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Resolve Instrument on X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM).
- Source :
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics . Dec2018, Vol. 193 Issue 5/6, p991-995. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM) is a recovery mission of ASTRO-H/Hitomi, which is expected to be launched in Japanese Fiscal Year of 2020 at the earliest. The Resolve instrument on XARM consists of an array of 6โ×โ6 silicon-thermistor microcalorimeters cooled down to 50 mK and a high-throughput X-ray mirror assembly with the focal length of 5.6 m. Hitomi was launched into orbit in February 2016 and observed several celestial objects, although the operation of Hitomi was terminated in April 2016. The soft X-ray spectrometer (SXS) on Hitomi demonstrated high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy ofโ~โ5 eV FWHM in orbit for most of the pixels. The Resolve instrument is planned to mostly be a copy of the Hitomi SXS and soft X-ray telescope designs, though several changes are planned based on the lessons learned from Hitomi. We report a brief summary of the SXS performance and the status of the Resolve instrument. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *THERMISTORS
*CALORIMETERS
*X-ray astronomy
*CRYOGENICS
*X-ray spectroscopy
*PIXELS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00222291
- Volume :
- 193
- Issue :
- 5/6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Low Temperature Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 133140529
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-1913-4