Hard X-ray Imager (HXI) for the NeXT mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7011, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kokubun, Motohide ^a   Nakazawa, Kazuhiro ^b   Watanabe, Shin ^a   Fukazawa, Yasushi ^d   Kataoka, Jun ^e   Katagiri, Hideaki ^d   Mizuno, Tsunefumi ^d   Makishima, Kazuo ^b,c   Ohno, Masanori ^a   Sato, Goro ^a   Sato, Rie ^a   Tajima, Hiroyasu ^f   Takahashi, Tadayuki ^a   Tamagawa, Toru ^c   Ka, Takaaki Ta Na ^f   Tashiro, Makoto ^g   Takahashi, Hiromitsu ^d   Terada, Yukikatsu ^g   Uchiyama, Yasunobu ^g   Urata, Yuji ^h   Yamaoka, Kazutaka ^a,b   Takeda, Shin'ichiro ^a,b   Kishishita, Tetsuichi ^a,b   Ushio, Masayoshi ^a,b   Katsuta, Jun'ichiro ^a,b   Ishikawa, Shin'nosuke ^a,b   Odaka, Hirokazu ^a,b   Aono, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Sugimoto, Souichiro ^a,b   Koseki, Yuu ^a   Kitaguchi, Takao ^b   Enoto, Teruaki ^b   Yamada, Shin'ya ^b   Yuasa, Takayuki ^b   Ueda, Tsuyoshi ^b   Uehara, Yuichi ^b   Okuyama, Sho ^b   Yasuda, Hajimu ^b   Nishino, Sho ^b   Umeki, Yudai ^b   Hayashi, Katsuhiro ^b   Matsuoka, Masayuki ^b   Ikejiri, Yuki ^b   Endo, Akira ^f   Yaji, Yuichi ^f   Kodaka, Natsuki ^f   Iwakiri, Wataru ^f   Kouzu, Tomomi ^f   Sugasawara, Takako ^f   Harayama, Atsushi ^f   Nakahira, Satoshi ^h   more..

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^g SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hard X ray Imager; Next mission; X ray astronomy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SHIELDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COSMIC-RAY PARTICLES; CURRENT STATUS; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; DOUBLE-SIDED SILICON STRIP DETECTORS; ENERGY RANGES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; FOCAL PLANE DETECTOR; HARD X-RAY DETECTORS; HARD X-RAY IMAGER; HARD X-RAY TELESCOPE; HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYBRID STRUCTURE; IN-ORBIT; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; LOW NOISE; NEXT MISSION; STRIP DETECTORS; X RAY TELESCOPE; X-RAY ASTRONOMY;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTRONOMY; CADMIUM; COSMOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IMAGE SENSORS; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON DETECTORS; SILICON SENSORS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY CAMERAS; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 67649215322     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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