Development of Wideband X-ray Imaging Polarimeters and Hard X-ray Polarimetry

• Project/Area Number: 23340071
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: HAYASHIDA Kiyoshi 大阪大学, 理学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (30222227)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): GUNJI Syuichi 山形大学, 理学部, 教授 (70241685) ; MIHARA Tatehiro 理化学研究所, 宇宙観測実験連携研究グループ, 専任研究員 (20260200) ; SAITO Yoshitaka 宇宙航空研究開発機構, 宇宙科学研究所, 准教授 (50300702)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥19,760,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,560,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥10,140,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,340,000)
• Keywords: X線偏光 / シンチレーション検出器 / 宇宙磁場 / 降着円盤 / 光電子増倍管 / 観測衛星 / PolariS / X線検出器 / シンチレータ / コンプトン散乱 / X線天文学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

X-ray polarimetry is effective for measuring magnetic field in super novae remnants or geometry of a accretion disk around a black hole. Nevertheless, the field has been unexploited. We are planning a small satellite, PolariS, dedicated to X-ray and gamma-ray polarimetry. We primarily developed hard X-ray imaging polarimeters for it. The polarimeter consists of scintillators and position sensitive photo multipliers. We built a such a system and improved its performance by introducing various new features in hardware and software. We obtained high positional resolution of 1.3 mm FWHM and polarization sensitivity of M of 50-60%. We also succeeded in making the lower threshold of the polarimeter down to 20keV, much lower than 50keV for previous polarimeters of similar type. The background reduction was optimized by using simulation using GEANT4 package. Overall, the polarimeters plus hard x-ray telescopes can detect hard X-ray polarization for sources with brightness of 1/100 Crab.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Global Distribution of Ionizing and Recombining Plasmas in the Supernova Remnant G290.1$-$0.8 (2015)
  • Author(s): Kamitsukasa, Fumiyoshi; Koyama, Katsuji; Uchida, Hiroyuki; Nakajima, Hiroshi; Hayashida, Kiyoshi; Mori, Koji; Katsuda, Satoru; Tsunemi, Hiroshi
  • Journal Title: Pub. Astr. Soc. Japan Volume: 67-2 Issue: 2 Pages: 168-168
  • DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psu149
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] X-ray gamma-ray polarimetry small satellite PolariS (2014)
  • Author(s): K. Hayashida, Y. Daisuke, S. Gunji, T. Tamagawa, T. Mihara, T. Mizuno, H. Takahashi, T. Dotani, H. Kubo, Y. Yatsu, F. Tokanai, T. Nakamori, S. Shibata, A. Hayato, A. Furuzawa, 他12名
  • Journal Title: SPIE proc. Volume: 9144 Pages: 1-9
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.2056685
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) onboard ASTRO-H (2014)
  • Author(s): Kiyoshi Hayashida et al.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the SPIE Volume: 9144 Pages: 1-8
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.2054575
• [Journal Article] Suzaku discovery of Fe K-shell line from the O-rich SNR G292.0+1.8 (2014)
  • Author(s): Kamitsukasa, Fumiyoshi; Koyama, Katsuji; Tsunemi, Hiroshi; Hayashida, Kiyoshi; Nakajima, Hiroshi; Takahashi, Hiroaki; Ueda, Shutaro; Mori, Koji; Katsuda, Satoru; Uchida, Hiroyuki
  • Journal Title: Pub. Astr. Soc. Japan Volume: 66-3 Issue: 3 Pages: 648-648
  • DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psu035
  • NAID: 40020140536
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Discovery of an overlapping cluster in the Abell 1674 field with Suzaku (2014)
  • Author(s): Inoue, Shota; Hayashida, Kiyoshi; Akamatsu, Hiroki; Ueda, Shutaro; Nagino, Ryo; Tsunemi, Hiroshi; Tawa, Noriaki; Koyama, Katsuji
  • Journal Title: Pub. Astr. Soc. Japan Volume: 66-4 Issue: 4 Pages: 717-717
  • DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psu044
  • NAID: 40020180608
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Use of a charge-injection technique to improve performance of the Soft X-ray Imager aboard ASTRO-H (2014)
  • Author(s): Kumiko K. Nobukawa et al.
  • Journal Title: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Volume: 765 Pages: 269-274
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2014.05.091
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Gas Bulk Motion in the Perseus Cluster Measured with Suzaku (2014)
  • Author(s): Tamura, T.; Yamasaki, N.Y.; Iizuka, R.; Fukazawa, Y.; Hayashida, K.; Ueda, S.; Matsushita, K.; Sato, K.; Nakazawa, K.; Ota, N.; Takizawa, M
  • Journal Title: Astrophysical Journal Volume: 782-1 Issue: 1 Pages: 38-52
  • DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/782/1/38
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Suzaku Observations of the Type 2 QSO in the Central Galaxy of the Phoenix Cluster (2013)
  • Author(s): Shutaro Ueda, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Naohisa Anabuki, Hiroshi Nakajima, Katsuji Koyama, Hiroshi Tsunemi
  • Journal Title: Astrophysical Journal Volume: 778 Issue: 1 Pages: 33-40
  • DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/778/1/33
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Proton radiation damage experiment on P-Channel CCD for an X-ray CCD camera onboard the ASTRO-H satellite (2013)
  • Author(s): K. Mori, Y. Nishioka, S. Ohura, Y. Koura, M. Yamauchi, H. Nakajima, S. Ueda, H. Kan, N. Anabuki, R. Nagino, K. Hayashida, H. Tsunemi, T. Kohmura, S. Ikeda, H. Murakami, M. Ozaki, T. Dotani, Y. Maeda, K. Sagara
  • Journal Title: Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Phys. Res. A Volume: vol. 731 Pages: 160-165
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.052
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Single Event Effect Characterization of the Mixed-Signal ASIC Developed for CCD Camera in Space Use (2013)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Nakajima, Mari Fujikawa, Hideki Mori, Hiroaki Kan, Shutaro Ueda, Hiroko Kosugi, Naohisa Anabuki, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Hiroshi Tsunemi, et al
  • Journal Title: Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. Volume: 731 Pages: 166-171
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.146
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Measurement of the soft X-ray response of P-channel back-illuminated CCD (2013)
  • Author(s): Shutaro Ueda
  • Journal Title: Liclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Volume: 704 Pages: 140-146
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.187
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] X-ray measurement of the elemental abundances at the outskirts of the Perseus cluster with Suzaku (2013)
  • Author(s): Shutaro Ueda
  • Journal Title: Astronomische Nachrichten Volume: 334 Issue: 4-5 Pages: 426-429
  • DOI: 10.1002/asna.201211872
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] X-ray gamma-ray polarimetry small satellite PolariS (2012)
  • Author(s): K. Hayashida, D. Yonetoku, et al.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the SPIE Volume: 8443 Pages: 84434G-84434G
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.926002
• [Journal Article] Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) onboard ASTRO-H (2012)
  • Author(s): K. Hayashida, H. tsunami, T. G. Tsuru, T. Dotani, 他22名
  • Journal Title: SPIE Volume: vol.8443 Pages: 9-9
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.925095
• [Journal Article] The ASTRO-H X-ray Observatory (2012)
  • Author(s): T. Takahashi, et al.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the SPIE Volume: 8443 Pages: 1-22
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.926190
• [Journal Article] The calibration status of P-sum mode for XIS on board Suzaku (2012)
  • Author(s): T. Kohmura et al.
  • Journal Title: AIP Conference Proceedings Volume: 1427 Pages: 247-248
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3696187
• [Journal Article] Soft x-ray response of the x-ray CCD camera directly coated with optical blocking layer (2012)
  • Author(s): S. Ikeda et al.
  • Journal Title: AIP Conference Proceedings Volume: 1427 Pages: 253-254
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3696190
• [Journal Article] Optical, UV and soft x-ray transmission of optical blocking layer for the x-ray CCD (2012)
  • Author(s): K. Kawai et al.
  • Journal Title: AIP Conference Proceedings Volume: 1427 Pages: 255-256
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3696191
• [Journal Article] Suzaku wide band observations of the narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies (2012)
  • Author(s): Takahashi, Hiroaki; Hayashida, Kiyoshi; Anabuki, Naohisa
  • Journal Title: AIP Conference Proceedings Volume: 1427 Pages: 322-323
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3696224
• [Journal Article] Gas bulk motion in galaxy clusters (2012)
  • Author(s): Tamura, Takayuki; Sekiya, Norio; Hayashida, Kiyoshi; Ueda, Shutaro; Nagai, Masaaki
  • Journal Title: AIP Conference Proceedings Volume: 1427 Pages: 332-333
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3696229
• [Journal Article] Basic Performance of a Polarimeter for Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Segmented Scintillators (2011)
  • Author(s): S. Gunji, N. Toukairin, Y. Tanaka, F. Tokanai, H. Sakurai,Y. Kishimoto, T. Mihara, K. Hayashida, N. Anabuki, H. Tsunemi, T. Narita, Y. Saito, and S. Kishimoto
  • Journal Title: IEEE Trans Nucl. Science Volume: 58 Issue: 2 Pages: 426-433
  • DOI: 10.1109/tns.2010.2102772
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Discovery of Gas Bulk Motion in the Galaxy Cluster Abell 2256 with Suzaku (2011)
  • Author(s): Takayuki Tamura, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Shutaro Ueda, Masaaki Nagai
  • Journal Title: PASJ Volume: 63S Pages: 1009-1017
  • NAID: 10030719485
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of the data acquisition system for the x-ray CCD camera (SXI) onboard ASTRO-H (2011)
  • Author(s): T.Fujinaga
  • Journal Title: UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVII. Edited by Tsakalakos, Loucas. Proceedings of the SPIE Volume: 8145 Pages: 814503-814503
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.892881
• [Journal Article] Development of the x-ray CCD for SXI on board ASTRO-H (2011)
  • Author(s): S.Ueda, H.Nakajima, et al
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the SPIE Volume: 8145 Pages: 814504-814514
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.893348
• [Journal Article] Development of the soft x-ray imager (SXI) for ASTRO-H (2011)
  • Author(s): K.Hayashida
  • Journal Title: UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVII. Edited by Tsakalakos, Loucas. Proceedings of the SPIE Volume: 8145 Pages: 814505-814514
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.893400
• [Presentation] PolariS搭載用硬X線撮像偏光計の開発：バックグランド成分とパッシブ ターゲット (2015)
  • Author(s): 林田 清 他
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2015年春季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-18 – 2015-03-21
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線偏光観測の展望 (2015)
  • Author(s): 林田 清 他
  • Organizer: 高宇連研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-09
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線偏光観測小型衛星PolariS (2015)
  • Author(s): ｃ
  • Organizer: 宇宙科学シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 宇宙科学研究所
  • Year and Date: 2015-01-06 – 2015-01-07
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線偏光観測小型衛星PolariS：開発の現状2014 (2014)
  • Author(s): 林田 清 他
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2014年秋季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 山形大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-13
• [Presentation] X-ray gamma-ray Polarimetry Mission PolariS (2014)
  • Author(s): K. Hayashida et al.
  • Organizer: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instruments
  • Place of Presentation: カナダ モントリオール
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-22
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線偏光観測小型衛星PolariS開発の現状 (2014)
  • Author(s): 林田 清 他
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2014年春季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 国際基督教大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-03-20
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線偏光観測小型衛星PolariS (2014)
  • Author(s): 林田 清 他
  • Organizer: 宇宙科学シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 宇宙科学研究所
  • Year and Date: 2014-01-08 – 2014-01-09
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線偏光観測小型衛星PolariS計画の現状 (2013)
  • Author(s): 林田 清 他
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2013年秋季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学
  • Year and Date: 2013-09-11
• [Presentation] Ｘ線ガンマ線偏光観測小型衛星PolariS (2013)
  • Author(s): 林田清、定本真明、キムジュヨン、穴吹直久、郡司修一、米徳大輔、村上敏夫、三原建広、玉川徹、水野恒史、高橋弘充、谷津陽一、堂谷忠靖、斎藤芳隆、古澤彰浩、窪秀利、他PolariS-WG
  • Organizer: 宇宙科学シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 宇宙科学研究所（神奈川県）
• [Presentation] PolariS衛星/GEMSで展開するX線ガンマ線 偏光観測計画 (2013)
  • Author(s): 林田清、定本真明、キムジュヨン、穴吹直久、郡司修一、米徳大輔、村上敏夫、三原建広、玉川徹、水野恒史、高橋弘充、谷津陽一、堂谷忠靖、斎藤芳隆、古澤彰浩、窪秀利、他PolariS-WG
  • Organizer: 学術会議シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学（東京）
• [Presentation] X線偏光観測の現状と近い将来の見通し (2013)
  • Author(s): 林田清、郡司修一、米徳大輔、村上敏夫、三原建広、玉川徹、水野恒史、高橋弘充、谷津陽一、堂谷忠靖、斎藤芳隆、古澤彰浩、窪秀利、定本真明、キムジュヨン、穴吹直久、他PolariS-WG
  • Organizer: 高エネルギー宇宙物理連絡会シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢（石川）
• [Presentation] PolariS計画の現状 (2013)
  • Author(s): 林田清、郡司修一、米徳大輔、村上敏夫、三原建広、玉川徹、水野恒史、高橋弘充、谷津陽一、堂谷忠靖、斎藤芳隆、古澤彰浩、窪秀利、定本真明、キムジュヨン、穴吹直久、他PolariS-WG
  • Organizer: 小型衛星シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 宇宙科学研究所（神奈川県）
• [Presentation] 小型衛星 PolariS 搭載用X線散乱イメージング偏光計の開発 (2013)
  • Author(s): 林田清、郡司修一、米徳大輔、村上敏夫、三原建広、玉川徹、水野恒史、高橋弘充、谷津陽一、堂谷忠靖、斎藤芳隆、古澤彰浩、窪秀利、定本真明、キムジュヨン、穴吹直久、他PolariS-WG
  • Organizer: 小型衛星シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 宇宙科学研究所（神奈川県）
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線偏光観測小型衛星PolariS計画の現状 (2013)
  • Author(s): 林田清、定本真明、キムジュヨン、穴吹直久、郡司修一、米徳大輔、村上敏夫、三原建広、玉川徹、水野恒史、高橋弘充、谷津陽一、堂谷忠靖、斎藤芳隆、古澤彰浩、窪秀利、岸本祐二、他PolariS-WG
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会年会
  • Place of Presentation: さいたま大学（埼玉）
• [Presentation] 小型衛星 PolariS 搭載用X線散乱イメージング偏光計の開発II (2013)
  • Author(s): 定本真明, 林田清, Kim Juyong, 穴吹直久, 郡司修一, 坂野光成, 片桐惇, 岸本祐二、米徳大輔, 三原建弘, 水野恒史, 高橋弘充, 谷津陽一, 窪秀利, 他PolariS-WG
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会年会
  • Place of Presentation: さいたま大学（埼玉）
• [Presentation] X-ray and gamma-ray Polarimetry Small Satellite PolariS (2012)
  • Author(s): Kiyoshi Hayashida, Daisuke Yonetoku, Shuichi Gunji,Toru Tamagawa, Tatehiro Mihara, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Tadayasu Dotani, Hidetoshi Kubo, Toshio Murakami, Yoichi Yatsu, Fuyuki Tokanai, Hirohisa Sakurai, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shunji Kitamoto, Akira Furuzawa, Masaaki Sadamoto, Fumiyoshi Kamitsukasa et al.
  • Organizer: SPIE Astronomical Telecope & Instrumantation
  • Place of Presentation: アムステルダム（オランダ）
• [Presentation] X-ray and gamma-ray Polarimetry Small Satellite PolariS (2012)
  • Author(s): Kiyoshi Hayashida, Daisuke Yonetoku, Shuichi Gunji,Toru Tamagawa, Tatehiro Mihara, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Tadayasu Dotani, Hidetoshi Kubo, Toshio Murakami, Yoichi Yatsu, Fuyuki Tokanai, Hirohisa Sakurai, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shunji Kitamoto, Akira Furuzawa, Masaaki Sadamoto, Fumiyoshi Kamitsukasa et al.
  • Organizer: COSPAR
  • Place of Presentation: マイソール（インド）
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線偏光観測小型衛星PolariS (2012)
  • Author(s): 林田清、定本真明、キムジュヨン、穴吹直久、郡司修一、米徳大輔、村上敏夫、三原建広、玉川徹、水野恒史、高橋弘充、谷津陽一、堂谷忠靖、斎藤芳隆、古澤彰浩、窪秀利、他PolariS-WG
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会年会
  • Place of Presentation: 大分大学(大分）
• [Presentation] 小型衛星 PolariS 搭載用X線散乱イメージング偏光計の開発 (2012)
  • Author(s): 定本真明、林田清、Kim Juyong、穴吹直久、郡司修一、米徳大輔、三原建弘、水野恒史、高橋弘充、谷津陽一、窪秀利
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会年会
  • Place of Presentation: 大分大学(大分）
• [Presentation] PolariS衛星を中心に展開するX線ガンマ線偏光観測計画 (2012)
  • Author(s): 林田清、穴吹直久、郡司修一、米徳大輔、村上敏夫、三原建広、玉川徹、水野恒史、高橋弘充、谷津陽一、堂谷忠靖、斎藤芳隆、古澤彰浩、窪秀利、他PolariS-WG
  • Organizer: 中規模計画検討会
  • Place of Presentation: 宇宙科学研究所（神奈川県）
• [Presentation] Ｘ線ガンマ線偏光観測小型衛星PolariSの開発 (2012)
  • Author(s): 林田清
  • Organizer: 宇宙科学シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 宇宙科学研究所
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線 偏光観測小型衛星 PolariS (2012)
  • Author(s): 林田清
  • Organizer: 小型衛星シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 宇宙科学研究所
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線 偏光観測小型衛星 PolariS (2012)
  • Author(s): 林田清
  • Organizer: 高エネルギー天文学連絡会会議
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良女子大学
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線偏光観測小型衛星PolariS開発の現状２ (2011)
  • Author(s): 林田清
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線 偏光観測小型衛星 PolariS (2011)
  • Author(s): 林田清
  • Organizer: 次世代の多波長偏光サイエンスの開拓研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 国立天文台
• [Presentation] X線ガンマ線偏光観測小型衛星PolariS計画の現状 (2011)
  • Author(s): 林田清
  • Organizer: 高エネルギー天文学連絡会会議
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
• [Presentation] X線の偏光観測計画 (2011)
  • Author(s): 林田清
  • Organizer: X線結像光学研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) Onboard ASTRO-H : Evaluation with Engineering Model (2011)
  • Author(s): Kiyohi Hayashida et al.
  • Organizer: Suzaku Conference
  • Place of Presentation: SLAC, CA, USA
• [Presentation] Development of Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) for ASTRO-H (2011)
  • Author(s): Kiyoshi Hayashida et al.
  • Organizer: SPIE Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Sandiego Conference Center, USA