2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study of large-scale cosmic plasmas by wide-field X-ray spectroscopy observations
Project/Area Number |
26220703
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Astronomy
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Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
Principal Investigator |
OHASHI Takaya 首都大学東京, 理学研究科, 特任教授 (70183027)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
山崎 典子 国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, 宇宙科学研究所, 教授 (20254146)
三石 郁之 名古屋大学, 理学研究科, 講師 (90725863)
田原 譲 名古屋大学, 理学研究科, 名誉教授 (10135296)
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-05-30 – 2019-03-31
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Keywords | 銀河間物質 / 銀河団 / X線分光 / マイクロカロリメータ / X線望遠鏡 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
High resolution X-ray spectroscopy has been developed, with the aim of directly observing warm-hot plasma, likely to distribute along the large-scale structure of the universe, with a future X-ray astronomy satellite called DIOS (Diffuse Intergalactic Oxygen Surveyor). Development of microcalorimeter, cooling system and X-ray telescope was advanced. The first microcalorimeter system was flown on the X-ray astronomy satellite ASTRO-H (Hitomi) in 2016. The instrument detected the turbulence of hot gas in the Perseus cluster, and gave a clear feature of the resonance scattering effect in this cluster. Furthermore, development of the TES calorimeter and lightweight telescope for a future mission such as Super DIOS has been carried out. With array type TES calorimeters, provided by SRON, our GHz multiplex reading of 40 pixels resulted an energy resolution of 3.3 eV. The development of lightweight X-ray telescope achieved an angular resolution of about 15 arcsecond for a single reflection.
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Free Research Field |
X線天文学、宇宙物理学、科学衛星を用いた宇宙X線観測と観測機器の開発
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
学術的意義としては、高精度のX線分光の技術的基盤を確立することに貢献したことが挙げられる。宇宙ではASTRO-H衛星の成果を得たが、原子核物理 (K中間子原子の測定)、惑星科学 (小惑星サンプルのX線分析) などへの応用実験も広がりつつあり、本研究の波及効果は大きい。社会的意義としてはこの技術が広く実用化された時に、高精度のX線分析などをもとに産業応用を広げていくことが期待される。
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