Future X-ray astronomy missions of Japan

Details Future X-ray astronomy missions of Japan Future X-ray astronomy missions of Japan

Jan 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004adspr..34.2628i&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, Volume 34, Issue 12, p. 2628-2631.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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X-Ray Astronomy, Japanese Space Program, High Energy Astrophysics, Astro-E2 Mission

Scientific paper

Japanese future space programs for high energy astrophysics are presented. The Astro-E2 mission which is the recovery mission of the lost Astro-E has been approved and now scheduled to be put in orbit in early 2005. The design of the whole spacecraft remains the same as that of Astro-E, except for some improvements in the scientific instruments. In spite of the five years of delay, Astro-E2 is still powerful and timely X-ray mission, because of the high energy resolution spectroscopy (FWHM ~6 eV in 0.3-10 keV) and high-sensitivity wide-band spectroscopy (0.3-600 keV). The NeXT (New X-ray Telescope) mission, which we propose to have around 2010, succeeds and extends the science which Astro-E2 will open. It will carry five or six sets of X-ray telescopes which utilize super-mirror technology to enable hard X-ray imaging up to ~60-80 keV. In mid-2010s, we would participate in the European XEUS mission, which explores the early (z>5) ``hot'' universe.

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