Current status of hard x-ray characterization of ASTRO-H HXT at SPring-8

Takuya Miyazawa; Akihiro Furuzawa; Yasufumi Kanou; Kenji Matsuda; Michito Sakai; Nobuyuki Yamane; Yosuke Ishida; Shinji Hara; Yusuke Miyata; Karin Sakanobe; Yoshito Haba; Hironori Matsumoto; Yuzuru Tawara; Hideyo Kunieda; Hideyuki Mori; Keisuke Tamura; Yoshitomo Maeda; Manabu Ishida; Hisamitsu Awaki; Takashi Okajima; Kentaro Uesugi; Yoshio Suzuki; Naoki Ishida; Nobuhiro Ohtsu; Akio Suzuki; Yasushi Ogasaka; Koujun Yamashita

doi:10.1117/12.857421

29 July 2010 Current status of hard x-ray characterization of ASTRO-H HXT at SPring-8

Takuya Miyazawa, Akihiro Furuzawa, Yasufumi Kanou, Kenji Matsuda, Michito Sakai, Nobuyuki Yamane, Yosuke Ishida, Shinji Hara, Yusuke Miyata, Karin Sakanobe, Yoshito Haba, Hironori Matsumoto, Yuzuru Tawara, Hideyo Kunieda, Hideyuki Mori, Keisuke Tamura, Yoshitomo Maeda, Manabu Ishida, Hisamitsu Awaki, Takashi Okajima, Kentaro Uesugi, Yoshio Suzuki, Naoki Ishida, Nobuhiro Ohtsu, Akio Suzuki, Yasushi Ogasaka, Koujun Yamashita

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Proceedings Volume 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 77323I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857421
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We present the current status of hard X-ray telescope developments of ASTRO-H. ASTRO-H is Japan's 6th Xray satellite mission following to Suzaku. It will be launched in 2014. The HXT onboard ASTRO-H is thin-foil, multi-nested conical optics as well as Suzaku XRT. To reflect hard X-rays efficiently, reflector surfaces are coated with depth-graded Pt/C multilayer. Reflectors are fabricated by the epoxy-replication method. Currently, we have finished the preparation of mirror production facility at Nagoya University, and started test production of reflectors for HXT. The selected 22 pairs of multilayer reflectors have been characterized at the SPring-8 beamline BL20B2.

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Takuya Miyazawa, Akihiro Furuzawa, Yasufumi Kanou, Kenji Matsuda, Michito Sakai, Nobuyuki Yamane, Yosuke Ishida, Shinji Hara, Yusuke Miyata, Karin Sakanobe, Yoshito Haba, Hironori Matsumoto, Yuzuru Tawara, Hideyo Kunieda, Hideyuki Mori, Keisuke Tamura, Yoshitomo Maeda, Manabu Ishida, Hisamitsu Awaki, Takashi Okajima, Kentaro Uesugi, Yoshio Suzuki, Naoki Ishida, Nobuhiro Ohtsu, Akio Suzuki, Yasushi Ogasaka, and Koujun Yamashita "Current status of hard x-ray characterization of ASTRO-H HXT at SPring-8", Proc. SPIE 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 77323I (29 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857421

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