X-ray polarimetry small satellite TSUBAME

Makoto Arimoto; Yoshihiro Tsubuku; Takahiro Toizumi; Mitsuyoshi Kobayashi; Yoichi Yatsu; Takashi Shimokawabe; Jun Kataoka; Nobuyuki Kawai; Kuniyuki Omagari; Ken Fujiwara; Yasumi Konda; Yohei Tanaka; Masaki Maeno; Tomio Yamanaka; Hiroki Ashida; Junichi Nishida; Kouta Fujihashi; Takuro Ikeda; Shinichi Inagawa; Yoshiyuki Miura; Saburo Matunaga

doi:10.1063/1.2943543

X-ray polarimetry small satellite TSUBAME

Makoto Arimoto^*, Yoshihiro Tsubuku, Takahiro Toizumi, Mitsuyoshi Kobayashi, Yoichi Yatsu, Takashi Shimokawabe, Jun Kataoka, Nobuyuki Kawai, Kuniyuki Omagari, Ken Fujiwara, Yasumi Konda, Yohei Tanaka, Masaki Maeno, Tomio Yamanaka, Hiroki Ashida, Junichi Nishida, Kouta Fujihashi, Takuro Ikeda, Shinichi Inagawa, Yoshiyuki MiuraSaburo Matunaga

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Abstract

TSUBAME is a university-built small satellite mission to measure polarization of hard X-ray photons (30-100 keV) from Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) using azimuthal angle anisotropy of Compton-scattered photons. Polarimetry in the hard X-ray and soft γ-ray band plays a crucial role in the understanding of high energy emission mechanisms and the distribution of magnetic fields and radiation fields. TSUBAME has two instruments: the Wide-field Bust Monitor (WBM) and the Hard X-ray Compton Polarimeter (HXCP). The WBM determines on board the direction of the burst occurrence with an accuracy of 10 degrees, then using a high speed attitude control device, the HXCP is pointed to the GRB within 10 seconds after the burst occurrence to promptly detect polarized X-ray photons from the GRB. We present a TSUBAME mission overview, results of a Monte Carlo simulation of the X-ray polarization measurement and the plans for the future of this mission.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007 - Proceedings of the Santa Fe Conference
Pages	607-610
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2943543
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	Santa Fe Conference on Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007, GRB 2007 - Santa Fe, NM, United States Duration: 2007 Nov 5 → 2007 Nov 9

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1000
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	Santa Fe Conference on Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007, GRB 2007
Country/Territory	United States
City	Santa Fe, NM
Period	07/11/5 → 07/11/9

Keywords

bursts-Polarimetry
gamma-rays

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physics and Astronomy(all)

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Arimoto, M., Tsubuku, Y., Toizumi, T., Kobayashi, M., Yatsu, Y., Shimokawabe, T., Kataoka, J., Kawai, N., Omagari, K., Fujiwara, K., Konda, Y., Tanaka, Y., Maeno, M., Yamanaka, T., Ashida, H., Nishida, J., Fujihashi, K., Ikeda, T., Inagawa, S., ... Matunaga, S. (2008). X-ray polarimetry small satellite TSUBAME. In Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007 - Proceedings of the Santa Fe Conference (pp. 607-610). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1000). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2943543

Arimoto, M, Tsubuku, Y, Toizumi, T, Kobayashi, M, Yatsu, Y, Shimokawabe, T, Kataoka, J, Kawai, N, Omagari, K, Fujiwara, K, Konda, Y, Tanaka, Y, Maeno, M, Yamanaka, T, Ashida, H, Nishida, J, Fujihashi, K, Ikeda, T, Inagawa, S, Miura, Y & Matunaga, S 2008, X-ray polarimetry small satellite TSUBAME. in Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007 - Proceedings of the Santa Fe Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1000, pp. 607-610, Santa Fe Conference on Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007, GRB 2007, Santa Fe, NM, United States, 07/11/5. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2943543

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