X-ray Timing in the Japanese Program

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Jul 2004

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X-RAY TIMING 2003: Rossie and Beyond. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 714, pp. 397-404 (2004).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation, Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components, X-Ray

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Timing capabilities of the current and future X-ray astronomy satellites in Japan are reviewed. Stresses are put on the two programs, Astro-E2 and NeXT, and some other programs are also mentioned. Astro-E2 is developed under the Japan-US collaboration, and is scheduled to be launched in February, 2005. Astro-E2 is basically a spectroscopic mission, and its timing capability of the focal-plane detectors is rather limited. However, the non-imaging, hard X-ray detector can provide a good time resolution. Astro-E2 will be followed by the NeXT satellite, which we plan to launch around 2010. NeXT is characterized by the direct imaging capability up to ~80 keV. Its timing capability is also limited, but may be good for some kind of timing observations.

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