Tadayuki Takahashi, M. Kokubun, K. Mitsuda, R. Kelley, T. Ohashi, F. Aharonian, H. Akamatsu, F. Akimoto, S. Allen, N. Anabuki, L. Angelini, K. Arnaud, M. Asai, M. Audard, H. Awaki, M. Axelsson, P. Azzarello, C. Baluta, A. Bamba, N. Bando, M. Bautz, T. Bialas, R. Blandford, K. Boyce, L. Brenneman, G. Brown, E. Bulbul, E. Cackett, E. Canavan, M. Chernyakova, M. Chiao, P. Coppi, E. Costantini, Steve O’ Dell, M. Dipirro, C. Done, T. Dotani, J. Doty, K. Ebisawa, M. Eckart, T. Enoto, Y. Ezoe, Andrew C. Fabian, C. Ferrigno, A. Foster, R. Fujimoto, Y. Fukazawa, S. Funk, A. Furuzawa, M. Galeazzi, L. Gallo, P. Gandhi, K. Gilmore, M. Giustini, A. Goldwurm, L. Gu, M. Guainazzi, D. Haas, Y. Haba, K. Hagino, K. Hamaguchi, I. Harrus, I. Hatsukade, T. Hayashi, K. Hayashi, K. Hayashida, J. D. den Herder, J. Hiraga, K. Hirose, A. Hornschemeier, A. Hoshino, J. Hughes, Y. Ichinohe, R. Iizuka, H. Inoue, Y. Inoue, K. Ishibashi, M. Ishida, K. Ishikawa, K. Ishimura, Y. Ishisaki, M. Itoh, M. Iwai, N. Iwata, N. Iyomoto, C. Jewell, J. Kaastra, T. Kallman, T. Kamae, E. Kara, J. Kataoka, S. Katsuda, J. Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, N. Kawai, T. Kawano, S. Kawasaki, D. Khangulyan, C. Kilbourne, M. Kimball, A. King, T. Kitaguchi, S. Kitamoto, T. Kitayama, T. Kohmura, S. Konami, T. Kosaka, A. Koujelev, K. Koyama, S. Koyama, P. Kretschmar, H. Krimm, Aya Kubota, H. Kunieda, P. Laurent, Shiu-Hang Lee, M. Leutenegger, O. Limousin, M. Loewenstein, K. Long, D. Lumb, G. Madejski, Y. Maeda, D. Maier, K. Makishima, M. Markevitch, Candace Masters, H. Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, D. McCammon, D. Mcguinness, B. McNamara, M. Mehdipour, J. Miko, E. Miller, Jonathan M. Miller, S. Mineshige, K. Minesugi, I. Mitsuishi, T. Miyazawa, T. Mizuno, H. Mori, K. Mori, Franco Moroso, H. Moseley, Theodore Muench, K. Mukai, H. Murakami, T. Murakami, R. Mushotzky, H. Nagano, Ryo Nagino, T. Nakagawa, H. Nakajima, T. Nakamori, T. Nakano, Shinya Nakashima, K. Nakazawa, Y. Namba, C. Natsukari, Y. Nishioka, K. Nobukawa, M. Nobukawa, H. Noda, M. Nomachi, H. Odaka, H. Ogawa, M. Ogawa, K. Ogi, M. Ohno, M. Ohta, T. Okajima, A. Okamoto, T. Okazaki, N. Ota, M. Ozaki, F. Paerels, S. Paltani, A. Parmar, R. Petre, C. Pinto, J. de Plaa, M. Pohl, J. Pontius, F. Porter, K. Pottschmidt, B. Ramsey, C. Reynolds, H. Russell, S. Safi-Harb, S. Saito, K. Sakai, S. Sakai, H. Sameshima, T. Sasaki, G. Sato, Kosuke Sato, R. Sato, Yoichi Sato, M. Sawada, N. Schartel, P. Serlemitsos, H. Seta, Y. Shibano, M. Shida, M. Shidatsu, T. Shimada, K. Shinozaki, P. Shirron, A. Simionescu, C. Simmons, Randall K. Smith, G. Sneiderman, Y. Soong, Ł. Stawarz, Y. Sugawara, S. Sugita, H. Sugita, A. Szymkowiak, H. Tajima, H. Takahashi, S. Takeda, Y. Takei, T. Tamagawa, T. Tamura, K. Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Yasuyuki T. Tanaka, M. Tashiro, Y. Tawara, Y. Terada, Yuichi Terashima, F. Tombesi, H. Tomida, Y. Tsuboi, M. Tsujimoto, H. Tsunemi, T. Tsuru, H. Uchida, H. Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, S. Ueda, Y. Ueda, S. Ueno, S. Uno, C. M. Urry, E. Ursino, C. D. de Vries, A. Wada, S. Watanabe, Tomomi Watanabe, N. Werner, D. Wik, D. Wilkins, B. Williams, S. Yamada, Takahiro Yamada, H. Yamaguchi, K. Yamaoka, N. Yamasaki, M. Yamauchi, S. Yamauchi, T. Yaqoob, Y. Yatsu, D. Yonetoku, A. Yoshida, T. Yuasa, I. Zhuravleva, A. Zoghbi
2018.4.1Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems
tlooto Summary
The Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission was a Japanese x-ray astronomy satellite that aimed to achieve high energy resolution and cover a wide energy range from soft x-rays to gamma rays.
Abstract
Abstract. The Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission is the sixth Japanese x-ray astronomy satellite developed by a large international collaboration, including Japan, USA, Canada, and Europe. The mission aimed to provide the highest energy resolution ever achieved at E > 2 keV, using a microcalorimeter instrument, and to cover a wide energy range spanning four decades in energy from soft x-rays to gamma rays. After a successful launch on February 17, 2016, the spacecraft lost its function on March 26, 2016, but the commissioning phase for about a month provided valuable information on the onboard instruments and the spacecraft system, including astrophysical results obtained from first light observations. The paper describes the Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission, its capabilities, the initial operation, and the instruments/spacecraft performances confirmed during the commissioning operations for about a month.
Citation format
TAKAHASHI, Tadayuki, et al. Hitomi (ASTRO-H) x-ray astronomy satellite. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems, 2018, 4.