Study of prasuma comptition of black hole jet with ASTRO-H

• Project/Area Number: 15H06896
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
• Research Institution: Japan Aerospace EXploration Agency
• Principal Investigator: Koyama Shu 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, 宇宙航空プロジェクト研究員 (80758186)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: X線 / ブラックホール / 宇宙物理 / Ｘ線天文学 / 高エネルギー宇宙物理学 / X線観測

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We contributed to Hitomi (ASTRO-H) the integration, tests on ground, launch and operation in orbit, and achieved to the world's first astronomic observation with a X-ray microcalorimeter. We took the lead of timing calibration of the X-ray microcalorimeter and established to below 50 μs of the relative timing accuracy.
Although we lost the satellite in March 2016 unfortunately, we worked on systematic study of black holes using the data archive of Suzaku satellite. Then we found a degradation of time assignment of X-ray data in the Suzaku archive. We investigated and resolved the cause of degradation. We also developed a correction method of the degradation and success to improvement of the time assignment accuracy from about 180 ms to 1 ms.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Prospects for CTA observations of the young SNR RX J1713.7-3946 (2017)
  • Author(s): The CTA Consortium: F. Acero et al.
  • Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal Volume: 印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Hitomi Constraints on the 3.5 keV Line in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster (2016)
  • Author(s): Aharonian, F. A., Akamatsu, H, Terada, Y. et al (Hitomi collaboration)
  • Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume: 837 Issue: 1 Pages: 15-23
  • DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa61fa
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] In-flight verification of the calibration and performance of the ASTRO-H (Hitomi) Soft X-Ray Spectrometer (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Leutenegger; M. Audard; K. Boyce; G. Brown; M. Chiao; M. Eckart; R. Fujimoto; A. Furuzawa; M. Guainazzi; D. Haas; J. den Herder; T. Hayashi; R. Iizuka; M. Ishida; Y. Ishisaki; R. Kelley; N. Kikuchi; C. Kilbourne; S. Koyama; et al.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the SPIE Volume: Volume 9905 Pages: 99053U-99053U
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.2234230
  • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] In-flight performance of pulse processing system of the ASTRO-H soft x-ray spectrometer (2016)
  • Author(s): Ishisaki, Y; Yamada, S; Seta, H; Tashiro, M.S.; Takeda, S; Terada, Y; K, Yuka; Tsujimoto, M; Koyama, S; MItsuda, K.; Sawada, M.; Boyce, K.R.; Chiao, M.P.; Watanabe, T.; Leutenegger, M.A.; Eckart, M. E.; Porter, F. Scott; Kilbourne, C.A.; Kelley, R.L.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the SPIE Volume: 9905 Pages: 99053T-99053T
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.2234222
  • Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster (2016)
  • Author(s): Hitomi Collaboration et al.
  • Journal Title: Nature Volume: 535 Issue: 7610 Pages: 117-121
  • DOI: 10.1038/nature18627
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] In-Orbit Timing Calibration of SXS (2017)
  • Author(s): S. Koyama behalf of Hitomi SXS team
  • Organizer: 12th IACEHC meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Lake Arrowhead (California, U.S.)
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Time assignment anomalies of Suzaku (2017)
  • Author(s): S. Koyama behalf of Suzaku team
  • Organizer: 12th IACEHC meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Lake Arrowhead (California, U.S.)
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 「ひとみ(ASTRO-H)」搭載精密軟X線分光装置(SXS)の軌道上におけるCrab Pulsarを用いた時刻較正 (2016)
  • Author(s): 小山志勇, 田代信, 寺田幸功, 加藤優花, 辻本匡弘, 山崎典子, 石崎欣尚, 山田真也, 澤田真理, 野田博文, 星野晶夫, 佐藤浩介, 藤本龍一, C. A. Kilbourne, F. S. Porter, 他ASTRO-H SXS チーム, 寺澤敏夫, 榎戸輝揚, 関戸衛, 岳藤一宏, 川合栄治, 三澤浩昭, 土屋史紀
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2016年秋季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛媛大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-14