Hitomi (ASTRO-H) X-ray Astronomy Satellite

• Authors: TAKAHASHI T.; KOKUBUN M.; MITSUDA K.; KELLEY RL; OHASHI T.; AHARONIAN F.; AKAMATSU H.; AKIMOTO F.; ALLEN S.W.; ANABUKI N.; ANGELINI L.; ARNAUD K.; ASAI M.; AUDARD M.; AWAKI H.; AXELSSON M.; AZZARELLO P.; BALUTA C.; BAMBA A.; BANDO N.; BAUTZ MW; BIALAS T.; BLANDFORD R.; BOYCE K.; BRENNEMAN LW; BROWN GV; BULBUL E.; CACKETT EM; CANAVAN E.; CHERNYAKOVA M.; CHIAO MP; COPPI PS; COSTANTINI E.; DELL SO; DIPIRRO M.; DONE C.; DOTANI T.; DOTY J.; EBISAWA K.; ECKART ME; ENOTO T.; EZOE Y.; FABIAN A.C.; FERRIGNO C.; FOSTER AR; FUJIMOTO R.; FUKAZAWA Y.; FUNK S.; FURUZAWA A.; GALEAZZI M.; GALLO LC; GANDHI P.; GILMORE K.; GIUSTINI M.; GOLDWURM A.; LY Gu; GUAINAZZI M.; HAAS D.; HABA Y.; HAGINO K.; HAMAGUCHI K.; HARRUS IM; HATSUKADE I.; HAYASHI T.; HAYASHI K.; HAYASHIDA K.; DEN HERDER JW; HIRAGA JS; HIROSE K.; HORNSCHEMEIER A.; HOSHINO A.; HUGHES JP; ICHINOHE Y.; IIZUKA R.; INOUE H.; INOUE Y.; ISHIBASHI K.; ISHIDA M.; ISHIKAWA K.; ISHIMURA K.; ISHISAKI Y.; ITOH M.; IWAI M.; IWATA N.; IYOMOTO N.; JEWELL C.; KAASTRA J.; KALLMAN T.; KAMAE T.; KARA E.; KATAOKA J.; KATSUDA S.; KATSUTA J.; KAWAHARADA M.; KAWAI N.; KAWANO T.; KAWASAKI S.; KHANGULYAN D.; KILBOURNE CA; KIMBALL M.; KING A.; KITAGUCHI T.; KITAMOTO S.; KITAYAMA T.; KOHMURA T.; KONAMI S.; KOSAKA T.; KOUJELEV A.; KOYAMA K.; KOYAMA S.; KRETSCHMAR P.; KRIMM HA; KUBOTA A.; KUNIEDA H.; LAURENT P.; LEE SH; LEUTENEGGER MA; LIMOUSIN O.; LOEWENSTEIN M.; LONG KS; LUMB D.; MADEJSKI G.; MAEDA Y.; MAIER D.; MAKISHIMA K.; MARKEVITCH M.; MASTERS C.; MATSUMOTO H.; MATSUSHITA K.; MCCAMMON D.; MCGUINNESS D.; MCNAMARA BR; MEHDIPOUR M.; MIKO J.; MILLER ED; MILLER JM; MINESHIGE S.; MINESUGI K.; MITSUISHI I.; MIYAZAWA T.; MIZUNO T.; MORI H.; MORI K.; MOROSO F.; MOSELEY H.; MUENCH T.; MUKAI K.; MURAKAMI H.; MURAKAMI T.; MUSHOTZKY RF; NAGANO H.; NAGINO R.; NAKAGAWA T.; NAKAJIMA H.; NAKAMORI T.; NAKANO T.; NAKASHIMA S.; NAKAZAWA K.; NAMBA Y.; NATSUKARI C.; NISHIOKA Y.; NOBUKAWA KK; NOBUKAWA M.; NODA H.; NOMACHI M.; ODAKA H.; OGAWA H.; OGAWA M.; OGI K.; OHNO M.; OHTA M.; OKAJIMA T.; OKAMOTO A.; OKAZAKI T.; OTA N.; OZAKI M.; PAERELS F.; PALTANI S.; PARMAR A.; PETRE R.; PINTO C.; DE PLAA J.; POHL M.; PONTIUS J.; PORTER FS; POTTSCHMIDT K.; RAMSEY B.; REYNOLDS C.; RUSSELL H.; SAFI-HARB S.; SAITO S.; SAKAI K.; SAKAI S.; SAMESHIMA H.; SASAKI T.; SATO G.; SATO K.; SATO R.; SATO Y.; SAWADA M.; SCHARTEL N.; SERLEMITSOS PJ; SETA H.; SHIBANO Y.; SHIDA M.; SHIDATSU M.; SHIMADA T.; SHINOZAKI K.; SHIRRON P.; SIMIONESCU A.; SIMMONS C.; SMITH RK; SNEIDERMAN G.; SOONG Y.; STAWARZ L.; SUGAWARA Y.; SUGITA S.; SUGITA H.; SZYMKOWIAK A.; TAJIMA H.; TAKAHASHI H.; TAKEDA S.; TAKEI Y.; TAMAGAWA T.; TAMURA T.; TAMURA K.; TANAKA T.; TANAKA Y.; TANAKA YT; TASHIRO MS; TAWARA Y.; TERADA Y.; TERASHIMA Y.; TOMBESI F.; TOMIDA H.; TSUBOI Y.; TSUJIMOTO M.; TSUNEMI H.; TSURU TG; UCHIDA H.; UCHIYAMA H.; UCHIYAMA Y.; UEDA S.; UEDA Y.; UENO S.; UNO S.; URRY CM; URSINO E.; DE VRIES CP; WADA A.; WATANABE S.; WATANABE T.; WERNER Norbert; WIK DR; WILKINS DR; WILLIAMS BJ; YAMADA S.; YAMADA T.; YAMAGUCHI H.; YAMAOKA K.; YAMASAKI NY; YAMAUCHI M.; YAMAUCHI S.; YAQOOB T.; YATSU Y.; YONETOKU D.; YOSHIDA A.; YUASA T.; ZHURAVLEVA I.; ZOGHBI A.
• Year of publication: 2018
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• web: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/Journal-of-Astronomical-Telescopes-Instruments-and-Systems/volume-4/issue-02/021402/Hitomi-ASTRO-H-X-ray-Astronomy-Satellite/10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021402.full
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021402
• Keywords: x-ray; hard x-ray; gamma ray; x-ray astronomy; gamma-ray astronomy; microcalorimeter
• Description: 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. (C) The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.