline Kilbourne, Mike Loewenstein, Kyoko Matsushita, Koji Mori, Takashi Okajima, F. Scott Porter, Gary Sneiderman, Yoh Takei, Yukikatsu Terada, Hiroshi Tomida, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Shin Watanabe, Hiroki Akamatsu, Yoshitaka Arai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Iurii Babyk, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Ehud Behar, Thomas Bialas, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Laura Brenneman, Greg Brown, Edgar Canavan, Meng Chiao, Brian Comber, Lia Corrales, Renata Cumbee, Cor de Vries, Jan-Willem den Herder, Johannes Dercksen, Maria Diaz-Trigo, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, Ken Ebisawa, Megan Eckart, Dominique Eckert, Satoshi Eguchi, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Yutaka Fujita, Yasushi Fukazawa, Akihiro Furuzawa, Luigi Gallo, Nathalie Gorter, Martin Grim, Liyi Gu, Kouichi Hagino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, David Hawthorn, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Natalie Hell, Junko Hiraga, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Takafumi Horiuchi, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Sayuri Iga, Ryo Iizuka, Manabu Ishida, Naoki Ishihama, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Tess Jaffe, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Erin Kara, Satoru Katsuda, Steven Kenyon, Mark Kimball, Takao Kitaguchi, Shunji Kitamoto, Shogo Kobayashi, Akihide Kobayashi, Takayoshi Kohmura, Aya Kubota, Maurice Leutenegger, Muzi Li, Tom Lockard, Yoshitomo Maeda, Maxim Markevitch, Connor Martz, Hironori Matsumoto, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Dan McCammon, Brian McLaughlin, Brian McNamara, Joseph Miko, Eric Miller, Jon Miller, Kenji Minesugi, Shinji Mitani, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Misaki Mizumoto, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Hiroshi Nakajima, Hideto Nakamura, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Chikara Natsukari, Kenichiro Nigo, Yusuke Nishioka, Kumiko Nobukawa, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Mina Ogawa, Takaya Ohashi, Masahiro Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Atsushi Okamoto, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Stephane Paltani, Paul Plucinsky, Katja Pottschmidt, Michael Sampson, Takahiro Sasaki, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Toshiki Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Megumi Shidatsu, Shuhei Shigeto, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Randall Smith, Kazunori Someya, Yang Soong, Keisuke Sugawara, Yasuharu Sugawara, Andy Szymkowiak, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Toshiaki Takeshima, Toru Tamagawa, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Atsushi Tanimoto, Yuichi Terashima, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yuusuke Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shinichiro Uno, Jacco Vink, Tomomi Watanabe, Michael Witthoeft, Rob Wolfs, Shinya Yamada, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Keiichi Yanagase, Tahir Yaqoob, Susumu Yasuda, Tessei Yoshida, Nasa Yoshioka, Irina Zhuravleva

Proceedings Volume 11444, 1144422 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2565812

KEYWORDS: X-rays, X-ray imaging, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, X-ray astronomy, Space operations, Control systems, Image resolution, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

Status of resolve instrument for x-ray astronomy recovery mission (Conference Presentation)

Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard Kelley, Hiroki Akamatsu, Hisamitsu Awaki, Thomas Bialas, Gregory Brown, Meng Chiao, Elisa Costantini, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael Dipirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Akihiro Furuzawa, Steven Graham, Martin Grim, Takayuki Hayashi, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Ryo Iizuka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Caroline Kilbourne, Shunji Kitamoto, Shu Koyama, Maurice 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 Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Shutaro Ueda, Cor de Vries, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Yamasaki

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069924 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313440

KEYWORDS: X-ray astronomy, X-rays, Silicon, Mirrors, Spectroscopy, Image resolution, Spectroscopes, X-ray telescopes, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Concept of the X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission

Makoto Tashiro, Hironori Maejima, Kenichi Toda, Richard Kelley, Lillian Reichenthal, James Lobell, Robert Petre, Matteo Guainazzi, Elisa Costantini, Mark Edison, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Martin Grim, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Jan-Willem den Herder, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Stéphane Paltani, Kyoko Matsushita, Koji Mori, Gary Sneiderman, Yoh Takei, Yukikatsu Terada, Hiroshi Tomida, Hiroki Akamatsu, Lorella Angelini, Yoshitaka Arai, Hisamitsu Awaki, Lurli Babyk, Aya Bamba, Peter Barfknecht, Kim Barnstable, Thomas Bialas, Branimir Blagojevic, Joseph Bonafede, Clifford Brambora, Laura Brenneman, Greg Brown, Kimberly Brown, Laura Burns, Edgar Canavan, Tim Carnahan, Meng Chiao, Brian Comber, Lia Corrales, Cor de Vries, Johannes Dercksen, Maria Diaz-Trigo, Tyrone Dillard, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, Ken Ebisawa, Megan Eckart, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Yasushi Fukazawa, Yutaka Fujita, Akihiro Furuzawa, Luigi Gallo, Steve Graham, Liyi Gu, Kohichi Hagino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Dean Hawes, Takayuki Hayashi, Cailey Hegarty, Natalie Hell, Junko Hiraga, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Matt Holland, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Ryo Iizuka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Bryan James, Timothy Kallman, Erin Kara, Satoru Katsuda, Steven Kenyon, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Takao Kitaguti, Shunji Kitamoto, Shogo Kobayashi, Takayoshi Kohmura, Shu Koyama, Aya Kubota, Maurice Leutenegger, Tom Lockard, Mike Loewenstein, Yoshitomo Maeda, Lynette Marbley, Maxim Markevitch, Hironori Matsumoto, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Dan McCammon, Brian McNamara, Joseph Miko, Eric Miller, Jon Miller, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Hiroshi Nakajima, Hideto Nakamura, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Chikara Natsukari, Kenichiro Nigo, Yusuke Nishioka, Kumiko Nobukawa, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Mina Ogawa, Takaya Ohashi, Masahiro Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Michitaka Onizuka, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Paul Plucinsky, F. Scott Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Ken Shelton, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Megumi Shidatsu, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Randall Smith, Kazunori Someya, Yang Soong, Yasuharu Suagawara, Andy Szymkowiak, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Toru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yuichi Terashima, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shinichiro Uno, Thomas Walsh, Shin Watanabe, Brian Williams, Rob Wolfs, Michael Wright, Shinya Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Shigeo Yamauchi, Makoto Yamauchi, Keiichi Yanagase, Tahir Yaqoob, Susumu Yasuda, Nasa Yoshioka, Jaime Zabala, Zhuravleva Irina

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069922 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309455

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectroscopy, Plasma, Galactic astronomy, Iron, Physics, Galaxy groups and clusters, Chemical elements, X-ray astronomy, Stars

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The ASTRO-H mission was designed and developed through an international collaboration of JAXA, NASA, ESA, and the CSA. It was successfully launched on February 17, 2016, and then named Hitomi. During the in-orbit verification phase, the on-board observational instruments functioned as expected. The intricate coolant and refrigeration systems for soft X-ray spectrometer (SXS, a quantum micro-calorimeter) and soft X-ray imager (SXI, an X-ray CCD) also functioned as expected. However, on March 26, 2016, operations were prematurely terminated by a series of abnormal events and mishaps triggered by the attitude control system. These errors led to a fatal event: the loss of the solar panels on the Hitomi mission. The X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (or, XARM) is proposed to regain the key scientific advances anticipated by the international collaboration behind Hitomi. XARM will recover this science in the shortest time possible by focusing on one of the main science goals of Hitomi,“Resolving astrophysical problems by precise high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy”.¹ This decision was reached after evaluating the performance of the instruments aboard Hitomi and the mission’s initial scientific results, and considering the landscape of planned international X-ray astrophysics missions in 2020’s and 2030’s. Hitomi opened the door to high-resolution spectroscopy in the X-ray universe. It revealed a number of discrepancies between new observational results and prior theoretical predictions. Yet, the resolution pioneered by Hitomi is also the key to answering these and other fundamental questions. The high spectral resolution realized by XARM will not offer mere refinements; rather, it will enable qualitative leaps in astrophysics and plasma physics. XARM has therefore been given a broad scientific charge: “Revealing material circulation and energy transfer in cosmic plasmas and elucidating evolution of cosmic structures and objects”. To fulfill this charge, four categories of science objectives that were defined for Hitomi will also be pursued by XARM; these include (1) Structure formation of the Universe and evolution of clusters of galaxies; (2) Circulation history of baryonic matters in the Universe; (3) Transport and circulation of energy in the Universe; (4) New science with unprecedented high resolution X-ray spectroscopy. In order to achieve these scientific objectives, XARM will carry a 6 × 6 pixelized X-ray micro-calorimeter on the focal plane of an X-ray mirror assembly, and an aligned X-ray CCD camera covering the same energy band and a wider field of view. This paper introduces the science objectives, mission concept, and observing plan of XARM.

SPIE Journal Paper | 28 April 2018 Open Access

Cryogen-free operation of the Soft X-ray Spectrometer instrument

Gary Sneiderman, Peter Shirron, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Thomas Bialas, Kevin Boyce, Meng Chiao, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Leslie Hartz, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Caroline Kilbourne, Candace Masters, Daniel McCammon, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hirofumi Noda, Frederick Porter, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Seiji Yoshida

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021408, (April 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021408

KEYWORDS: Helium, X-rays, Cooling systems, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Liquids, Cryocoolers, Cryogenics, X-ray detectors, Temperature metrology

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SPIE Journal Paper | 13 April 2018 Open Access

Ground calibration of the Astro-H (Hitomi) soft x-ray spectrometer

Megan Eckart, Joseph Adams, Kevin Boyce, Gregory Brown, Meng Chiao, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Daniel Haas, Jan-Willem den Herder, Akio Hoshino, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Caroline Kilbourne, Shunji Kitamoto, Maurice Leutenegger, Daniel McCammon, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, F. Scott Porter, Kosuke Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Gary Sneiderman, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Makoto Tashiro, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Cor de Vries, Tomomi Watanabe, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Yamasaki

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021406, (April 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021406

KEYWORDS: Calibration, X-rays, Sensors, Beryllium, Optical filters, Spectroscopy, Iron, Epoxies, Photons, Silicon

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SPIE Journal Paper | 19 March 2018 Open Access

In-flight verification of the calibration and performance of the ASTRO-H (Hitomi) Soft X-ray Spectrometer

Maurice A. Leutenegger, Marc Audard, Kevin R. Boyce, Gregory V. Brown, Meng P. Chiao, Megan E. Eckart, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Akihiro Furuzawa, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Takayuki Hayashi, Jan-Willem den Herder, Ryo Iizuka, Manabu Ishida, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Naomichi Kikuchi, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Shu Koyama, Sho Kurashima, Yoshitomo Maeda, Maxim Markevitch, Dan McCammon, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hideyuki Mori, Nozomi Nakaniwa, Takashi Okajima, Stéphane Paltani, Robert Petre, F. Scott Porter, Kosuke Sato, Toshiki Sato, Makoto Sawada, Peter J. Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Cor de Vries, Tomomi Watanabe, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Yamasaki

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021407, (March 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021407

KEYWORDS: Calibration, X-rays, Iron, Spectroscopy, Image resolution, Aerospace engineering, Sensors, Beryllium, Physics, X-ray imaging

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SPIE Journal Paper | 19 March 2018 Open Access

System design and implementation of the detector assembly of the Astro-H soft x-ray spectrometer

Meng Chiao, Joseph Adams, Phillip Goodwin, Clair Hobson, Caroline Kilbourne, Daniel McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Samuel Moseley, Frederick Porter, Sandy Shuman, Tomomi Watanabe

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021404, (March 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021404

KEYWORDS: Field effect transistors, Sensors, Resistors, X-rays, Calibration, Spectroscopy, X-ray detectors, Lead, Epoxies, Gold

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SPIE Journal Paper | 13 March 2018 Open Access

Hitomi (ASTRO-H) X-ray Astronomy Satellite

Tadayuki Takahashi, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Takaya Ohashi, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steven Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Magnus Axelsson, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Marshall Bautz, Thomas Bialas, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Laura Brenneman, Gregory Brown, Esra Bulbul, Edward Cackett, Edgar Canavan, Maria Chernyakova, Meng Chiao, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Stephen O’ Dell, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Megan E. Eckart, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Kirk Gilmore, Margherita Giustini, Andrea Goldwurm, Liyi Gu, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kouichi Hagino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Ilana Harrus, Isamu Hatsukade, Takayuki Hayashi, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Jan-Willem den Herder, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Yuto Ichinohe, Ryo Iizuka, Hajime Inoue, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Itoh, Masachika Iwai, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Christopher Jewell, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tsuneyoshi Kamae, Erin Kara, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kawano, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangulyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Ashley King, Takao Kitaguchi, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Saori Konami, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alexander Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Shu Koyama, Peter Kretschmar, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Philippe Laurent, Shiu-Hang Lee, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Candace Masters, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Daniel McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Brian McNamara, Missagh Mehdipour, Joseph Miko, Eric Miller, Jon Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mori, Franco Moroso, Samuel Moseley, Theodore Muench, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Hosei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Kumiko Nobukawa, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Masaharu Nomachi, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frederik B. Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Ciro Pinto, Jelle de Plaa, Martin Pohl, James Pontius, Frederick Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Brian Ramsey, Christopher Reynolds, Helen Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shinya Saito, Kazuhiro Sakai, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Toru Sasaki, Goro Sato, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Yoichi Sato, Makoto Sawada, Norbert Schartel, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Megumi Shidatsu, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Łukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Satoshi Sugita, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Go Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shutaro Ueda, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shin’ichiro Uno, C. Megan Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Tomomi Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Daniel R. Wik, Dan R. Wilkins, Brian J. Williams, Shinya Yamada, Takahiro Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Y. Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Tahir Yaqoob, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa, Irina Zhuravleva, Abderahmen Zoghbi

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021402, (March 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021402

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-ray astronomy, Satellites, Physics, X-rays, Space operations, Aerospace engineering, Astronomy, Space telescopes, X-ray telescopes

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 March 2018 Open Access

In-flight performance of pulse-processing system of the ASTRO-H/Hitomi soft x-ray spectrometer

Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Shinya Yamada, Hiromi Seta, Makoto Tashiro, Sawako Takeda, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuka Kato, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Shu Koyama, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Makoto Sawada, Kevin Boyce, Meng Chiao, Tomomi Watanabe, Maurice Leutenegger, Megan Eckart, Frederick Scott Porter, Caroline Anne Kilbourne

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011217, (March 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011217

KEYWORDS: Field programmable gate arrays, X-rays, Electroluminescence, Sensors, Space operations, Calibration, Spectroscopy, Optimal filtering, Signal processing, Aerospace engineering

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SPIE Journal Paper | 26 February 2018 Open Access

Design, implementation, and performance of the Astro-H soft x-ray spectrometer aperture assembly and blocking filters

Caroline Kilbourne, Joseph Adams, Petar Arsenovic, Travis Ayers, Meng Chiao, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Ryuichi Fujimoto, John Kazeva, Kari Kripps, Bruce Lairson, Maurice Leutenegger, Heidi Lopez, Daniel McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Samuel Moseley, F. Scott Porter, Andrea Schweiss, Yoh Takei, Rosemary Thorpe, Tomomi Watanabe, Noriko Yamasaki, Seiji Yoshida

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011215, (February 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011215

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Silicon, Thin films, Sensors, Interfaces, Contamination, Fermium, Frequency modulation

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SPIE Journal Paper | 23 February 2018 Open Access

Design, implementation, and performance of the Astro-H SXS calorimeter array and anticoincidence detector

Caroline Kilbourne, Joseph Adams, Regis Brekosky, James Chervenak, Meng Chiao, Megan Eckart, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Christoph Grein, Christine Jhabvala, Daniel Kelly, Maurice Leutenegger, Daniel McCammon, F. Scott Porter, Andrew Szymkowiak, Tomomi Watanabe, Jun Zhao

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011214, (February 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011214

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gold, X-rays, Silicon, Resistance, Resistors, Mercury, Detector arrays, Spectral resolution, Particles

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SPIE Journal Paper | 20 February 2018 Open Access

In-flight performance of the soft x-ray spectrometer detector system on Astro-H

Frederick S. Porter, Kevin R. Boyce, Meng P. Chiao, Megan E. Eckart, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Caroline Anne Kilbourne, Maurice A. Leutenegger, Daniel McCammon, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Kosuke Sato, Hiromi Seta, Makoto Sawada, Gary A. Sneiderman, Andrew E. Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Makoto S. Tashiro, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Tomomi Watanabe, Shinya Yamada

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011218, (February 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011218

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Field effect transistors, Calibration, Space operations, Spectroscopy, X-ray detectors, Staring arrays, Control systems, Helium

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SPIE Journal Paper | 15 February 2018 Open Access

Vibration isolation system for cryocoolers of soft x-ray spectrometer on-board ASTRO-H (Hitomi)

Yoh Takei, Susumu Yasuda, Kosei Ishimura, Naoko Iwata, Atsushi Okamoto, Yohichi Sato, Mina Ogawa, Makoto Sawada, Taro Kawano, Shingo Obara, Chikara Natsukari, Atsushi Wada, Shinya Yamada, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Motohide Kokubun, Noriko Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Sugita, Kenji Minesugi, Yasuo Nakamura, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Tadayuki Takahashi, Seiji Yoshida, Shoji Tsunematsu, Kenichi Kanao, Katsuhiro Narasaki, Kiyomi Otsuka, Frederick Porter, Caroline Kilbourne, Meng Chiao, Megan Eckart, Gary Sneiderman, James Pontius, Dan McCammon, Paul Wilke, John Basile

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011216, (February 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011216

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Frequency modulation, Temperature metrology, Cryocoolers, Vibration isolation, X-rays, Space operations, Spectroscopy, Fermium, Head

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SPIE Journal Paper | 29 December 2017 Open Access

Performance of the helium dewar and the cryocoolers of the Hitomi soft x-ray spectrometer

Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yoh Takei, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Noriko Yamasaki, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Shu Koyama, Kumi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Sugita, Yoichi Sato, Keisuke Shinozaki, Atsushi Okamoto, Shunji Kitamoto, Akio Hoshino, Kosuke Sato, Yuichiro Ezoe, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Shinya Yamada, Hiromi Seta, Takaya Ohashi, Toru Tamagawa, Hirofumi Noda, Makoto Sawada, Makoto Tashiro, Yoichi Yatsu, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Kenichi Kanao, Seiji Yoshida, Mikio Miyaoka, Shoji Tsunematsu, Kiyomi Otsuka, Katsuhiro Narasaki, Michael DiPirro, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Caroline Kilbourne, Frederick Scott Porter, Meng Chiao, Megan Eckart

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011208, (December 2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011208

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Helium, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Liquids, Space operations, Rockets, Chemical mechanical planarization, Physics

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SPIE Journal Paper | 6 November 2017 Open Access

In-orbit operation of the soft x-ray spectrometer onboard the Hitomi satellite

Masahiro Tsujimoto, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Jan-Willem den Herder, Thomas Bialas, Kevin Boyce, Meng Chiao, Cor de Vries, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Akio Hoshino, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Caroline Kilbourne, Shu Koyama, Maurice Leutenegger, Candace Masters, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Hirofumi Noda, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Frederick Porter, Kosuke Sato, Yohichi Sato, Joseph Savinell, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Makoto Tashiro, Tomomi Watanabe, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Y. Yamasaki, Yoichi Yatsu

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011205, (November 2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011205

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Satellites, Spectroscopy, Space operations, Sensors, Physics, Filtering (signal processing), Calibration, Control systems, Field effect transistors

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Proceedings Article | 17 August 2016 Paper

The Astro-H high resolution soft x-ray spectrometer

Richard Kelley, Hiroki Akamatsu, Phillipp Azzarello, Tom Bialas, Kevin Boyce, Gregory Brown, Edgar Canavan, Meng Chiao, Elisa Costantini, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Daniel Haas, Jan-Willem den Herder, Akio Hoshino, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Naoko Iyomoto, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Shunji Kitamoto, Saori Konami, Shu Koyama, Maurice Leutenegger, Dan McCammon, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Harvey Moseley, Hiroshi Murakami, Masahide Murakami, Hirofumi Noda, Mina Ogawa, Takaya Ohashi, Atsushi Okamoto, Naomi Ota, Stéphane Paltani, F. Porter, Kazuhiro Sakai, Kosuke Sato, Yohichi Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Cor de Vries, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Yamasaki, Yoichi Yatsu

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99050V (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232509

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Space operations, Lithium, Field effect transistors, Satellites, Calibration, Single crystal X-ray diffraction, Magnetic sensors

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Proceedings Article | 26 July 2016 Paper

In-flight verification of the calibration and performance of the ASTRO-H (Hitomi) Soft X-Ray Spectrometer

Maurice Leutenegger, Marc Audard, Kevin Boyce, Gregory Brown, Meng Chiao, Megan Eckart, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Akihiro Furuzawa, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Jan-Willem den Herder, Takayuki Hayashi, Ryo Iizuka, Manabu Ishida, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard Kelley, Naomichi Kikuchi, Caroline Kilbourne, Shu Koyama, Sho Kurashima, Yoshitomo Maeda, Maxim Markevitch, Dan McCammon, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hideyuki Mori, Nozomi Nakaniwa, Takashi Okajima, Stéphane Paltani, Robert Petre, F. Scott Porter, Kosuke Sato, Toshiki Sato, Makoto Sawada, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Cor de Vries, Tomomi Watanabe, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Yamasaki

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99053U (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234230

KEYWORDS: X-ray imaging, X-rays, Calibration, Spectroscopy, Sensors, X-ray imaging, Image resolution, Beryllium, X-ray technology, Space telescopes, Manganese

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Proceedings Article | 26 July 2016 Paper

Ground calibration of the Astro-H (Hitomi) soft x-ray spectrometer

M. Eckart, J. Adams, K. Boyce, G. Brown, M. Chiao, R. Fujimoto, D. Haas, J. W. den Herder, Y. Ishisaki, R. Kelley, C. Kilbourne, M. Leutenegger, D. McCammon, K. Mitsuda, F. Porter, K. Sato, M. Sawada, H. Seta, G. Sneiderman, A. Szymkowiak, Y. Takei, M. Tashiro, M. Tsujimoto, C. de Vries, T. Watanabe, S. Yamada, N. Yamasaki

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99053W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233053

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Optical filters, Sensors, Silicon, X-rays, Thin films, Interfaces, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Temperature metrology, Contamination

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2016 Paper

The ASTRO-H (Hitomi) x-ray astronomy satellite

Tadayuki Takahashi, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Takaya Ohashi, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Magnus Axelsson, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Marshall Bautz, Thomas Bialas, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Laura Brenneman, Greg Brown, Esra Bulbul, Edward Cackett, Edgar Canavan, Maria Chernyakova, Meng Chiao, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jelle de Plaa, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Megan Eckart, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Kirk Gilmore, Margherita Giustini, Andrea Goldwurm, Liyi Gu, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kouichi Hagino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Atsushi Harayama, Ilana Harrus, Isamu Hatsukade, Takayuki Hayashi, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Yuto Ichinohe, Ryo Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Hajime Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Itoh, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Chris Jewell, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Erin Kara, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kawano, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangulyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Ashley King, Takao Kitaguchi, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alex Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Shu Koyama, Peter Kretschmar, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Shiu-Huang Lee, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Candace Masters, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Brian McNamara, Missagh Mehdipour, Joseph Miko, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mori, Hideyuki Mori, Franco Moroso, Harvey Moseley, Theodore Muench, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Housei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Kumiko Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Masaharu Nomachi, Steve O'Dell, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frederik Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Ciro Pinto, Martin Pohl, James Pontius, F. Scott Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Brian Ramsey, Christopher Reynolds, Helen Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shinya Saito, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Kazuhiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Toru Sasaki, Goro Sato, Yoichi Sato, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Makoto Sawada, Norbert Schartel, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Megumi Shidatsu, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Łukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Hiroyuki Sugita, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shutaro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shin'ichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Tomomi Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Daniel Wik, Dan Wilkins, Brian Williams, Takahiro Yamada, Shinya Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Tahir Yaqoob, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa, Irina Zhuravleva, Abderahmen Zoghbi

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99050U (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232379

KEYWORDS: X-rays, X-ray astronomy, Sensors, Satellites, X-ray telescopes, Space operations, Physics, Space telescopes, Aerospace engineering, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2016 Paper

Transition-edge sensor pixel parameter design of the microcalorimeter array for the x-ray integral field unit on Athena

S. Smith, J. Adams, S. Bandler, G. Betancourt-Martinez, J. Chervenak, M. Chiao, M. Eckart, F. Finkbeiner, R. Kelley, C. Kilbourne, A. Miniussi, F. Porter, J. Sadleir, K. Sakai, N. Wakeham, E. Wassell, W. Yoon, D. Bennett, W. Doriese, J. Fowler, G. Hilton, K. Morgan, C. Pappas, C. Reintsema, D. Swetz, J. Ullom, K. Irwin, H. Akamatsu, L. Gottardi, R. den Hartog, B. Jackson, J. van der Kuur, D. Barret, P. Peille

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99052H (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231749

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Multiplexing, Sensors, Staring arrays, Cryogenics, Helium, Magnetism, Photons, Temperature metrology, Resistance

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2016 Paper

Cryogen-free operation of the Soft X-ray Spectrometer instrument

Gary Sneiderman, Peter Shirron, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Thomas Bialas, Kevin Boyce, Meng Chiao, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Leslie Hartz, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard Kelley, Caroline Kilbourne, Candace Masters, Dan McCammon, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hirofumi Noda, Frederick Porter, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Seiji Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99053N (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232045

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Gold, Silicon, Phase modulation, Resistance, Particles, Epoxies, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2016 Paper

In-flight performance of the Soft X-ray Spectrometer detector system on Astro-H

Frederick Porter, Kevin Boyce, Meng Chiao, Megan Eckart, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard Kelley, Caroline Kilbourne, Maurice Leutenegger, Dan McCammon, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Kosuke Sato, Hiromi Seta, Makoto Sawada, Gary Sneiderman, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Makoto Tashiro, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Tomomi Watanabe, Shinya Yamada

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99050W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232799

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, X-ray detectors, Spectroscopy, Space operations, Cryocoolers, Temperature metrology, Vibration isolation, Fermium, Frequency modulation

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