Prof. Hiroyasu Tajima Profile

Prof. Hiroyasu Tajima

Professor at Nagoya Univ

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Publications (65)

Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Status of the small-sized telescopes programme for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

A. Trois, J. Douneaux, S. Scuderi, R. White, G. Tagliaferri, L. Proserpio, G. Tosti, P. Bruno, J. Cailleux, V. Conforti, A. El Mouden, F. De Frondat, C. Gargano, S. Germani, F. Gianotti, G. Giavitto, V. Giordano, L. Grassi, S. Iovenitti, P. Laporte, N. La Palombara, L. Lessio, G. Leto, A. Marchetti, R. Millul, C. Molfese, F. Russo, F. Saturni, G. Sironi, A. Antonelli, S. Funk, J. Hinton, G. Pareschi, H. Sol, M. Able, P. Attinà, M. Barcelo, A. Baryshev, P Chadwick, D. Depaoli, S. Einecke, J. Lapington, S. Lee, A. Okumura, E. Rol, G. Rowell, J. Schaefer, I. Sofia, H. Tajima, J. Watson, F. Wohlleben, R. Zanmar Sanchez, A. Zink, M. Balbo, S. Bang, M. Bekema, G. Bellassai, D. Berge, C. Bigongiari, G. Bonnoli, A. Brown, A. Bulgarelli, M. Cappi, P. Caraveo, G. Cotter, P. Cristofari, D. Falceta-Gonçalves, E. De Gouveia Dal Pino, N. De Simone, M. del Valle, C. Fermino, A. Giuliani, T. Greenshaw, G. Kowal, S. Lloyd, S. Lombardi, F. Lucarelli, E. Martinetti, T. Mineo, A. Nayak, W. Oughton, M. Penno, C. Righi, D. Ross, C. Rulten, R. Santos-Lima, B. Schwab, V. Sliusar, A. Stamerra, M. Takahashi, F. Tavecchio, M. Vecchi, S. Vercellone, J. Vink, R. Walter, L. Zampieri, A. Zech

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130943Y (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019790

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Design, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Mirrors, Silicon photomultipliers, Control systems, Prototyping, Observatories, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

A-STEP: the AstroPix sounding rocket technology demonstration payload

Daniel Violette, Amanda Steinhebel, Abhradeep Roy, Ryan Boggs, Regina Caputo, David Durachka, Yasushi Fukazawa, Masaki Hashizume, Scott Hesh, Manoj Jadhav, Carolyn Kierans, Kavic Kumar, Shin Kushima, Richard Leys, Jessica Metcalfe, Zachary Metzler, Norito Nakano, Ivan Peric, Jeremy Perkins, Lindsey Seo, K.-W. Taylor Shin, Nicolas Striebig, Yusuke Suda, Hiroyasu Tajima

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309381 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020802

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Rockets, Field programmable gate arrays, Particles, Gamma radiation, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

ComPair-2: a next-generation medium-energy gamma-ray telescope prototype

Regina Caputo, Carolyn Kierans, Nicholas Cannady, Abe Falcone, Yasushi Fukazawa, Manoj Jadhav, Matthew Kerr, Nicolas Kirschner, Kavic Kumar, Adrien Laviron, Richard Leys, Julie McEnery, Jessica Metcalfe, Zachary Metzler, Nathan Miller, John Mitchell, Lucas Parker, Ivan Peric, Jeremy Perkins, Bernard Phlips, Judith Racusin, Makoto Sasaki, Kenneth Segal, Daniel Shy, Amanda Steinhebel, Nicolas Striebig, Yusuke Suda, Hiroyasu Tajima, Janeth Valverde, Daniel Violette, Richard Woolf, Andreas Zoglauer

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130932L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017619

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Telescopes, Equipment, Prototyping, Design, Sensors, Photons, Silicon photomultipliers, Balloons, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Development of a novel HV-CMOS active pixel sensor AstroPix for gamma-ray space telescopes

Yusuke Suda, Regina Caputo, Amanda Steinhebel, Nicolas Striebig, Manoj Jadhav, Yasushi Fukazawa, Masaki Hashizume, Carolyn Kierans, Richard Leys, Jessica Metcalfe, Michela Negro, Norito Nakano, Ivan Perić, Jeremy Perkins, Taylor Shin, Hiroyasu Tajima, Daniel Violette

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130937P (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018170

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Sensors, Photons, Silicon, CMOS sensors, Space telescopes

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SPIE Journal Paper | 28 October 2022

All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer mission concept

Regina Caputo, Marco Ajello, Carolyn Kierans, Jeremy Perkins, Judith L. Racusin, Luca Baldini, Matthew Baring, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Eric Burns, Nicholas Cannady, Eric Charles, Rui Curado da Silva, Ke Fang, Henrike Fleischhack, Chris Fryer, Yasushi Fukazawa, J. Eric Grove, Dieter Hartmann, Eric Howell, Manoj Jadhav, Christopher Karwin, Daniel Kocevski, Naoko Kurahashi, Luca Latronico, Tiffany Lewis, Richard Leys, Amy Lien, Lea Marcotulli, Israel Martinez-Castellanos, Mario Nicola Mazziotta, Julie McEnery, Jessica Metcalfe, Kohta Murase, Michela Negro, Lucas Parker, Bernard Phlips, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Soebur Razzaque, Peter Shawhan, Yong Sheng, Tom Shutt, Daniel Shy, Clio Sleator, Amanda Steinhebel, Nicolas Striebig, Yusuke Suda, Donggeun Tak, Hiro Tajima, Janeth Valverde, Tonia Venters, Zorawar Wadiasingh, Richard Woolf, Eric Wulf, Haocheng Zhang, Andreas Zoglauer

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 04, 044003, (October 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.4.044003

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Observatories, Photons, Space operations, Sensors, Polarization, Pulsars, Physics, Spatial resolution, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Paper

Paper

AstroPix: novel monolithic active pixel silicon sensors for future gamma-ray telescopes

Amanda Steinhebel, Henrike Fleischhack, Nicolas Striebig, Manoj Jadhav, Yusuke Suda, Ricardo Luz, Carolyn Kierans, Regina Caputo, Hiroyasu Tajima, Richard Leys, Ivan Peric, Jessica Metcalfe, Jeremy Perkins

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121816Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630405

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Analog electronics, Sensors, Telescopes, Silicon, Image resolution, Semiconducting wafers, Particles, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

SOlar Neutron and Gamma-ray Spectroscopy mission (SONGS)

Kazutaka Yamaoka, Hiroyasu Tajima, Kikuko Miyata, Masaki Usami, Toyoki Watabe, Koji Matsushita, Kazuya Ito, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Satoshi Masuda, Koichi Tani, Masaki Arai, Satoshi Hatori, Kyo Kume, Satoshi Mizushima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Kyoko Watanabe

Proceedings Volume 12181, 1218125 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629131

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Sensors, Scintillators, Signal processing, Satellites, Solar processes, Spectroscopy, Electronics, Sun, Solar energy

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The small-sized telescope of CTAO

G. Tagliaferri, A. Antonelli, T. Arnesen, J. Aschersleben, P. Attinà, M. Balbo, S. Bang, M. Barcelo, A. Baryshev, G. Bellassai, D. Berge, C. Bicknell, C. Bigongiari, G. Bonnoli, F. Bouley, A. Brown, A. Bulgarelli, M. Cappi, P. Caraveo, S. Caschera, P. Chadwick, F. Conte, G. Cotter, P. Cristofari, F. De Frondat, E. De Gouveia Dal Pino, N. De Simone, D. Depaoli, J.-L. Dournaux, C. Duffy, S. Einecke, C. Fermino, S. Funk, C. Gargano, G. Giavitto, A. Giuliani, T. Greenshaw, J. Hinton, J.-M. Huet, S. Iovenitti, N. La Palombara, J. Lapington, P. Laporte, S. Leach, L. Lessio, G. Leto, S. Lloyd, F. Lucarelli, S. Lombardi, A. Macchi, E. Martinetti, A. Miccichè, R. Millul, T. Mineo, T. Mitsunari, A. Nayak, G. Nicotra, A. Okumura, G. Pareschi, M. Penno, H. Prokoph, E. Rebert, C. Righi, C. Rulten, F. Russo, R. Zanmar Sanchez, F. Saturni, J. Schaefer, B. Schwab, S. Scuderi, G. Sironi, V. Sliusar, H. Sol, S. Spencer, A. Stamerra, H. Tajima, F. Tavecchio, G. Tosti, A. Trois, M. Vecchi, S. Vercellone, J. Vink, R. Walter, J. Watson, R. White, R. Zanin, L. Zampieri, A. Zech, A. Zink

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121820K (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627956

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Cameras, Mirrors, Prototyping, Computer aided design, Control systems, Observatories, Vignetting, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

Presentation

Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the medium-sized telescope of Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Vladimir Vassiliev, C. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, P. Batista, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontà, R. Bose, A. Brill, A. Brown, J. Buckley, R. Cameron, R. Canestrari, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. Covault, D. De Paoli, L. Di Venere, M. Errando, S. Fegan, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Furniss, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, E. Giro, R. Halliday, O. Hervet, J. Holder, T. Humensky, S. Incardona, M. Ionica, W. Jin, D. Kieda, S. Loporchio, G. Marsella, V. Masone, K. Meagher, T. Meures, B. Mode, I. Mognet, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, N. Otte, F. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, G. Pareschi, F. Di Pierro, E. Pueschel, D. Ribeiro, L. Riitano, E. Roache, D. Ross, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, M. Santander, L. Stiaccini, H. Tajima, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tripodo, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, R. White, D. Williams, A. Zink

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121820N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630604

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Observatories, Prototyping, Sensors, Mirrors, Cameras, Silicon photomultipliers, Image segmentation, Image resolution

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SPIE Journal Paper | 15 February 2022

Design and performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope camera

Colin Adams, Giovanni Ambrosi, Michelangelo Ambrosio, Carla Aramo, Timothy Arlen, Wystan Benbow, Bruna Bertucci, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Jonathan Biteau, Massimiliano Bitossi, Alfonso Boiano, Carmela Bonavolontà, Richard Bose, Aurelien Bouvier, Mario Buscemi, Aryeh Brill, Anthony Brown, James Buckley, Rodolfo Canestrari, Massimo Capasso, Mirco Caprai, Paolo Coppi, Corbin Covault, Davide De Paoli, Leonardo Di Venere, Manel Errando, Stephen Fegan, Qi Feng, Emanuele Fiandrini, Amy Furniss, Markus Garczarczyk, Alasdair Gent, Nicola Giglietto, Francesco Giordano, Enrico Giro, Robert Halliday, Olivier Hervet, Gareth Hughes, Simone Incardona, Thomas Humensky, Maria Ionica, Weidong Jin, Caitlin Johnson, David Kieda, Frank Krennrich, Andrey Kuznetsov, Jon Lapington, Francesco Licciulli, Serena Loporchio, Giovanni Marsella, Vincenzo Masone, Kevin Meagher, Thomas Meures, Brent A. Mode, Samuel A. Mognet, Reshmi Mukherjee, Akira Okumura, Francesca Pantaleo, Riccardo Paoletti, Federico Di Pierro, Deivid Ribeiro, Luca Riitano, Emmet Roache, Duncan Ross, Julien Rousselle, Andrea Rugliancich, Marcos Santander, Michael Schneider, Harm Schoorlemmer, Ruo-Yu Shang, Brandon Stevenson, Leonardo Stiaccini, Hiroyasu Tajima, Leslie Taylor, Julian Thornhill, Luca Tosti, Giovanni Tripodo, Valerio Vagelli, Massimo Valentino, Justin Vandenbroucke, Vladimir Vassiliev, Scott Wakely, Jason Watson, Richard White, Patrick Wilcox, David Williams, Matthew Wood, Peter Yu, Adrian Zink

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 01, 014007, (February 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.1.014007

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Light emitting diodes, Camera shutters, Sensors, Capacitors, Imaging systems, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Technical and scientific performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for CTA

C. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, P. Batista, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontà, R. Bose, A. Brill, A. Brown, J. Buckley, R. Canestrari, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. Covault, D. De Paoli, L. Di Venere, M. Errando, S. Fegan, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Furniss, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, E. Giro, R. Halliday, O. Hervet, J. Holder, T. Humensky, S. Incardona, M. Ionica, W. Jin, D. Kieda, F. Licciulli, S. Loporchio, G. Marsella, V. Masone, K. Meagher, T. Meures, B. A. W. Mode, S. A. I. Mognet, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, N. Otte, F. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, G. Pareschi, F. Di Pierro, E. Pueschel, D. Ribeiro, L. Riitano, E. Roache, D. Ross, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, M. Santander, R. Shang, L. Stiaccini, H. Tajima, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tovmassian, G. Tripodo, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. J. Vanderbrouke, V. Vassiliev, J. Watson, R. White, D. Williams, P. Yu, A. Zink

Proceedings Volume 11820, 118200E (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594580

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Physics, Point spread functions, Prototyping, Stars, Sensors, Gamma radiation, Astronomy

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SPIE Journal Paper | 3 December 2020 Open Access

Open Access

Origin of the in-orbit instrumental background of the Hard X-ray Imager onboard Hitomi

Kouichi Hagino, Hirokazu Odaka, Goro Sato, Tamotsu Sato, Hiromasa Suzuki, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Madoka Kawaharada, Masanori Ohno, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Shogo Kobayashi, Hiroaki Murakami, Katsuma Miyake, Makoto Asai, Tatsumi Koi, Greg Madejski, Shinya Saito, Dennis Wright, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Hirofumi Noda, Masayuki Ohta, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin’ichiro Takeda, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

JATIS, Vol. 6, Issue 04, 046003, (December 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.6.4.046003

KEYWORDS: Electrons, Sensors, Monte Carlo methods, Hard x-rays, Silicon, Imaging systems, X-rays, Solids, Particles, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Solar neutron and gamma-ray spectrometer for a small satellite

Kazutaka Yamaoka, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yoshitaka Itow, Hirosane Fujii, Yuta Nakanishi, Yuhei Kamei, Takeharu Yamakawa, Takumi Niwa, Itsuki Okui, Kikuko Miyata, Takaya Inamori

Proceedings Volume 10762, 107620J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2323451

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Scintillators, Satellites, Gamma radiation, Signal processing, Solar energy, Particles, Solar processes, Space operations, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Final characterisation and design of the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

O. Le Blanc, G. Fasola, J. M. Huet, R. White, A. Dmytriiev, H. Sol, A. Zech, A. Abchiche, J. P. Amans, T. Armstrong, M. Barcelo, D. Berge, A. Brown, G. Buchholtz, P. Chadwick, P. Clark, G. Cotter, L. Dangeon, F. De Frondat, P. Deiml, J. L. Dournaux, C. Duffy, S. Einecke, S. Flis, S. Funk, G. Giavitto, J. Gironnet, J. Graham, T. Greenshaw, J. Hinton, I. Jégouzo, M. Kraus, J. Lapington, P. Laporte, S. Leach, S. Lloyd, I. Minaya, R. Morier, A. Okumura, H. Prokoph, D. Ross, G. Rowell, C. Rulten, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Schmoll, S. Spencer, M. Stephan, R. Stuik, H. Tajima, J. Thornhill, L. Tibaldo, J. Vink, J. Watson, J. Williams, A. Zink, J. Zorn

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070010 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313158

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Cameras, Mirrors, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Computer aided design, Interfaces

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SPIE Journal Paper | 26 April 2018 Open Access

Open Access

Design and performance of Soft Gamma-ray Detector onboard the Hitomi (ASTRO-H) satellite

Hiroyasu Tajima, Shin Watanabe, Yasushi Fukazawa, Roger Blandford, Teruaki Enoto, Andrea Goldwurm, Kouichi Hagino, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Yuto Ichinohe, Jun Kataoka, Jun’ichiro Katsuta, Takao Kitaguchi, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Grzegorz Madejski, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Shin’ichiro Takeda, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Takayuki Yuasa

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021411, (April 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021411

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Gamma radiation, Avalanche photodetectors, Satellites, Silicon, Physics, Power supplies, Photons, Monte Carlo methods

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SPIE Journal Paper | 9 April 2018 Open Access

Open Access

Hard x-ray imager onboard Hitomi (ASTRO-H)

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Goro Sato, Motohide Kokubun, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kouichi Hagino, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Shogo Kobayashi, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin’ichiro Takeda, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021410, (April 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021410

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Hard x-rays, Avalanche photodetectors, Sensors, Satellites, X-rays, Cameras, Americium, Imaging spectroscopy, X-ray imaging

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SPIE Journal Paper | 30 March 2018 Open Access

Open Access

In-orbit performance and calibration of the Hard X-ray Imager onboard Hitomi (ASTRO-H)

Kouichi Hagino, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Goro Sato, Motohide Kokubun, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Shogo Kobayashi, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Taketo Mimura, Katsuma Miyake, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Hiroaki Murakami, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin’ichiro Takeda, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021409, (March 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021409

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Hard x-rays, Imaging systems, Electrons, X-rays, Silicon, Monte Carlo methods, Satellites, Americium

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SPIE Journal Paper | 13 March 2018 Open Access

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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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Effects on hard x-ray response of a double-sided Si strip detector caused by interstrip surface charge

Katsuma Miyake, Shinya Saito, Toshio Nakano, Koichi Hagino, Shogo Kobayashi, Kazufumi Okuda, Taketo Miura, Goro Sato, Shin Watanabe, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Shinichiro Takeda, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi

Proceedings Volume 9968, 99680D (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2240291

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Silicon, Hard x-rays, Sensors, X-ray imaging, X-ray detectors, Silica, Electrons, Photons, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 10 August 2016 Paper

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The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope, an end-to end Schwarzschild-Couder telescope prototype proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

J. L. Dournaux, A. Abchiche, D. Allan, J. P. Amans, T. P. Armstrong, A. Balzer, D. Berge, C. Boisson, J.-J. Bousquet, A. Brown, M. Bryan, G. Buchholtz, P. Chadwick, H. Costantini, G. Cotter, L. Dangeon, M. Daniel, A. De Franco, F. De Frondat, D. Dumas, J. P. Ernenwein, G. Fasola, S. Funk, J. Gironnet, J. Graham, T. Greenshaw, B. Hameau, O. Hervet, N. Hidaka, J.A. Hinton, J.M. Huet, I. Jégouzo, T. Jogler, T. Kawashima, M. Kraush, J. Lapington, P. Laporte, J. Lefaucheur, S. Markoff, T. Melse, L. Mohrmann, P. Molyneux, S. Nolan, A. Okumura, J. Osborne, R. Parsons, S. Rosen, D. Ross, G. Rowell, C. Rulten, Y. Sato, F. Sayède, J. Schmoll, H. Schoorlemmer, M. Servillat, H. Sol, V. Stamatescu, M. Stephan, R. Stuik, J. Sykes, H. Tajima, J. Thornhill, L. Tibaldo, C. Trichard, J. Vink, J. Watson, R. White, N. Yamane, A. Zech, A. Zink

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990848 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232082

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Cameras, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Gamma radiation, Mirrors, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Gamma radiation, Space telescopes, Imaging systems, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

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The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

A. Brown, A. Abchiche, D. Allan, J.-P. Amans, T. Armstrong, A. Balzer, D. Berge, C. Boisson, J.-J. Bousquet, M. Bryan, G. Buchholtz, P. Chadwick, H. Costantini, G. Cotter, M. Daniel, A. De Franco, F. de Frondat, J.-L. Dournaux, D. Dumas, G Fasola, S. Funk, J. Gironnet, J. Graham, T. Greenshaw, O. Hervet, N. Hidaka, J. Hinton, J.-M. Huet, I. Jégouzo, T. Jogler, M. Kraus, J. Lapington, P. Laporte, J. Lefaucheur, S. Markoff, T. Melse, L. Mohrmann, P. Molyneux, S. Nolan, A. Okumura, J. Osborne, R. Parsons, S. Rosen, D. Ross, G. Rowell, Y. Sato, F. Sayede, J. Schmoll, H. Schoorlemmer, M. Servillat, H. Sol, V. Stamatescu, M. Stephan, R. Stuik, J. Sykes, H. Tajima, J. Thornhill, L. Tibaldo, C. Trichard, J. Vink, J. Watson, R. White, N. Yamane, A. Zech, A. Zink, J. Zorn

Proceedings Volume 9906, 99065K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231685

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Cameras, Prototyping, Observatories, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Electronics, Space telescopes, Mirrors, Field programmable gate arrays, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2016 Paper

Paper

The hard x-ray imager (HXI) onboard ASTRO-H

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Goro Sato, Motohide Kokubun, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kouichi Hagino, Atsushi Harayama, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 9905, 990511 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231176

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, X-rays, Sensors, Hard x-rays, Satellites, X-ray telescopes, Avalanche photodetectors, Cameras, Calibration, Lead

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2016 Paper

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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

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The soft gamma-ray detector (SGD) onboard ASTRO-H

Shin Watanabe, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Roger Blandford, Teruaki Enoto, Andrea Goldwurm, Kouichi Hagino, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Yuto Ichinohe, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Takao Kitaguchi, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Grzegorz Madejski, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Hirofumu Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 9905, 990513 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231962

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Cameras, Silicon, Satellites, Avalanche photodetectors, Collimators, Monte Carlo methods, Physics, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2014 Paper

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Development of the camera for the large size telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Y. Inome, G. Ambrosi, Y. Awane, H. Baba, A. Bamba, M. Barceló, U. Barres de Almeida, J. Barrio, O. Blanch Bigas, J. Boix, L. Brunetti, E. Carmona, E. Chabanne, M. Chikawa, N. Cho, P. Colin, J. Contreras, J. Cortina, F. Dazzi, A. Deangelis, G. Deleglise, C. Delgado, C. Díaz, F. Dubois, A. Fiasson, D. Fink, N. Fouque, L. Freixas, C. Fruck, A. Gadola, R. García, D. Gascón, N. Geffroy, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, F. Grañena, S. Gunji, R. Hagiwara, N. Hamer, Y. Hanabata, T. Hassan, K. Hatanaka, T. Haubold, M. Hayashida, R. Hermel, D. Herranz, K. Hirotani, J. Hose, D. Hugh, S. Inoue, Y. Inoue, K. Ioka, C. Jablonski, M. Kagaya, H. Katagiri, J. Kataoka, H. Kellermann, T. Kishimoto, M. Knoetig, K. Kodani, K. Kohri, T. Kojima, Y. Konno, S. Koyama, H. Kubo, J. Kushida, G. Lamanna, T. Le Flour, M. López-Moya, R. López, E. Lorenz, P. Majumdar, A. Manalaysay, M. Mariotti, G. Martínez, M. Martinez, S. Masuda, S. Matsuoka, D. Mazin, U. Menzel, J. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan, I. Monteiro, A. Moralejo, K. Murase, S. Nagataki, T. Nagayoshi, D. Nakajima, T. Nakamori, K. Nishijima, K. Noda, A. Nozato, M. Ogino, Y. Ohira, M. Ohishi, H. Ohoka, A. Okumura, S. Ono, R. Orito, J. Panazol, D. Paneque, R. Paoletti, J. Paredes, G. Pauletta, S. Podkladkin, J. Prast, R. Rando, O. Reimann, M. Ribó, S. Rosier-Lees, K. Saito, T. Saito, Y. Saito, N. Sakaki, R. Sakonaka, A. Sanuy, M. Sawada, V. Scalzotto, S. Schultz, T. Schweizer, T. Shibata, S. Shu, J. Sieiro, V. Stamatescu, S. Steiner, U. Straumann, R. Sugawara, H. Tajima, H. Takami, M. Takahashi, S. Tanaka, M. Tanaka, L. Tejedor, Y. Terada, M. Teshima, Y. Tomono, T. Totani, T. Toyama, Y. Tsubone, Y. Tsuchiya, S. Tsujimoto, H. Ueno, K. Umehara, Y. Umetsu, A. Vollhardt, R. Wagner, H. Wetteskind, T. Yamamoto, R. Yamazaki, A. Yoshida, T. Yoshida, T. Yoshikoshi

Proceedings Volume 9151, 915142 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054619

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, Physics, Quantum efficiency, Mirrors, Cooling systems, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2014 Paper

Paper

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

Goro Sato, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Atsushi Harayama, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shinichiro Takeda, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 9144, 914427 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055629

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Avalanche photodetectors, Imaging systems, Hard x-rays, Cameras, Calibration, Field programmable gate arrays, X-rays, Satellites, Performance modeling

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2014 Paper

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Development and verification of signal processing system of BGO active shield onboard Astro-H

Masanori Ohno, Shin'ya Tokuda, Takafumi Kawano, Shunya Furui, Ikumi Edahiro, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Kunihiro Goto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Hiroaki Murakami, Syogo Kobayashi, Soki Sakurai, Makoto Sasano, Shunsuke Torii, Toshio Nakano, Ko Ono, Katsuma Miyake, Terukazu Nishida, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kazuo Makishima, Kouichi Hagino, Takayuki Yuasa, Hirokazu Odaka, Rie Sato, Shin Watanabe, Motohide Kokubun, Tadayuki Takahashi, Goro Sato, Jun Kataoka, Tatsuhiko Saito, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yoichi Yatsu, Takeshi Nakamori, Hideki Uchiyama, Daisuke Yonetoku

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91445G (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055676

KEYWORDS: Signal processing, Sensors, Avalanche photodetectors, Logic, Cameras, Analog electronics, Signal detection, Digital filtering, Field programmable gate arrays, Gamma radiation

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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Thermal design of the hard x-ray imager and the soft gamma-ray detector onboard ASTRO-H

Hirofumi Noda, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kazuo Makishima, Naoko Iwata, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Masayuki Ohta, Goro Sato, Madoka Kawaharada, Shin Watanabe, Motohide Kokubun, Tadayuki Takahashi, Masanori Ohno, Yasushi Fukazawa, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hideki Uchiyama, Shuji Ito, Keita Fukuzawa

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91445E (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055379

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Aluminum, Copper, Mathematical modeling, Imaging systems, Hard x-rays, Gamma radiation, Thermal modeling, X-rays

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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Soft gamma-ray detector (SGD) onboard the ASTRO-H mission

Yasushi Fukazawa, Hiroyasu Tajima, Shin Watanabe, Roger Blandford, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Atsushi Harayama, Jun Kataoka, Madoka Kawaharada, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Grzegorz Madejski, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shin'ya Saito, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91442C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055292

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Avalanche photodetectors, Silicon, Gamma radiation, Control systems, Forward error correction, Physics, Electronics, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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Sub-MeV all sky survey with a compact Si/CdTe Compton telescope

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin Watanabe, Yuto Ichinohe, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuo Makishima, Takefumi Mitani, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Masaharu Nomachi, Hiroyasu Tajima, Takeshi Takashima, Toru Tamagawa, Yukikatsu Terada, Makoto Tashiro, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Tetsuo Yoshimitsu

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91440J (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055422

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Telescopes, Spatial resolution, Hard x-rays, Semiconductors, Silicon, Space telescopes, Polarization, Electrodes

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Paper

Development and calibration of fine collimators for the ASTRO-H Soft Gamma-ray Detector

T. Mizuno, D. Kimura, Y. Fukazawa, S. Furui, K. Goto, T. Hayashi, K. Kawabata, T. Kawano, Y. Kitamura, H. Shirakawa, T. Tanabe, K. Makishima, K. Nakajima, K. Nakazawa, T. Fukuyama, Y. Ichinohe, K. Ishimura, M. Ohta, T. Sato, T. Takahashi, Y. Uchida, S. Watanabe, K. Ishibashi, K. Sakanobe, H. Matsumoto, T. Miyazawa, H. Mori, M. Sakai, H. Tajima

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91445F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054649

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, Transmittance, Sensors, Visible radiation, Calibration, Collimators, Gamma radiation, Cameras, X-ray optics

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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The ASTRO-H X-ray astronomy satellite

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Marshall Bautz, Thomas Bialas, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Laura Brenneman, Gregory Brown, Ed 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, 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, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Atsushi Harayama, Isamu Hatsukade, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Takayuki Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Yoshiyuki 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, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kawano, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Masashi Kimura, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Saori Konami, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alexander Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Stephanie LaMassa, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Candace Masters, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Brian McNamara, Joseph Miko, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mori, Hideyuki Mori, Franco Moroso, Theodore Muench, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Housei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Masaharu Nomachi, Steve O'Dell, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frits Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Ciro Pinto, Martin Pohl, James Pontius, F. Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Brian Ramsey, Rubens Reis, Christopher Reynolds, Claudio Ricci, Helena Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shinya Saito, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Goro Sato, Makoto Sawada, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin-ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Keisuke Tamura, Takayuki Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yoko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shutaro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Tomomi Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Nicholas White, Dan Wilkins, Shinya Yamada, Takahiro 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, John ZuHone

Proceedings Volume 9144, 914425 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055681

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, X-ray telescopes, X-ray astronomy, Physics, Space telescopes, Satellites, Astronomy, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

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The large size telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

G. Ambrosi, Y. Awane, H. Baba, A. Bamba, M. Barceló, U. Barres de Almeida, J. Barrio, O. Blanch Bigas, J. Boix, L. Brunetti, E. Carmona, E. Chabanne, M. Chikawa, R. Colin, J. Cortina, J. Contreras, F. Dazzi, A. De Angelis, G. Deleglise, C. Delgado, C. Díaz, A. Fiasson, D. Fink, N. Fouque, L. Freixas, C. Fruck, A. Gadola, R. García, D. Gascon, N. Geffroy, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, F. Grañena, S. Gunji, R. Hagiwara, N. Hamer, Y. Hanabata, T. Hassan, K. Hatanaka, K. Hirotani, S. Inoue, Y. Inoue, K. Ioka, C. Jablonski, M. Kagaya, H. Katagiri, T. Kishimoto, K. Kodani, K. Kohri, Y. Konno, S. Koyama, H. Kubo, J. Kushida, G. Lamanna, T. Le Flour, E. Lorenz, R. López, M. López-Moya, P. Majumdar, A. Manalaysay, M. Mariotti, G. Martínez, M. Martínez, D. Mazin, J. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan, I. Monteiro, A. Moralejo, K. Murase, S. Nagataki, D. Nakajima, T. Nakamori, K. Nishijima, K. Noda, A. Nozato, Y. Ohira, M. Ohishi, H. Ohoka, A. Okumura, R. Orito, J. Panazol, D. Paneque, R. Paoletti, J. Paredes, G. Pauletta, S. Podkladkin, J. Prast, R. Rando, O. Reimann, M. Ribó, S. Rosier-Lees, K. Saito, T. Saito, Y. Saito, N. Sakaki, R. Sakonaka, A. Sanuy, H. Sasaki, M. Sawada, V. Scalzotto, S. Schultz, T. Schweizer, T. Shibata, S. Shu, J. Sieiro, V. Stamatescu, S. Steiner, U. Straumann, R. Sugawara, H. Tajima, H. Takami, S. Tanaka, M. Tanaka, L. Tejedor, Y. Terada, M. Teshima, T. Totani, H. Ueno, K. Umehara, A. Vollhardt, R. Wagner, H. Wetteskind, T. Yamamoto, R. Yamazaki, A. Yoshida, T. Yoshida, T. Yoshikoshi

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91450P (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054605

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Cameras, Space telescopes, Mirrors, Optical instrument design, Physics, Gamma radiation, Reflectivity, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

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The focusing optics x-ray solar imager (FOXSI): instrument and first flight

Säm Krucker, Steven Christe, Lindsay Glesener, Shinnosuke Ishikawa, Brian Ramsey, Mikhail Gubarev, Shinya Saito, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin Watanabe, Hiroyasu Tajima, Takaaki Tanaka, Paul Turin, David Glaser, Jose Fermin, Robert Lin

Proceedings Volume 8862, 88620R (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024277

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-ray optics, Rockets, Electrons, X-rays, Imaging systems, Point spread functions, Mirrors, Spatial resolution, Solar processes

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

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Photosensor characterization for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: silicon photomultiplier versus multi-anode photomultiplier tube

A. Bouvier, L. Gebremedhin, C. Johnson, A. Kuznetsov, D. Williams, N. Otte, R. Strausbaugh, N. Hidaka, H. Tajima, Ji. Hinton, R. White, M. Errando, R. Mukherjee

Proceedings Volume 8852, 88520K (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023778

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Photodetectors, Light emitting diodes, Electrons, Photomultipliers, Manufacturing, Cameras, Silicon, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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The ASTRO-H X-ray Observatory

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Henri Aarts, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Mark Bautz, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Greg Brown, Ed Cackett, Mara Chernyakova, 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, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Keith Gendreau, Kirk Gilmore, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Takayuki Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Ito, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Hajime Kawahara, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Masashi Kimura, Kenzo Kinugasa, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alex Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Stephanie LaMassa, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Genevieve Marchand, Maxim Markevitch, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Brian McNamara, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mori, Koji Mukai, Toshio Murakami, Hiroshi Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Hosei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Masaharu Nomachi, Steve O'Dell, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Fritzs Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Martin Pohl, F. Scott Porter, Brian Ramsey, Rubens Reis, Christopher Reynolds, Helen Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Jeremy Sanders, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Yohichi Sato, Kosuke Sato, Makoto Sawada, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz 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, 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, Shiro Ueno, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Nicholas White, Takahiro Yamada, Shinya Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Noriko Yamasaki, Shigeo Yamauchi, Makoto Yamauchi, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84431Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926190

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, X-ray telescopes, Physics, X-ray astronomy, Iron, Spectroscopy, X-ray imaging, Galaxy groups and clusters

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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The Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for Solar flares (GRIPS)

Albert Shih, Robert Lin, Gordon Hurford, Nicole Duncan, Pascal Saint-Hilaire, Hazel Bain, Steven Boggs, Andreas Zoglauer, David Smith, Hiroyasu Tajima, Mark Amman, Tadayuki Takahashi

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84434H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926450

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Electrons, Spatial resolution, Solar processes, Polarization, Imaging systems, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Ions

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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Soft gamma-ray detector for the ASTRO-H Mission

Shin Watanabe, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Roger Blandford, Teruaki Enoto, Jun Kataoka, Madoka Kawaharada, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Greg Madejski, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kunishiro Mori, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shinya Yamada, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 8443, 844326 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925977

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Cameras, Gamma radiation, Polarization, Avalanche photodetectors, Kinematics, X-rays, Compton scattering, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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Imaging and spectral performance of CdTe double-sided strip detectors for the Hard X-ray Imager onboard ASTRO-H

Kouichi Hagino, Hirokazu Odaka, Goro Sato, Shin Watanabe, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Motohide Kokubun, Taro Fukuyama, Shinya Saito, Tamotsu Sato, Yuto Ichinohe, Tadayuki Takahashi, Toshio Nakano, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kazuo Makishima, Hiroyasu Tajima, Takaaki Tanaka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Takuya Miyazawa, Michito Sakai, Karin Sakanobe, Hiroyoshi Kato, Shunya Takizawa, Kentaro Uesugi

Proceedings Volume 8443, 844355 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926052

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Electrodes, X-rays, Spatial resolution, Hard x-rays, Silicon, Photons, Imaging systems, Energy efficiency, Synchrotron radiation

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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

Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Jun Kataoka, Madoka Kawaharada, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 8443, 844325 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925648

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Imaging systems, Hard x-rays, Avalanche photodetectors, Silicon, Crystals, X-rays, Satellites, Spatial resolution, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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Concept of a small satellite for sub-MeV and MeV all sky survey: the CAST mission

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Yuto Ichinohe, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Hiroyasu Tajima, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Motohide Kokubun, Takeshi Takashima, Makoto Tashiro, Toru Tamagawa, Yukikatsu Terada, Masaharu Nomachi, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Takefumi Mitani, Tetsuo Yoshimitsu, Shin Watanabe

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84430E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926164

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Satellites, Telescopes, Gamma radiation, Silicon, Semiconductors, Polarization, Spatial resolution, Space telescopes, Compton scattering

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Proceedings Article | 4 October 2011 Paper

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The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI)

Säm Krucker, Steven Christe, Lindsay Glesener, Shin-nosuke Ishikawa, Stephen McBride, David Glaser, Paul Turin, R. Lin, Mikhail Gubarev, Brian Ramsey, Shinya Saito, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin Watanabe, Takaaki Tanaka, Hiroyasu Tajima, Satoshi Masuda

Proceedings Volume 8147, 814705 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.895271

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-ray optics, Rockets, Solar energy, Electrons, Solar processes, Mirrors, Imaging systems, X-rays, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2010 Paper

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The ASTRO-H Mission

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Felix Aharonian, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Hisamitsu Awaki, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Mark Bautz, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Greg Brown, Mara Chernyakova, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jean Cottam, John Crow, Jelle de Plaa, Cor de Vries, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, Ken Ebisawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Poshak Gandhi, Keith Gendreau, Kirk Gilmore, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Naoki Isobe, Masayuki Ito, Naoko Iwata, Jelle Kaastra, Tim Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Hideaki Katagiri, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Kenzo Kinugasa, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Tatsuro Kosaka, Taro Kotani, Katsuji Koyama, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Jon Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mori, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Yujin Nakagawa, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Masaharu Nomachi, Stephen O'Dell, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frederik Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Martin Pohl, S. Porter, Brian Ramsey, Christopher Reynolds, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Rita Sambruna, Goro Sato, Yoichi Sato, Peter Serlemitsos, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz Stawarz, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Yoh Takei, Tohru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasayuki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Miyako Tozuka, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Shin Watanabe, Nicholas White, Takahiro Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77320Z (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857875

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, Physics, X-ray telescopes, X-ray imaging, Spectroscopy, Spatial resolution, Imaging systems, Iron

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

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The Monte Carlo simulation framework of the ASTRO-H X-ray Observatory

Masanobu Ozaki, Masanori Ohno, Yukikatsu Terada, Shin Watanabe, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Tadayuki Takahashi, Motohide Kokubun, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Noriko Yamasaki, Hirokazu Odaka, Yoh Takei, Takayuki Yuasa, Akihiro Furuzawa, Hideyuki Mori, Hironori Matsumoto, Takashi Okajima, Caroline Kilbourne, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yoshitaka Ishisaki

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773239 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856126

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Sensors, Satellites, X-rays, Particles, Computer aided design, Absorption, Observatories, Physics, Data analysis

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

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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 Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Yoichi Yatsu, Kazutaka Yamaoka

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773215 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857933

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Hard x-rays, Imaging systems, Silicon, Avalanche photodetectors, Spatial resolution, Photons, X-rays, Mirrors, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

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Development of BGO active shield for the ASTRO-H soft gamma-ray detector

Y. Hanabata, Y. Fukazawa, K. Yamaoka, H. Tajima, J. Kataoka, K. Nakazawa, H. Takahashi, T. Mizuno, M. Ohno, M. Kokubun, T. Takahashi, S. Watanabe, M. Tashiro, Y. Terada, C. Sasaki, K. Nakajima, T. Mizushima

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77323B (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856745

KEYWORDS: Avalanche photodetectors, Gamma radiation, Sensors, Signal processing, Cameras, Data conversion, Scintillation, Digital filtering, Crystals, Digital signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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Soft gamma-ray detector for the ASTRO-H Mission

Hiroyasu Tajima, Roger Blandford, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kirk Gilmore, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Madoka Kawaharada, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Greg Madejski, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Daisuke Yonetoku

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773216 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857531

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Cameras, Avalanche photodetectors, Gamma radiation, Polarization, Forward error correction, Kinematics, X-rays, Hard x-rays

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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Development of double-sided silicon strip detectors for solar hard x-ray observation

Shinya Saito, Shin-nosuke Ishikawa, Shin Watanabe, Hirokazu Odaka, Soichiro Sugimoto, Taro Fukuyama, Motohide Kokubun, Tadayuki Takahashi, Yukikatsu Terada, Hiroyasu Tajima, Takaaki Tanaka, Säm Krucker, Steven Christe, Steve McBride, Lindsay Glesener

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77320Q (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857235

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Hard x-rays, Spatial resolution, Silicon, X-ray optics, Spectral resolution, Rockets, Analog electronics, Mirrors, Solar energy

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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Monte Carlo simulation study of in-orbit background for the soft gamma-ray detector on-board ASTRO-H

T. Mizuno, K. Hiragi, Y. Fukazawa, Y. Umeki, H. Odaka, S. Watanabe, M. Kokubun, T. Takahashi, K. Nakajima, K. Nakazawa, K. Makishima, S. Nakahira, Y. Terada, H. Tajima

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77323C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856753

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Monte Carlo methods, Information technology, Optical simulations, Gamma radiation, Silicon, Cameras, Hard x-rays, Photons, Atmospheric particles

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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The hard x-ray imager onboard IXO

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Olivier Limousin, Motohide Kokubun, Shin Watanabe, Philippe Laurent, Monique Arnaud, Hiroyasu Tajima

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77321L (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856368

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Imaging systems, X-rays, Hard x-rays, Mirrors, Silicon, Electronics, Scintillators, Analog electronics, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2009 Paper

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The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI)

Sam Krucker, Steven Christe, Lindsay Glesener, Steve McBride, Paul Turin, David Glaser, Pascal Saint-Hilaire, Gregory Delory, R. Lin, Mikhail Gubarev, Brian Ramsey, Yukikatsu Terada, Shin-nosuke Ishikawa, Motohide Kokubun, Shinya Saito, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin Watanabe, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Hiroyasu Tajima, Satoshi Masuda, Takashi Minoshima, Masumi Shomojo

Proceedings Volume 7437, 743705 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.827950

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Solar energy, X-ray optics, Rockets, Solar processes, Electrons, X-rays, Imaging systems, Silicon, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2008 Paper

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Application of double-sided silicon strip detectors to Compton cameras

Hiroyuki Aono, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Shin-nosuke Ishikawa, Hirokazu Odaka, Motohide Kokubun, Shin Watanabe, Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Sho Okuyama, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Naoki Kawachi

Proceedings Volume 7021, 70211G (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788784

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Spatial resolution, Deconvolution, Doppler effect, Silicon, Monte Carlo methods, Gamma radiation, Prototyping, Radioisotopes

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

Paper

The NeXT Mission

Tadayuki Takahashi, Richard Kelley, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hideyo Kunieda, Robert Petre, Nicholas White, Tadayasu Dotani, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Manabu Ishida, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuo Makishima, Katsuji Koyama, Greg Madejski, Koji Mori, Richard Mushotzky, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yasushi Ogasaka, Takaya Ohashi, Masanobu Ozaki, Hiroyasu Tajima, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Go Tsuru, Yoshihiro Ueda, Noriko Yamasaki, Shin Watanabe

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70110O (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789640

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, X-ray telescopes, X-ray imaging, Spectroscopy, Spatial resolution, Imaging systems, Iron, X-ray detectors

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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Hard X-ray imager (HXI) for the NeXT mission

Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Shin Watanabe, Yasushi Fukazawa, Jun Kataoka, Hideaki Katagiri, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kazuo Makishima, Masanori Ohno, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Tadayuki Takahashi, Toru Tamagawa, Takaaki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Yukikatsu Terada, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Yuji Urata, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Tetsuichi Kishishita, Masayoshi Ushio, Jun'ichiro Katsuta, Shin'nosuke Ishikawa, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Aono, Souichiro Sugimoto, Yuu Koseki, Takao Kitaguchi, Teruaki Enoto, Shin'ya Yamada, Takayuki Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Ueda, Yuichi Uehara, Sho Okuyama, Hajimu Yasuda, Sho Nishino, Yudai Umeki, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Masayuki Matsuoka, Yuki Ikejiri, Akira Endo, Yuichi Yaji, Natsuki Kodaka, Wataru Iwakiri, Tomomi Kouzu, Takako Sugasawara, Atsushi Harayama, Satoshi Nakahira

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70110R (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788290

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Hard x-rays, Silicon, Imaging systems, X-ray telescopes, Photons, Space operations, Avalanche photodetectors, Space telescopes, X-ray detectors

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2007 Paper

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A new Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton camera developed for high-angular resolution

Shin'ichiro Takeda, Shin-nosuke Ishikawa, Hirokazu Odaka, Shin Watanabe, Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yoshikatsu Kuroda, Mitsunobu Onishi, Yasushi Fukazawa, Hajimu Yasuda

Proceedings Volume 6706, 67060S (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.733840

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Doppler effect, Gamma radiation, Photons, Spatial resolution, Semiconductors, Compton scattering, Barium, Americium

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2007 Paper

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Evaluation of 0.5-mm thick double-sided silicon strip detector for Compton telescope

Hajimu Yasuda, Yasushi Fukazawa, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Shin Watanabe, Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Hiroyasu Tajima, Takaaki Tanaka

Proceedings Volume 6706, 67060T (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.735147

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Silicon, Capacitance, Telescopes, Energy efficiency, Photons, Americium, Compton scattering, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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Hard x-ray imager for the NeXT mission

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yasushi Fukazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Toshio Murakami, Masaharu Nomachi, Hiroyasu Tajima, Tadayuki Takahashi, Makoto Tashiro, Toru Tamagawa, Yukikatsu Terada, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Daisuke Yonetoku

Proceedings Volume 6266, 62662H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670674

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Hard x-rays, Mirrors, Imaging systems, X-rays, X-ray imaging, Physics, Image resolution, Crystals, Imaging spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2005 Paper

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Results of a Si/CdTe Compton telescope

Kousuke Oonuki, Takaaki Tanaka, Shin Watanabe, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Takefumi Mitani, Tadayuki Takahashi, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Masaharu Nomachi

Proceedings Volume 5922, 59220J (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.621809

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Telescopes, Prototyping, Spatial resolution, Compton scattering, Sodium, Silicon, Semiconductors, Image resolution

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

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Low-energy response of a prototype detector array for the PoGO astronomical hard x-ray polarimeter

J. Kataoka, Y. Kanai, M. Arimoto, T. Ikagawa, T. Saito, M. Ueno, N. Kawai, R. Blandford, P. Chen, T. Kamae, G. Madejski, T. Mizuno, J. Ng, H. Tajima, T. Thurston, L. Barbier, A. Harding, J. Krizmanic, S. Hunter, J. Mitchell, R. Streitmatter, E. Groth, R. Fernholtz, D. Marlow, Y. Saito, T. Takahashi, S. Gunji, H. Sakurai, Y. Fukazawa, V. Anderson, P. Carlson, W. Klamra, M. Pearce, M. Suhonen, S. Larsson, F. Ryde, C-I. Bjornsson, G. Bogaert, S. Kishimoto

Proceedings Volume 5898, 58980J (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.613621

KEYWORDS: Scintillators, Sensors, Polarization, Prototyping, Modulation, Astronomy, Polarimetry, Gamma radiation, X-rays, Hard x-rays

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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Gamma-ray polarimetry with Compton Telescope

Hiroyasu Tajima, Grzegorz Madejski, Takefumi Mitani, Takaaki Tanaka, Hidehito Nakamura, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Yasushi Fukazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Motohide Kokubun, Daniel Marlow, Masaharu Nomachi, Eduardo do Couto e Silva

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552487

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Sensors, Gamma radiation, Compton scattering, Photons, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Silicon, Hard x-rays, Phase shift keying

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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Wide band X-ray Imager (WXI) and Soft Gamma-ray Detector (SGD) for the NeXT Mission

Tadayuki Takahashi, A. Awaki, Tadayasu Dotani, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Nobuyuki Kawai, Shunji Kitamoto, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Katsuji Koyama, Kazuo Makishima, Hironori Matsumoto, Emi Miyata, T. Murakami, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Masaharu Nomachi, Masanobu Ozaki, Hiroyasu Tajima, Makoto Tashiro, Toru Tamagawa, Yukikatsu Terada, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Kazutaka Yamaoka, D. Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551500

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Hard x-rays, Charge-coupled devices, X-rays, CCD image sensors, Telescopes, X-ray imaging, Gamma radiation, Silicon, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2004 Paper

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Low-noise double-sided silicon strip detector for soft gamma-ray Compton camera

Yasushi Fukazawa, Tatsuya Nakamoto, Naoyuki Sawamoto, Shingo Uno, Takashi Ohsugi, Hiroyasu Tajima, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takefumi Mitani, Takaaki Tanaka, Kazuhiro Nakazawa

Proceedings Volume 5501, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550764

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Capacitance, Sensors, Spatial resolution, Silicon, Doppler effect, Compton scattering, Cameras, Semiconductors, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2004 Paper

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Development of an Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton telescope

Takaaki Tanaka, Takefumi Mitani, Shin Watanabe, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kousuke Oonuki, Goro Sato, Tadayuki Takahashi, Ken'ichi Tamura, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hidehito Nakamura, Masaharu Nomachi, Tatsuya Nakamoto, Yasushi Fukazawa

Proceedings Volume 5501, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552600

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Gamma radiation, Spatial resolution, Silicon, Compton scattering, Prototyping, Semiconductors, Space telescopes, Barium

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

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Low-noise double-sided silicon strip detector for multiple-Compton gamma-ray telescope

Hiroyasu Tajima, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Shingo Uno, Tatsuya Nakamoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Takefumi Mitani, Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yu Okada, Masaharu Nomachi

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461511

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Silicon, Sensors, Space telescopes, Photons, Telescopes, Spatial resolution, Capacitance, Prototyping, Compton scattering

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

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High-resolution CdTe detectors for the next-generation multi-Compton gamma-ray telescope

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Masaharu Nomachi, Motohide Kokubun

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461287

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Telescopes, Diodes, Silicon, Compton scattering, Space telescopes, Hard x-rays, Cadmium, Image resolution

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