Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aipc.1248..537t&link_type=abstract
X-RAY ASTRONOMY 2009; PRESENT STATUS, MULTI-WAVELENGTH APPROACH AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES: Proceedings of the International Confer
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
X-Ray Spectroscopy, Astronomical Telescopes, Calorimeters, Galactic Nuclei, X-Ray, X- And Gamma-Ray Sources, Mirrors, Gratings, And Detectors, Calorimeters, Galactic Nuclei, Circumnuclear Matter, And Bulges
Scientific paper
The joint JAXA/NASA Astro-H mission is the sixth in a series of X-ray missions initiated by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS). The planned launch date is 2014. Astro-H will investigate the physics of the high-energy universe by performing high-resolution, high-throughput spectroscopy with moderate spatial resolution over the 0.3-600 keV energy range. ASTRO-H is a combination of wide band X-ray spectroscopy (3-80 keV) provided by focusing hard X-ray mirrors and hard X-ray imaging detectors, and high energy-resolution soft X-ray spectroscopy (0.3-10 keV) provided by thin-foil X-ray optics and a micro-calorimeter array. The mission will also carry an X-ray CCD camera as a focal plane detector for a soft X-ray telescope and a non-focusing soft gamma-ray detector. The simultaneous broad bandpass, coupled with high spectral resolution of ΔE~7 eV by the micro-calorimeter will enable a wide variety of important science themes to be pursued.
Kelley Richard
Mitsuda Kazuhisa
Takahashi Tadayuki
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