The Suzaku High Resolution X-Ray Spectrometer

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Jan 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007pasj...59s..77k&link_type=abstract

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.59, No.SP1, pp.77-112

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Instrumentation: Detectors, X-Rays: General

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The X-Ray Spectrometer (XRS) has been designed to provide the Suzaku Observatory with non-dispersive, high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy. As designed, the instrument covers the energy range 0.3 to 12keV, which encompasses the most diagnostically rich part of the X-ray band. The sensor consists of a 32-channel array of X-ray microcalorimeters, each with an energy resolution of about 6eV. The very low temperature required for operation of the array (60mK) is provided by a four-stage cooling system containing a single-stage adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator, a superfluid-helium cryostat, a solid-neon dewar, and a single-stage, Stirling-cycle cooler. The Suzaku/XRS is the first orbiting X-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer and was designed to last more than three years in orbit. The early verification phase of the mission demonstrated that the instrument worked properly and that the cryogen consumption rate was low enough to ensure a mission lifetime exceeding 3 years. However, the liquid-He cryogen was completely vaporized two weeks after opening the dewar guard vacuum vent. The problem has been traced to inadequate venting of the dewar He and Ne gases out of the spacecraft and into space. In this paper we present the design and ground testing of the XRS instrument, and then describe the in-flight performance. An energy resolution of 6eV was achieved during pre-launch tests and a resolution of 7eV was obtained in orbit. The slight degradation is due to the effects of cosmic rays.

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