Study of the Jupiter X-ray imaging spectrometer on JMO

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Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011agufmsm11a1990k&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #SM11A-1990

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

[5737] Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets / Magnetospheres, [6218] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Jovian Satellites, [6220] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Jupiter, [6297] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Instruments And Techniques

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In 2000's, the new generation X-ray observatories (Chandra, XMM-Newton and Suzaku) have revealed various new X-ray phenomena in the Jupiter system. The detected objects include Jupiter's aurorae, disk (middle and low-latitude emission), Io, Europa, the Io Plasma Torus, and radiation belts. For example, Jupiter's aurorae emit time variable X-rays via bremsstrahlung by keV electrons and charge exchange by MeV ions (Gladstone et al. 2002 Nature). A diffuse X-ray emission associated with the Jupiter's radiation belts suggests an inverse Compton scattering of tens MeV electrons (Ezoe et al. 2010 ApJ). Hence, the X-ray emission can be a unique diagnostic tool to investigate key fundamental problems on the Jupiter system such as the relativistic particle acceleration and the Jupiter-satellite reaction. However, since these observations have been done with the X-ray astronomy satellites orbiting the Earth, the photon statistics of X-ray spectra and light curves, and the angular resolution of X-ray images were severely limited. In this context, we have started to study design of an X-ray imaging spectrometer for JMO (Jupiter Magnetospheric Orbiter) which is expected to collaborate with international Jupiter exploration mission JUICE (JUpiter ICy moon Explorer). JUICE is originally EJSM (Europa Jupiter System Mission) but recently renamed JUICE as ESA-lead mission, which is proposed to be launched in 2020's. It consists of one main flight element developed by ESA to explore icy moons of Jupiter, and JMO by JAXA is expected to perform high-latitude (10-30 deg inclination) measurements of the Jupiter system and overview the magnetospheric activities. The in-situ measurements by EJSM JMO provide us with an unprecedented opportunity to observe Jupiter with extremely high photon statistics, high time and angular resolution. To realize the in-situ X-ray instrument for EJSM JMO, stringent mass and power limitations must be fulfilled. Furthermore, the radiation and the contamination of optical lights and debris must be taken care. The base line is a combination of an original ultra-light weight X-ray telescope with the mass to area ratio of 10 kg/m^{2} based on the micromachining technologies (Ezoe et al. 2010 Microsystem technologies), and a radiation-hard and low-power DepFET imaging detector (Struder et al. 2010 SPIE). In this presentation, we present the study status of the X-ray instrument onboard EJSM JMO and its scientific goals.

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