Development of an Ultra-High-Angular-Resolution X-Ray Telescope and an X-Ray Interferometer

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19340047
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Astronomy
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University
• Principal Investigator: KITAMOTO Shunji Rikkyo University, 理学部, 教授 (70177872)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: X線 / 干渉計 / 多層膜 / 補償光学 / 望遠鏡 / レーザープラズマ光源

Research Abstract

We developed an X-ray telescope with an adaptive optics and performed an imaging experiment with X-rays. A difference of the path length, between the reference light and an objective light in our system, was corrected by using a modified-target-wave -form for the adaptive logic and we confirmed a validity of out method. Consequently we obtained an angular resolution of 1.55 arc-sec. We examined possible problems for a fabrication of an X-ray interferometer. We constructed a test assembly for an optical interferometer and examined a possible precision for the X-ray interferometer. Consequently we found that the required precision can be achieved by using piezo-electric actuators.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] X-ray polarimeter with a transmission multilayer (2010)
  • Author(s): Kitamoto, S., et al
  • Journal Title: Review of Scientific Instruments 81 Pages: 023105
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Suzaku Detection of Superhard X-Ray Emission from the Classical Nova V2491 Cygni (2009)
  • Author(s): Takei, D. ; Tsujimoto, M. ; Kitamoto, S. ; Ness, J.-U. ; Drake, J.J. ; Takahashi, H. ; Mukai, K
  • Journal Title: ApJ 697 Pages: 54
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Swift X-Ray and Ultraviolet Monitoring of the Classical Nova V458 Vul (Nova Vul 2007) (2009)
  • Author(s): Ness, J.-U. ; Drake, J.J. ; Beardmore, A.P. ; Boyd, D. ; Bode, M.F. ; Brady, S. ; Evans, P.A. ; Gaensicke, B.T. ; Kitamoto, S. ; Knigge, C.
  • Journal Title: AJ 137 Pages: 4160
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Classical Nova V458 Vulpeculae with Suzaku (2009)
  • Author(s): Tsujimoto, M. ; Takei, D. ; Drake, J.J. ; Ness, J.-U. ; Kitamoto, S.
  • Journal Title: PASJ 61 Pages: 69
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Search for Near-Infrared Pulsation of the Anomalous X-Ray Pulsar 4U 0142+61 (2009)
  • Author(s): Morii, M. ; Kobayashi, N. ; Kawai, N. ; Terada, H. ; Tanaka, Y.T. ; Kitamoto, S. ; Shibazaki, N.
  • Journal Title: PASJ 61 Pages: 51
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Super-hard X-Ray Emission from eta Carinae Observed with Suzaku Sekiguchi (2009)
  • Author(s): Akiko; Tsujimoto, Masahiro; Kitamoto, Shunji; Ishida, Manabu; Hamaguchi, Kenji; Mori, Hideyuki; Tsuboi, Yohko
  • Journal Title: PASJ 61 Pages: 629
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Suzaku Results on Cygnus X-1 in the Low/Hard State (2008)
  • Author(s): Makishima, Kazuo; Takahashi, Hiromitsu; Yamada, Shin'ya; Done, Chris; Kubota, Aya; Dotani, Tadayasu; Ebisawa, Ken; Itoh, Takeshi; Kitamoto, Shunji; Negoro, Hitoshi;, 2 coauthors
  • Journal Title: PASJ 60 Pages: 585
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Detection of a Rare Supersoft Outburst Event during a Suzaku Observation of 1E0102. 2-7219 (2008)
  • Author(s): Takei, D. ; Tsujimoto, M. ; Kitamoto, S. ; Morii, M. ; Ebisawa, K. ; Maeda, Y. ; Miller, E.D.
  • Journal Title: PASJ 60 Pages: S231-S239
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Suzaku Spectroscopy of Extended X-Ray Emission in M17 (2008)
  • Author(s): Hyodo, Y. ; Tsujimoto, M. ; Hamaguchi, K. ; Koyama, K. ; Kitamoto, S. ; Maeda, Y. ; Tsuboi, Y. ; Ezoe, Y.
  • Journal Title: PASJ 60 Pages: S85-S93
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Low/Hard State Spectra of GRO J1655-40 Observed with Suzaku (2008)
  • Author(s): Takahashi, H. ; Fukazawa, Y. ; Mizuno, T. ; Hirasawa, A. ; Kitamoto, S. ; Sudoh, K. ; Ogita, T. ; Kubota, A. ; Makishima, K. ; Itoh, T. ;, 16 coauthors
  • Journal Title: PASJ 60 Pages: S69-S84
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Broadband X-Ray Spectroscopy of A0535+262 with Suzaku (2008)
  • Author(s): Naik, S. ; Dotani, T. ; Terada, Y. ; Nakajima, M. ; Mihara, T. ; Suzuki, M. ; Makishima, K. ; Sudoh, K. ; Kitamoto, S. ; Nagase, F. ;, 2 coauthors
  • Journal Title: ApJ 672 Pages: 516-523
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Bright Transient X-Ray Source Near the Galactic Center Found in Archival Ginga Data from 1987 (2007)
  • Author(s): Yamauchi, S. ; Nakagawa, Y. ; Sudoh, K. ; Kitamoto, S.
  • Journal Title: PASJ 59 Pages: 1141-1151
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] X-ray Imaging and adaptive optics system for a 13. 5 nm telescope (2007)
  • Author(s): S.Kitamoto, et al
  • Organizer: Proceedings of SPIE
  • Year and Date: 20070828-20070831
• [Presentation] EUV imaging experiment of an adaptive optics telescope
  • Author(s): Kitamoto, S. ; Shibata, T. ; Takenaka, E. ; Yoshida, M. ; Murakami, H. ; Shishido, Y. ; Gotoh, N. ; Nagasaki, K. ; Takei, D. ; Morii, M.
  • Organizer: 2009SPIE. 7437E., 51K
• [Presentation] Development of an EUV polarimeter with a transmission multilayer
  • Author(s): Kitamoto, S. ; Murakami, H. ; Shishido, Y. ; Saito, K. ; Watanabe, T. ; Kanai, J. ; Takenaka, E. ; Nagasaki, K. ; Takei, D. ; Morii, M.
  • Organizer: 2009SPIE. 7435E., 11K
• [Presentation] EUV-imaging experiments of a normal incident telescope with an adaptive optics system
  • Author(s): Kitamoto, S. ; Ogita, T. ; Shibata, T. ; Takenaka, E. ; Gotoh, N. ; Shishido, Y. ; Takei, D. ; Yoshida, M. ; Morii, M. ; Murakami, H.
  • Organizer: 2008SPIE. 7015E. 107K
• [Remarks] ホームページ等
  • URL: http://www.rikkyo.ac.jp/~kitamoto