@inproceedings{51a5239450a044b7be4383d37d0181fa,
title = "Pre-flight performance of a micro-satellite TSUBAME for X-ray polarimetry of gamma-ray bursts",
abstract = "To measure the polarization of gamma-ray bursts in X-ray energy band, we have developed a 50 kg micro-satellite named {"}SUBAME{"}. The satellite has a compact and high-sensitive hard X-ray polarimeter employing newly-developed shock resistant multi-anode photomultipliers and Si avalanche photodiodes. Thanks to the ultra low-noise detectors and signal processors, the polarimeter can cover a wide energy range of 30 200 keV even at 25°C with a high modulation factor of 62 %. TSUBAME is in the phase of final functional tests waiting for shipping to Baikonur and will be launched into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 700 km in late 2014. In this paper, the pre-ight performance of the gamma-ray detector system and the satellite bus system are presented.",
keywords = "Polarimeter, Polarimetry, X-rays astronomy, gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray burst, micro-satellite",
author = "Yoichi Yatsu and Kei Ito and Shin Kurita and Makoto Arimoto and Nobuyuki Kawai and Masanori Matsushita and Shota Kawajiri and Shogo Kitamura and Saburo Matunaga and Shin'Ichi Kimura and Jun Kataoka and Takeshi Nakamori and Sin Kubo",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 SPIE.; Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray ; Conference date: 22-06-2014 Through 26-06-2014",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1117/12.2056275",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Tadayuki Takahashi and {den Herder}, {Jan-Willem A.} and Mark Bautz",
booktitle = "Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014",
}