Hitomi (ASTRO-H) X-ray Astronomy Satellite

Takahashi, Tadayuki; Kokubun, Motohide; Mitsuda, Kazuhisa; Kelley, Richard L.; Ohashi, Takaya; Aharonian, Felix; Akamatsu, Hiroki; Akimoto, Fumie; Allen, Steven W.; Anabuki, Naohisa; Angelini, Lorella; Arnaud, Keith A.; Asai, Makoto; Audard, Marc; Awaki, Hisamitsu; Axelsson, Magnus; Azzarello, Philipp; Baluta, Chris; Bamba, Aya; Bando, Nobutaka; Bautz, Marshall W.; Bialas, Thomas G.; Blandford, Roger D.; Boyce, Kevin R.; Brenneman, Laura W.; Brown, Gregory V.; Bulbul, Esra; Cackett, Edward M.; Canavan, Edgar R.; Chernyakova, Maria; Chiao, Meng P.; Coppi, Paolo S.; Costantini, Elisa; Dell, Stephen L.; DiPirro, Michael J.; Done, Chris; Dotani, Tadayasu; Doty, John P.; Ebisawa, Ken; Eckart, Megan E.E.; Enoto, Teruaki; Ezoe, Yuichiro; Fabian, Andrew C.; Ferrigno, Carlo; Foster, Adam R.; Fujimoto, Ryuichi; Fukazawa, Yasushi; Funk, Stefan; Furuzawa, Akihiro; Galeazzi, Massimiliano; Gallo, Luigi C.; Gandhi, Poshak; Gilmore, Kirk; Giustini, Margherita; Goldwurm, Andrea; Gu, Liyi; Guainazzi, Matteo; Haas, Daniel A.; Haba, Yoshito; Hagino, Kouichi; Hamaguchi, Kenji; Harrus, Ilana M.; Hatsukade, Isamu; Hayashi, Takayuki; Hayashi, Katsuhiro; Hayashida, Kiyoshi; Herder, Jan-Willem A. den; Hiraga, Junko S.; Hirose, Kazuyuki; Hornschemeier, Ann E.; Hoshino, Akio; Hughes, John P.; Ichinohe, Yuto; Iizuka, Ryo; Inoue, Hajime; Inoue, Yoshiyuki; Ishibashi, Kazunori; Ishida, Manabu; Ishikawa, Kumi; Ishimura, Kosei; Ishisaki, Yoshitaka; Itoh, Masayuki; Iwai, Masachika; Iwata, Naoko; Iyomoto, Naoko; Jewell, Christopher; Kaastra, Jelle S.; Kallman, Timothy R.; Kamae, Tsuneyoshi; Kara, Erin; Kataoka, Jun; Katsuda, Satoru; Katsuta, Junichiro; Kawaharada, Madoka; Kawai, Nobuyuki; Kawano, Taro; Kawasaki, Shigeo; Khangulyan, Dmitry; Kilbourne, Caroline A.; Kimball, Mark O.; King, Ashley L.; Kitaguchi, Takao; Kitamoto, Shunji; Kitayama, Tetsu; Kohmura, Takayoshi; Konami, Saori; Kosaka, Tatsuro; Koujelev, Alexander S.; Koyama, Katsuji; Koyama, Shu; Kretschmar, Peter; Krimm, Hans A.; Kubota, Aya; Kunieda, Hideyo; Laurent, Philippe; Lee, Shiu-Hang; Leutenegger, Maurice A.; Limousin, Olivier; Loewenstein, Michael; Long, Knox S.; Lumb, David H.; Madejski, Grzegorz M.; Maeda, Yoshitomo; Maier, Daniel; Makishima, Kazuo; Markevitch, Maxim L.; Masters, Candace; Matsumoto, Hironori; Matsushita, Kyoko; McCammon, Daniel; McGuinness, Daniel S.; McNamara, Brian R.; Mehdipour, Missagh; Miko, Joseph J.; Miller, Eric D.; Miller, Jon M.; Mineshige, Shin; Minesugi, Kenji; Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki; Miyazawa, Takuya; Mizuno, Tsunefumi; Mori, Hideyuki; Mori, Koji; Moroso, Franco; Moseley, Samuel H.; Muench, Theodore T.; Mukai, Koji; Murakami, Hiroshi; Murakami, Toshio; Mushotzky, Richard F.; Nagano, Hosei; Nagino, Ryo; Nakagawa, Takao; Nakajima, Hiroshi; Nakamori, Takeshi; Nakano, Toshio; Nakashima, Shinya; Nakazawa, Kazuhiro; Namba, Yoshiharu; Natsukari, Chikara; Nishioka, Yusuke; Nobukawa, Kumiko K.; Nobukawa, Masayoshi; Noda, Hirofumi; Nomachi, Masaharu; Odaka, Hirokazu; Ogawa, Hiroyuki; Ogawa, Mina; Ogi, Keiji; Ohno, Masanori; Ohta, Masayuki; Okajima, Takashi; Okamoto, Atsushi; Okazaki, Tsuyoshi; Ota, Naomi; Ozaki, Masanobu; Paerels, Frederik B.S.; Paltani, Stéphane; Parmar, Arvind N.; Petre, Robert; Pinto, Ciro; Plaa, Jelle de; Pohl, Martin; Pontius, James T.; Porter, Frederick S.; Pottschmidt, Katja; Ramsey, Brian; Reynolds, Christopher S.; Russell, Helen; Safi-Harb, Samar; Saito, Shinya; Sakai, Kazuhiro; Sakai, Shin-ichiro; Sameshima, Hiroaki; Sasaki, Toru; Sato, Goro; Sato, Kosuke; Sato, Rie; Sato, Yoichi; Sawada, Makoto; Schartel, Norbert; Serlemitsos, Peter J.; Seta, Hiromi; Shibano, Yasuko; Shida, Maki; Shidatsu, Megumi; Shimada, Takanobu; Shinozaki, Keisuke; Shirron, Peter J.; Simionescu, Aurora; Simmons, Cynthia W.; Smith, Randall K.; Sneiderman, Gary A.; Soong, Yang; Stawarz, Łukasz F.; Sugawara, Yasuharu; Sugita, Satoshi; Sugita, Hiroyuki; Szymkowiak, Andrew E.; Tajima, Hiroyasu; Takahashi, Hiromitsu; Takeda, Shin'ichiro; Takei, Yoh; Tamagawa, Toru; Tamura, Takayuki; Tamura, Keisuke; Tanaka, Takaaki; Tanaka, Yasuo; Tanaka, Yasuyuki; Tashiro, Makoto S.; Tawara, Yuzuru; Terada, Yukikatsu; Terashima, Yuichi; Tombesi, Francesco; Tomida, Hiroshi; Tsuboi, Yohko; Tsujimoto, Masahiro; Tsunemi, Hiroshi; Tsuru, Takeshi Go; Uchida, Hiroyuki; Uchiyama, Hideki; Uchiyama, Yasunobu; Ueda, Shutaro; Ueda, Yoshihiro; Ueno, Shiro; Uno, Shin’ichiro; Urry, C. Megan; Ursino, Eugenio; Vries, Cor P. de; Wada, Atsushi; Watanabe, Shin; Watanabe, Tomomi; Werner, Norbert; Wik, Daniel R.; Wilkins, Dan R.; Williams, Brian J.; Yamada, Shinya; Yamada, Takahiro; Yamaguchi, Hiroya; Yamaoka, Kazutaka; Yamasaki, Noriko Y.; Yamauchi, Makoto; Yamauchi, Shigeo; Yaqoob, Tahir; Yatsu, Yoichi; Yonetoku, Daisuke; Yoshida, Atsumasa; Yuasa, Takayuki; Zhuravleva, Irina; Zoghbi, Abderahmen

doi:10.1117/1.jatis.4.2.021402

Hitomi (ASTRO-H) X-ray Astronomy Satellite

Takahashi, Tadayuki; Kokubun, Motohide; Mitsuda, Kazuhisa; Kelley, Richard L.; Ohashi, Takaya; Aharonian, Felix; Akamatsu, Hiroki; Akimoto, Fumie; Allen, Steven W.; Anabuki, Naohisa; Angelini, Lorella; Arnaud, Keith A.; Asai, Makoto; Audard, Marc; Awaki, Hisamitsu; Axelsson, Magnus; Azzarello, Philipp; Baluta, Chris; Bamba, Aya; Bando, Nobutaka; Bautz, Marshall W.; Bialas, Thomas G.; Blandford, Roger D.; Boyce, Kevin R.; Brenneman, Laura W.; Brown, Gregory V.; Bulbul, Esra; Cackett, Edward M.; Canavan, Edgar R.; Chernyakova, Maria; Chiao, Meng P.; Coppi, Paolo S.; Costantini, Elisa; Dell, Stephen L.; DiPirro, Michael J.; Done, Chris; Dotani, Tadayasu; Doty, John P.; Ebisawa, Ken; Eckart, Megan E.E.; Enoto, Teruaki; Ezoe, Yuichiro; Fabian, Andrew C.; Ferrigno, Carlo; Foster, Adam R.; Fujimoto, Ryuichi; Fukazawa, Yasushi; Funk, Stefan; Furuzawa, Akihiro; Galeazzi, Massimiliano; Gallo, Luigi C.; Gandhi, Poshak; Gilmore, Kirk; Giustini, Margherita; Goldwurm, Andrea; Gu, Liyi; Guainazzi, Ma...

Authors

Tadayuki Takahashi

Motohide Kokubun

Kazuhisa Mitsuda

Richard L. Kelley

Takaya Ohashi

Felix Aharonian

Hiroki Akamatsu

Fumie Akimoto

Steven W. Allen

Naohisa Anabuki

Lorella Angelini

Keith A. Arnaud

Makoto Asai

Marc Audard

Hisamitsu Awaki

Magnus Axelsson

Philipp Azzarello

Chris Baluta

Aya Bamba

Nobutaka Bando

Marshall W. Bautz

Thomas G. Bialas

Roger D. Blandford

Kevin R. Boyce

Laura W. Brenneman

Gregory V. Brown

Esra Bulbul

Edward M. Cackett

Edgar R. Canavan

Maria Chernyakova

Meng P. Chiao

Paolo S. Coppi

Elisa Costantini

Stephen L. Dell

Michael J. DiPirro

Professor Christine Done chris.done@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Tadayasu Dotani

John P. Doty

Ken Ebisawa

Megan E.E. Eckart

Teruaki Enoto

Yuichiro Ezoe

Andrew C. Fabian

Carlo Ferrigno

Adam R. Foster

Ryuichi Fujimoto

Yasushi Fukazawa

Stefan Funk

Akihiro Furuzawa

Massimiliano Galeazzi

Luigi C. Gallo

Poshak Gandhi

Kirk Gilmore

Margherita Giustini

Andrea Goldwurm

Liyi Gu

Matteo Guainazzi

Daniel A. Haas

Yoshito Haba

Kouichi Hagino

Kenji Hamaguchi

Ilana M. Harrus

Isamu Hatsukade

Takayuki Hayashi

Katsuhiro Hayashi

Kiyoshi Hayashida

Jan-Willem A. den Herder

Junko S. Hiraga

Kazuyuki Hirose

Ann E. Hornschemeier

Akio Hoshino

John P. Hughes

Yuto Ichinohe

Ryo Iizuka

Hajime Inoue

Yoshiyuki Inoue

Kazunori Ishibashi

Manabu Ishida

Kumi Ishikawa

Kosei Ishimura

Yoshitaka Ishisaki

Masayuki Itoh

Masachika Iwai

Naoko Iwata

Naoko Iyomoto

Christopher Jewell

Jelle S. Kaastra

Timothy R. Kallman

Tsuneyoshi Kamae

Erin Kara

Jun Kataoka

Satoru Katsuda

Junichiro Katsuta

Madoka Kawaharada

Nobuyuki Kawai

Taro Kawano

Shigeo Kawasaki

Dmitry Khangulyan

Caroline A. Kilbourne

Mark O. Kimball

Ashley L. King

Takao Kitaguchi

Shunji Kitamoto

Tetsu Kitayama

Takayoshi Kohmura

Saori Konami

Tatsuro Kosaka

Alexander S. Koujelev

Katsuji Koyama

Shu Koyama

Peter Kretschmar

Hans A. Krimm

Aya Kubota

Hideyo Kunieda

Philippe Laurent

Shiu-Hang Lee

Maurice A. Leutenegger

Olivier Limousin

Michael Loewenstein

Knox S. Long

David H. Lumb

Grzegorz M. Madejski

Yoshitomo Maeda

Daniel Maier

Kazuo Makishima

Maxim L. Markevitch

Candace Masters

Hironori Matsumoto

Kyoko Matsushita

Daniel McCammon

Daniel S. McGuinness

Brian R. McNamara

Missagh Mehdipour

Joseph J. Miko

Eric D. Miller

Jon M. Miller

Shin Mineshige

Kenji Minesugi

Ikuyuki Mitsuishi

Takuya Miyazawa

Tsunefumi Mizuno

Hideyuki Mori

Koji Mori

Franco Moroso

Samuel H. Moseley

Theodore T. Muench

Koji Mukai

Hiroshi Murakami

Toshio Murakami

Richard F. Mushotzky

Hosei Nagano

Ryo Nagino

Takao Nakagawa

Hiroshi Nakajima

Takeshi Nakamori

Toshio Nakano

Shinya Nakashima

Kazuhiro Nakazawa

Yoshiharu Namba

Chikara Natsukari

Yusuke Nishioka

Kumiko K. Nobukawa

Masayoshi Nobukawa

Hirofumi Noda

Masaharu Nomachi

Hirokazu Odaka

Hiroyuki Ogawa

Mina Ogawa

Keiji Ogi

Masanori Ohno

Masayuki Ohta

Takashi Okajima

Atsushi Okamoto

Tsuyoshi Okazaki

Naomi Ota

Masanobu Ozaki

Frederik B.S. Paerels

Stéphane Paltani

Arvind N. Parmar

Robert Petre

Ciro Pinto

Jelle de Plaa

Martin Pohl

James T. Pontius

Frederick S. Porter

Katja Pottschmidt

Brian Ramsey

Christopher S. Reynolds

Helen Russell

Samar Safi-Harb

Shinya Saito

Kazuhiro Sakai

Shin-ichiro Sakai

Hiroaki Sameshima

Toru Sasaki

Goro Sato

Kosuke Sato

Rie Sato

Yoichi Sato

Makoto Sawada

Norbert Schartel

Peter J. Serlemitsos

Hiromi Seta

Yasuko Shibano

Maki Shida

Megumi Shidatsu

Takanobu Shimada

Keisuke Shinozaki

Peter J. Shirron

Aurora Simionescu

Cynthia W. Simmons

Randall K. Smith

Gary A. Sneiderman

Yang Soong

Łukasz F. Stawarz

Yasuharu Sugawara

Satoshi Sugita

Hiroyuki Sugita

Andrew E. Szymkowiak

Hiroyasu Tajima

Hiromitsu Takahashi

Shin'ichiro Takeda

Yoh Takei

Toru Tamagawa

Takayuki Tamura

Keisuke Tamura

Takaaki Tanaka

Yasuo Tanaka

Yasuyuki Tanaka

Makoto S. Tashiro

Yuzuru Tawara

Yukikatsu Terada

Yuichi Terashima

Francesco Tombesi

Hiroshi Tomida

Yohko Tsuboi

Masahiro Tsujimoto

Hiroshi Tsunemi

Takeshi Go Tsuru

Hiroyuki Uchida

Hideki Uchiyama

Yasunobu Uchiyama

Shutaro Ueda

Yoshihiro Ueda

Shiro Ueno

Shin’ichiro Uno

C. Megan Urry

Eugenio Ursino

Cor P. de Vries

Atsushi Wada

Shin Watanabe

Tomomi Watanabe

Norbert Werner

Daniel R. Wik

Dan R. Wilkins

Brian J. Williams

Shinya Yamada

Takahiro Yamada

Hiroya Yamaguchi

Kazutaka Yamaoka

Noriko Y. Yamasaki

Makoto Yamauchi

Shigeo Yamauchi

Tahir Yaqoob

Yoichi Yatsu

Daisuke Yonetoku

Atsumasa Yoshida

Takayuki Yuasa

Irina Zhuravleva

Abderahmen Zoghbi

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

Takahashi, T., Kokubun, M., Mitsuda, K., Kelley, R. L., Ohashi, T., Aharonian, F., …Zoghbi, A. (2018). Hitomi (ASTRO-H) X-ray Astronomy Satellite. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 4(02), Article 021402. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jatis.4.2.021402

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Feb 5, 2018
Online Publication Date	Mar 13, 2018
Publication Date	Mar 13, 2018
Deposit Date	Aug 2, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Aug 2, 2018
Journal	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
Electronic ISSN	2329-4221
Publisher	Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	4
Issue	02
Article Number	021402
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jatis.4.2.021402

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