KMI Topics
"The ASTRO-H project"
Hironori Matsumoto
(KMI, Nagoya University)
November 12, 2014 (Wed) 17:30-
KMI Science Symposia (ES635)
Abstract:
ASTRO-H is the 6th Japanese satellite for X-ray astronomy,
and it will be launched in FY2015. ASTRO-H covers a very
wide range from 0.3 to 600 keV with four instrument systems;
Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) + Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS),
SXT + Soft X-ray Imager (SXT), Hard X-ray Telescope (HXT) +
Hard X-ray Imager (HXI), and Soft Gamma-ray Detector (SGD).
Nagoya University have made significant contributions to the
project, in particular to the HXT and SGD. In this talk, I
will introduce ASTRO-H and give some examples of what the
observatory can do. Then future projects among the world
after ASTRO-H, especially Athena, are introduced if time
permits.