Hard X-ray Imager (HXI) for the ASTRO-H mission

Motohide Kokubun*, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kirk Gilmore, Jun Kataoka, Madoka Kawaharada, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Goro Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki TakahashiTakaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Yoichi Yatsu, Kazutaka Yamaoka

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抄録

The Hard X-ray Imager (HXI) is one of four detectors on board the ASTRO-H mission (6th Japanese X-ray satellite), which is scheduled to be launched in 2014. Using the hybrid structure composed of double-sided silicon strip detectors and a cadmium telluride double-sided strip detector, the instrument fully covers the energy range of photons collected with the hard X-ray telescope up to 80 keV with a high quantum efficiency. High spatial resolution of 250 μm and an energy resolution of 1-2 keV (FWHM) are both achieved with low noise front-end ASICs. In addition, the thick BGO active shields surrounding the main detector package is a heritage of the successful performance of the Hard X-ray Detector on board the Suzaku satellite. This feature enables the instrument to achieve an extremely high background reduction caused by cosmic-ray particles, cosmic X-ray background, and in-orbit radiation activation. In this paper, we present the detector concept, design, latest results of the detector development, and the current status of the hardware.

本文言語English
ホスト出版物のタイトルSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010
ホスト出版物のサブタイトルUltraviolet to Gamma Ray
DOI
出版ステータスPublished - 2010
イベントSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - San Diego, CA, United States
継続期間: 2010 6月 282010 7月 2

出版物シリーズ

名前Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
7732
ISSN(印刷版)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
国/地域United States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period10/6/2810/7/2

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 電子材料、光学材料、および磁性材料
  • 凝縮系物理学
  • コンピュータ サイエンスの応用
  • 応用数学
  • 電子工学および電気工学

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