Prof. Motohide Kokubun Profile

Prof. Motohide Kokubun

at Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

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Publications (51)

SPIE Journal Paper | 3 December 2020 Open Access

Open Access

Origin of the in-orbit instrumental background of the Hard X-ray Imager onboard Hitomi

Kouichi Hagino, Hirokazu Odaka, Goro Sato, Tamotsu Sato, Hiromasa Suzuki, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Madoka Kawaharada, Masanori Ohno, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Shogo Kobayashi, Hiroaki Murakami, Katsuma Miyake, Makoto Asai, Tatsumi Koi, Greg Madejski, Shinya Saito, Dennis Wright, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Hirofumi Noda, Masayuki Ohta, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin’ichiro Takeda, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

JATIS, Vol. 6, Issue 04, 046003, (December 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.6.4.046003

KEYWORDS: Electrons, Sensors, Monte Carlo methods, Hard x-rays, Silicon, Imaging systems, X-rays, Solids, Particles, Satellites

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SPIE Journal Paper | 26 April 2018 Open Access

Open Access

Design and performance of Soft Gamma-ray Detector onboard the Hitomi (ASTRO-H) satellite

Hiroyasu Tajima, Shin Watanabe, Yasushi Fukazawa, Roger Blandford, Teruaki Enoto, Andrea Goldwurm, Kouichi Hagino, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Yuto Ichinohe, Jun Kataoka, Jun’ichiro Katsuta, Takao Kitaguchi, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Grzegorz Madejski, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Shin’ichiro Takeda, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Takayuki Yuasa

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021411, (April 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021411

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Gamma radiation, Avalanche photodetectors, Satellites, Silicon, Physics, Power supplies, Photons, Monte Carlo methods

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SPIE Journal Paper | 9 April 2018 Open Access

Open Access

Hard x-ray imager onboard Hitomi (ASTRO-H)

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Goro Sato, Motohide Kokubun, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kouichi Hagino, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Shogo Kobayashi, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin’ichiro Takeda, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021410, (April 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021410

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Hard x-rays, Avalanche photodetectors, Sensors, Satellites, X-rays, Cameras, Americium, Imaging spectroscopy, X-ray imaging

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SPIE Journal Paper | 30 March 2018 Open Access

Open Access

In-orbit performance and calibration of the Hard X-ray Imager onboard Hitomi (ASTRO-H)

Kouichi Hagino, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Goro Sato, Motohide Kokubun, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Shogo Kobayashi, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Taketo Mimura, Katsuma Miyake, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Hiroaki Murakami, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin’ichiro Takeda, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021409, (March 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021409

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Hard x-rays, Imaging systems, Electrons, X-rays, Silicon, Monte Carlo methods, Satellites, Americium

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SPIE Journal Paper | 13 March 2018 Open Access

Open Access

Hitomi (ASTRO-H) X-ray Astronomy Satellite

Tadayuki Takahashi, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Takaya Ohashi, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steven Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Magnus Axelsson, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Marshall Bautz, Thomas Bialas, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Laura Brenneman, Gregory Brown, Esra Bulbul, Edward Cackett, Edgar Canavan, Maria Chernyakova, Meng Chiao, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Stephen O’ Dell, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Megan E. Eckart, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Kirk Gilmore, Margherita Giustini, Andrea Goldwurm, Liyi Gu, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kouichi Hagino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Ilana Harrus, Isamu Hatsukade, Takayuki Hayashi, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Jan-Willem den Herder, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John 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 Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tsuneyoshi Kamae, Erin Kara, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kawano, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangulyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Ashley King, Takao Kitaguchi, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Saori Konami, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alexander Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Shu Koyama, Peter Kretschmar, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Philippe Laurent, Shiu-Hang Lee, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Candace Masters, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Daniel McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Brian McNamara, Missagh Mehdipour, Joseph Miko, Eric Miller, Jon Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mori, Franco Moroso, Samuel Moseley, Theodore Muench, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Hosei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Kumiko 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. Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Ciro Pinto, Jelle de Plaa, Martin Pohl, James Pontius, Frederick Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Brian Ramsey, Christopher 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 Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Megumi Shidatsu, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Łukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Satoshi Sugita, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Makoto 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 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

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021402, (March 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021402

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-ray astronomy, Satellites, Physics, X-rays, Space operations, Aerospace engineering, Astronomy, Space telescopes, X-ray telescopes

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SPIE Journal Paper | 15 February 2018 Open Access

Open Access

Vibration isolation system for cryocoolers of soft x-ray spectrometer on-board ASTRO-H (Hitomi)

Yoh Takei, Susumu Yasuda, Kosei Ishimura, Naoko Iwata, Atsushi Okamoto, Yohichi Sato, Mina Ogawa, Makoto Sawada, Taro Kawano, Shingo Obara, Chikara Natsukari, Atsushi Wada, Shinya Yamada, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Motohide Kokubun, Noriko Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Sugita, Kenji Minesugi, Yasuo Nakamura, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Tadayuki Takahashi, Seiji Yoshida, Shoji Tsunematsu, Kenichi Kanao, Katsuhiro Narasaki, Kiyomi Otsuka, Frederick Porter, Caroline Kilbourne, Meng Chiao, Megan Eckart, Gary Sneiderman, James Pontius, Dan McCammon, Paul Wilke, John Basile

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011216, (February 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011216

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Frequency modulation, Temperature metrology, Cryocoolers, Vibration isolation, X-rays, Space operations, Spectroscopy, Fermium, Head

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SPIE Journal Paper | 29 December 2017 Open Access

Open Access

Time assignment system and its performance aboard the Hitomi satellite

Yukikatsu Terada, Sunao Yamaguchi, Shigenobu Sugimoto, Taku Inoue, Souhei Nakaya, Maika Murakami, Seiya Yabe, Kenya Oshimizu, Mina Ogawa, Tadayasu Dotani, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Kazuyo Mizushima, Takashi Kominato, Hiroaki Mine, Hiroki Hihara, Kaori Iwase, Tomomi Kouzu, Makoto Tashiro, Chikara Natsukari, Masanobu Ozaki, Motohide Kokubun, Tadayuki Takahashi, Satoko Kawakami, Masaru Kasahara, Susumu Kumagai, Lorella Angelini, Michael Witthoeft

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011206, (December 2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011206

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Quartz, X-rays, Space operations, Global Positioning System, Clocks, Calibration, Telecommunications, Temperature metrology, Aerospace engineering

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Effects on hard x-ray response of a double-sided Si strip detector caused by interstrip surface charge

Katsuma Miyake, Shinya Saito, Toshio Nakano, Koichi Hagino, Shogo Kobayashi, Kazufumi Okuda, Taketo Miura, Goro Sato, Shin Watanabe, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Shinichiro Takeda, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi

Proceedings Volume 9968, 99680D (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2240291

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Silicon, Hard x-rays, Sensors, X-ray imaging, X-ray detectors, Silica, Electrons, Photons, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2016 Paper

Paper

The hard x-ray imager (HXI) onboard ASTRO-H

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Goro Sato, Motohide Kokubun, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kouichi Hagino, Atsushi Harayama, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 9905, 990511 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231176

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, X-rays, Sensors, Hard x-rays, Satellites, X-ray telescopes, Avalanche photodetectors, Cameras, Calibration, Lead

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2016 Paper

Paper

The soft gamma-ray detector (SGD) onboard ASTRO-H

Shin Watanabe, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Roger Blandford, Teruaki Enoto, Andrea Goldwurm, Kouichi Hagino, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Yuto Ichinohe, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Takao Kitaguchi, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Grzegorz Madejski, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Hirofumu Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 9905, 990513 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231962

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Cameras, Silicon, Satellites, Avalanche photodetectors, Collimators, Monte Carlo methods, Physics, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2016 Paper

Paper

The ASTRO-H (Hitomi) x-ray astronomy satellite

Tadayuki Takahashi, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Takaya Ohashi, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Magnus Axelsson, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Marshall Bautz, Thomas Bialas, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Laura Brenneman, Greg Brown, Esra Bulbul, Edward Cackett, Edgar Canavan, Maria Chernyakova, Meng Chiao, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jelle de Plaa, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Megan Eckart, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Kirk Gilmore, Margherita Giustini, Andrea Goldwurm, Liyi Gu, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kouichi Hagino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Atsushi Harayama, Ilana Harrus, Isamu Hatsukade, Takayuki Hayashi, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Yuto Ichinohe, Ryo Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Hajime Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Itoh, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Chris Jewell, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Erin Kara, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kawano, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangulyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Ashley King, Takao Kitaguchi, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alex Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Shu Koyama, Peter Kretschmar, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Shiu-Huang Lee, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Candace Masters, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Brian McNamara, Missagh Mehdipour, Joseph Miko, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mori, Hideyuki Mori, Franco Moroso, Harvey Moseley, Theodore Muench, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Housei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Kumiko Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Masaharu Nomachi, Steve O'Dell, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frederik Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Ciro Pinto, Martin Pohl, James Pontius, F. Scott Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Brian Ramsey, Christopher Reynolds, Helen Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shinya Saito, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Kazuhiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Toru Sasaki, Goro Sato, Yoichi Sato, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Makoto Sawada, Norbert Schartel, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Megumi Shidatsu, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Łukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Hiroyuki Sugita, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shutaro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shin'ichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Tomomi Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Daniel Wik, Dan Wilkins, Brian Williams, Takahiro Yamada, Shinya Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Tahir Yaqoob, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa, Irina Zhuravleva, Abderahmen Zoghbi

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99050U (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232379

KEYWORDS: X-rays, X-ray astronomy, Sensors, Satellites, X-ray telescopes, Space operations, Physics, Space telescopes, Aerospace engineering, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2016 Paper

Paper

Vibration isolation system for cryocoolers of Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS) onboard ASTRO-H (Hitomi)

Yoh Takei, Susumu Yasuda, Kosei Ishimura, Naoko Iwata, Atsushi Okamoto, Yoichi Sato, Mina Ogawa, Makoto Sawada, Taro Kawano, Shingo Obara, Chikara Natsukari, Atsushi Wada, Shinya Yamada, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Motohide Kokubun, Noriko Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Sugita, Kenji Minesugi, Yasuo Nakamura, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Tadayuki Takahashi, Seiji Yoshida, Shoji Tsunematsu, Kenichi Kanao, Katsuhiro Narasaki, Kiyomi Otsuka, Richard Kelley, F. Porter, Caroline Kilbourne, Meng Chiao, Megan Eckart, Gary Sneiderman, James Pontius, Dan McCammon, Paul Wilke, John Basile

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99050X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231832

KEYWORDS: Vibration isolation, Sensors, Cryocoolers, X-rays, Spectroscopy, X-rays, Space operations, Temperature metrology, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Head

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2014 Paper

Paper

The Hard X-ray Imager (HXI) for the ASTRO-H Mission

Goro Sato, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Atsushi Harayama, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jun Kataoka, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shinya Saito, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shinichiro Takeda, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 9144, 914427 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055629

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Avalanche photodetectors, Imaging systems, Hard x-rays, Cameras, Calibration, Field programmable gate arrays, X-rays, Satellites, Performance modeling

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2014 Paper

Paper

Development and verification of signal processing system of BGO active shield onboard Astro-H

Masanori Ohno, Shin'ya Tokuda, Takafumi Kawano, Shunya Furui, Ikumi Edahiro, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Kunihiro Goto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Hiroaki Murakami, Syogo Kobayashi, Soki Sakurai, Makoto Sasano, Shunsuke Torii, Toshio Nakano, Ko Ono, Katsuma Miyake, Terukazu Nishida, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kazuo Makishima, Kouichi Hagino, Takayuki Yuasa, Hirokazu Odaka, Rie Sato, Shin Watanabe, Motohide Kokubun, Tadayuki Takahashi, Goro Sato, Jun Kataoka, Tatsuhiko Saito, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yoichi Yatsu, Takeshi Nakamori, Hideki Uchiyama, Daisuke Yonetoku

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91445G (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055676

KEYWORDS: Signal processing, Sensors, Avalanche photodetectors, Logic, Cameras, Analog electronics, Signal detection, Digital filtering, Field programmable gate arrays, Gamma radiation

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Paper

Soft gamma-ray detector (SGD) onboard the ASTRO-H mission

Yasushi Fukazawa, Hiroyasu Tajima, Shin Watanabe, Roger Blandford, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Atsushi Harayama, Jun Kataoka, Madoka Kawaharada, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Grzegorz Madejski, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Shin'ya Saito, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91442C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055292

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Avalanche photodetectors, Silicon, Gamma radiation, Control systems, Forward error correction, Physics, Electronics, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Paper

Thermal design of the hard x-ray imager and the soft gamma-ray detector onboard ASTRO-H

Hirofumi Noda, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kazuo Makishima, Naoko Iwata, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Masayuki Ohta, Goro Sato, Madoka Kawaharada, Shin Watanabe, Motohide Kokubun, Tadayuki Takahashi, Masanori Ohno, Yasushi Fukazawa, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hideki Uchiyama, Shuji Ito, Keita Fukuzawa

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91445E (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055379

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Aluminum, Copper, Mathematical modeling, Imaging systems, Hard x-rays, Gamma radiation, Thermal modeling, X-rays

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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Sub-MeV all sky survey with a compact Si/CdTe Compton telescope

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin Watanabe, Yuto Ichinohe, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuo Makishima, Takefumi Mitani, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Masaharu Nomachi, Hiroyasu Tajima, Takeshi Takashima, Toru Tamagawa, Yukikatsu Terada, Makoto Tashiro, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Tetsuo Yoshimitsu

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91440J (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055422

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Telescopes, Spatial resolution, Hard x-rays, Semiconductors, Silicon, Space telescopes, Polarization, Electrodes

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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The ASTRO-H X-ray astronomy satellite

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Marshall Bautz, Thomas Bialas, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Laura Brenneman, Gregory Brown, Ed Cackett, Edgar Canavan, Maria Chernyakova, Meng Chiao, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jelle de Plaa, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Kirk Gilmore, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Atsushi Harayama, Isamu Hatsukade, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Takayuki Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Itoh, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Chris Jewell, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kawano, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Masashi Kimura, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Saori Konami, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alexander Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Stephanie LaMassa, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Candace Masters, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Brian McNamara, Joseph Miko, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mori, Hideyuki Mori, Franco Moroso, Theodore Muench, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Housei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Masaharu Nomachi, Steve O'Dell, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frits Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Ciro Pinto, Martin Pohl, James Pontius, F. Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Brian Ramsey, Rubens Reis, Christopher Reynolds, Claudio Ricci, Helena Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shinya Saito, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Goro Sato, Makoto Sawada, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin-ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Keisuke Tamura, Takayuki Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yoko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shutaro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Tomomi Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Nicholas White, Dan Wilkins, Shinya Yamada, Takahiro Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Tahir Yaqoob, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa, Irina Zhuravleva, Abderahmen Zoghbi, John ZuHone

Proceedings Volume 9144, 914425 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055681

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, X-ray telescopes, X-ray astronomy, Physics, Space telescopes, Satellites, Astronomy, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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The Hard X-ray Imager (HXI) for the ASTRO-H Mission

Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Jun Kataoka, Madoka Kawaharada, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Yoichi Yatsu, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 8443, 844325 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925648

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Imaging systems, Hard x-rays, Avalanche photodetectors, Silicon, Crystals, X-rays, Satellites, Spatial resolution, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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Imaging and spectral performance of CdTe double-sided strip detectors for the Hard X-ray Imager onboard ASTRO-H

Kouichi Hagino, Hirokazu Odaka, Goro Sato, Shin Watanabe, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Motohide Kokubun, Taro Fukuyama, Shinya Saito, Tamotsu Sato, Yuto Ichinohe, Tadayuki Takahashi, Toshio Nakano, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kazuo Makishima, Hiroyasu Tajima, Takaaki Tanaka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Takuya Miyazawa, Michito Sakai, Karin Sakanobe, Hiroyoshi Kato, Shunya Takizawa, Kentaro Uesugi

Proceedings Volume 8443, 844355 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926052

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Electrodes, X-rays, Spatial resolution, Hard x-rays, Silicon, Photons, Imaging systems, Energy efficiency, Synchrotron radiation

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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The ASTRO-H X-ray Observatory

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Henri Aarts, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Mark Bautz, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Greg Brown, Ed Cackett, Mara Chernyakova, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jelle de Plaa, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Megan Eckart, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Keith Gendreau, Kirk Gilmore, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Takayuki Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Ito, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Hajime Kawahara, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Masashi Kimura, Kenzo Kinugasa, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alex Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Stephanie LaMassa, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Genevieve Marchand, Maxim Markevitch, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Brian McNamara, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mori, Koji Mukai, Toshio Murakami, Hiroshi Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Hosei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Masaharu Nomachi, Steve O'Dell, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Fritzs Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Martin Pohl, F. Scott Porter, Brian Ramsey, Rubens Reis, Christopher Reynolds, Helen Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Jeremy Sanders, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Yohichi Sato, Kosuke Sato, Makoto Sawada, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Hiroyuki Sugita, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin-ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Nicholas White, Takahiro Yamada, Shinya Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Noriko Yamasaki, Shigeo Yamauchi, Makoto Yamauchi, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84431Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926190

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, X-ray telescopes, Physics, X-ray astronomy, Iron, Spectroscopy, X-ray imaging, Galaxy groups and clusters

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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Soft gamma-ray detector for the ASTRO-H Mission

Shin Watanabe, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Roger Blandford, Teruaki Enoto, Jun Kataoka, Madoka Kawaharada, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Greg Madejski, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kunishiro Mori, Hirokazu Odaka, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shinya Yamada, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 8443, 844326 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925977

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Cameras, Gamma radiation, Polarization, Avalanche photodetectors, Kinematics, X-rays, Compton scattering, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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Concept of a small satellite for sub-MeV and MeV all sky survey: the CAST mission

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Yuto Ichinohe, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Hiroyasu Tajima, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Motohide Kokubun, Takeshi Takashima, Makoto Tashiro, Toru Tamagawa, Yukikatsu Terada, Masaharu Nomachi, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Takefumi Mitani, Tetsuo Yoshimitsu, Shin Watanabe

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84430E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926164

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Satellites, Telescopes, Gamma radiation, Silicon, Semiconductors, Polarization, Spatial resolution, Space telescopes, Compton scattering

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2010 Paper

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The ASTRO-H Mission

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Felix Aharonian, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Hisamitsu Awaki, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Mark Bautz, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Greg Brown, Mara Chernyakova, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jean Cottam, John Crow, Jelle de Plaa, Cor de Vries, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, Ken Ebisawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Poshak Gandhi, Keith Gendreau, Kirk Gilmore, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Naoki Isobe, Masayuki Ito, Naoko Iwata, Jelle Kaastra, Tim Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Hideaki Katagiri, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Kenzo Kinugasa, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Tatsuro Kosaka, Taro Kotani, Katsuji Koyama, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Jon Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mori, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Yujin Nakagawa, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Masaharu Nomachi, Stephen O'Dell, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frederik Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Martin Pohl, S. Porter, Brian Ramsey, Christopher Reynolds, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Rita Sambruna, Goro Sato, Yoichi Sato, Peter Serlemitsos, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz Stawarz, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Yoh Takei, Tohru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasayuki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Miyako Tozuka, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Shin Watanabe, Nicholas White, Takahiro Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77320Z (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857875

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, Physics, X-ray telescopes, X-ray imaging, Spectroscopy, Spatial resolution, Imaging systems, Iron

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

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The Monte Carlo simulation framework of the ASTRO-H X-ray Observatory

Masanobu Ozaki, Masanori Ohno, Yukikatsu Terada, Shin Watanabe, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Tadayuki Takahashi, Motohide Kokubun, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Noriko Yamasaki, Hirokazu Odaka, Yoh Takei, Takayuki Yuasa, Akihiro Furuzawa, Hideyuki Mori, Hironori Matsumoto, Takashi Okajima, Caroline Kilbourne, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yoshitaka Ishisaki

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773239 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856126

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Sensors, Satellites, X-rays, Particles, Computer aided design, Absorption, Observatories, Physics, Data analysis

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

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Development of BGO active shield for the ASTRO-H soft gamma-ray detector

Y. Hanabata, Y. Fukazawa, K. Yamaoka, H. Tajima, J. Kataoka, K. Nakazawa, H. Takahashi, T. Mizuno, M. Ohno, M. Kokubun, T. Takahashi, S. Watanabe, M. Tashiro, Y. Terada, C. Sasaki, K. Nakajima, T. Mizushima

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77323B (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856745

KEYWORDS: Avalanche photodetectors, Gamma radiation, Sensors, Signal processing, Cameras, Data conversion, Scintillation, Digital filtering, Crystals, Digital signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

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Hard x-ray imager (HXI) for the ASTRO-H Mission

Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kirk Gilmore, Jun Kataoka, Madoka Kawaharada, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamori, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Goro Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Yoichi Yatsu, Kazutaka Yamaoka

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773215 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857933

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Hard x-rays, Imaging systems, Silicon, Avalanche photodetectors, Spatial resolution, Photons, X-rays, Mirrors, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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Soft gamma-ray detector for the ASTRO-H Mission

Hiroyasu Tajima, Roger Blandford, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kirk Gilmore, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Madoka Kawaharada, Motohide Kokubun, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Greg Madejski, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takaaki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Daisuke Yonetoku

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773216 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857531

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Cameras, Avalanche photodetectors, Gamma radiation, Polarization, Forward error correction, Kinematics, X-rays, Hard x-rays

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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On-orbit calibration status of the hard x-ray detector (HXD) onboard Suzaku

S. Nishino, Y. Fukazawa, T. Mizuno, H. Takahashi, K. Hayashi, K. Hiragi, M. Mizuno, S. Yamada, M. Kawaharada, M. Kokubun, K. Nakazawa, S. Watanabe, T. Tanaka, Y. Terada

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77322J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856888

KEYWORDS: Genetical swarm optimization, Sensors, Calibration, Data modeling, X-rays, PIN photodiodes, Hard x-rays, Scintillators, X-ray detectors, Capacitance

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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The hard x-ray imager onboard IXO

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Olivier Limousin, Motohide Kokubun, Shin Watanabe, Philippe Laurent, Monique Arnaud, Hiroyasu Tajima

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77321L (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856368

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Imaging systems, X-rays, Hard x-rays, Mirrors, Silicon, Electronics, Scintillators, Analog electronics, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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Monte Carlo simulation study of in-orbit background for the soft gamma-ray detector on-board ASTRO-H

T. Mizuno, K. Hiragi, Y. Fukazawa, Y. Umeki, H. Odaka, S. Watanabe, M. Kokubun, T. Takahashi, K. Nakajima, K. Nakazawa, K. Makishima, S. Nakahira, Y. Terada, H. Tajima

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77323C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856753

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Monte Carlo methods, Information technology, Optical simulations, Gamma radiation, Silicon, Cameras, Hard x-rays, Photons, Atmospheric particles

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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Development of double-sided silicon strip detectors for solar hard x-ray observation

Shinya Saito, Shin-nosuke Ishikawa, Shin Watanabe, Hirokazu Odaka, Soichiro Sugimoto, Taro Fukuyama, Motohide Kokubun, Tadayuki Takahashi, Yukikatsu Terada, Hiroyasu Tajima, Takaaki Tanaka, Säm Krucker, Steven Christe, Steve McBride, Lindsay Glesener

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77320Q (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857235

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Hard x-rays, Spatial resolution, Silicon, X-ray optics, Spectral resolution, Rockets, Analog electronics, Mirrors, Solar energy

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2009 Paper

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The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI)

Sam Krucker, Steven Christe, Lindsay Glesener, Steve McBride, Paul Turin, David Glaser, Pascal Saint-Hilaire, Gregory Delory, R. Lin, Mikhail Gubarev, Brian Ramsey, Yukikatsu Terada, Shin-nosuke Ishikawa, Motohide Kokubun, Shinya Saito, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin Watanabe, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Hiroyasu Tajima, Satoshi Masuda, Takashi Minoshima, Masumi Shomojo

Proceedings Volume 7437, 743705 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.827950

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Solar energy, X-ray optics, Rockets, Solar processes, Electrons, X-rays, Imaging systems, Silicon, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2009 Paper

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Development of a cadmium telluride pixel detector for astrophysical applications

Hiromasa Miyasaka, Fiona Harrison, Walter Cook, Peter Mao, Vikram Rana, Shin-nosuke Ishikawa, Masayoshi Ushio, Hiroyuki Aono, Shin Watanabe, Goro Sato, Motohide Kokubun, Tadayuki Takahashi

Proceedings Volume 7435, 74350Q (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.825711

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Polarization, X-ray detectors, Cadmium, Hard x-rays, Space telescopes, Detector development, Spectral resolution, Floods

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2008 Paper

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Application of double-sided silicon strip detectors to Compton cameras

Hiroyuki Aono, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Shin-nosuke Ishikawa, Hirokazu Odaka, Motohide Kokubun, Shin Watanabe, Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Sho Okuyama, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Naoki Kawachi

Proceedings Volume 7021, 70211G (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788784

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Spatial resolution, Deconvolution, Doppler effect, Silicon, Monte Carlo methods, Gamma radiation, Prototyping, Radioisotopes

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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Hard X-ray imager (HXI) for the NeXT mission

Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Shin Watanabe, Yasushi Fukazawa, Jun Kataoka, Hideaki Katagiri, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kazuo Makishima, Masanori Ohno, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Hiroyasu Tajima, Tadayuki Takahashi, Toru Tamagawa, Takaaki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Yukikatsu Terada, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Yuji Urata, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Tetsuichi Kishishita, Masayoshi Ushio, Jun'ichiro Katsuta, Shin'nosuke Ishikawa, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Aono, Souichiro Sugimoto, Yuu Koseki, Takao Kitaguchi, Teruaki Enoto, Shin'ya Yamada, Takayuki Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Ueda, Yuichi Uehara, Sho Okuyama, Hajimu Yasuda, Sho Nishino, Yudai Umeki, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Masayuki Matsuoka, Yuki Ikejiri, Akira Endo, Yuichi Yaji, Natsuki Kodaka, Wataru Iwakiri, Tomomi Kouzu, Takako Sugasawara, Atsushi Harayama, Satoshi Nakahira

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70110R (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788290

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Hard x-rays, Silicon, Imaging systems, X-ray telescopes, Photons, Space operations, Avalanche photodetectors, Space telescopes, X-ray detectors

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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The NeXT Mission

Tadayuki Takahashi, Richard Kelley, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hideyo Kunieda, Robert Petre, Nicholas White, Tadayasu Dotani, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Manabu Ishida, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuo Makishima, Katsuji Koyama, Greg Madejski, Koji Mori, Richard Mushotzky, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yasushi Ogasaka, Takaya Ohashi, Masanobu Ozaki, Hiroyasu Tajima, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Go Tsuru, Yoshihiro Ueda, Noriko Yamasaki, Shin Watanabe

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70110O (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789640

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, X-ray telescopes, X-ray imaging, Spectroscopy, Spatial resolution, Imaging systems, Iron, X-ray detectors

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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Hard x-ray imaging system for XEUS

Hideyo Kunieda, Tadayuki Takahashi, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yasushi Ogasaka

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70110D (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787421

KEYWORDS: Hard x-rays, Sensors, Imaging systems, X-rays, Silicon, X-ray telescopes, Absorption, Mirrors, Image sensors, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 30 August 2006 Paper

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In-orbit calibration of the hard x-ray detector (HXD-II) onboard Suzaku

T. Kitaguchi, M. Kokubun, M. Kawaharada, M. Murashima, R. Miyawaki, T. Yanagida, T. Itoh, S. Hirakuri, T. Enoto, M. Sato, K. Makishima, T. Takahashi, K. Nakazawa, S. Watanabe, T. Tanaka, Y. Terada, T. Tamagawa, A. Kubota, Y. Fukazawa, M. Mizuno, H. Takahashi, T. Yamasaki, M. Tashiro, Y. Endo, K. Yamaoka, T. Murakami, D. Yonetoku, T. Kamae

Proceedings Volume 6319, 63190U (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.684267

KEYWORDS: Genetical swarm optimization, Sensors, Calibration, Hard x-rays, Scintillators, PIN photodiodes, X-rays, Analog electronics, Satellites, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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In-orbit performance of the Suzaku wideband all-sky monitor

Kazutaka Yamaoka, Satoshi Sugita, Masanori Ohno, Takuya Takahashi, Yasushi Fukazawa, Yukikatsu Terada, Tohru Tamagawa, Keiichi Abe, Yasuhiko Endo, Kaori Onda, Satoshi Matsumura, Makoto Tashiro, Soojing Hong, Goro Sato, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Ryohei Miyawaki, Teruaki Enoto, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuo Makishima, Toshio Murakami

Proceedings Volume 6266, 626643 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671994

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Satellites, Gamma radiation, Solar processes, X-rays, Photons, Physics, Electronics, Calibration, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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Hard x-ray imager for the NeXT mission

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yasushi Fukazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Toshio Murakami, Masaharu Nomachi, Hiroyasu Tajima, Tadayuki Takahashi, Makoto Tashiro, Toru Tamagawa, Yukikatsu Terada, Shin Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Daisuke Yonetoku

Proceedings Volume 6266, 62662H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670674

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Hard x-rays, Mirrors, Imaging systems, X-rays, X-ray imaging, Physics, Image resolution, Crystals, Imaging spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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Inflight calibration and performance of the hard x-ray detector (HXD) onboard Suzaku

Y. Fukazawa, M. Mizuno, H. Takahashi, N. Kawano, M. Ohno, A. Hirasawa, T. Yamasaki, K. Makishima, M. Kokubun, M. Kawaharada, M. Murashima, R. Miyawaki, T. Yanagida, T. Itoh, T. Kitaguchi, S. Hirakuri, T. Enoto, M. Sato, T. Takahashi, K. Nakazawa, S. Watanabe, T. Tanaka, K. Oonuki, K. Tamura, T. Kishishita, S. Takeda, M. Ushio, J. Katsuta, Y. Terada, T. Tamagawa, A. Kubota, M. Tashiro, Y. Endo, K. Yamaoka, T. Murakami, D. Yonetoku, T. Kamae, G. Madejski

Proceedings Volume 6266, 62662L (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671214

KEYWORDS: Genetical swarm optimization, Calibration, Sensors, X-rays, Collimators, Particles, Gamma radiation, Hard x-rays, Satellites, Scintillators

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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Wide band X-ray Imager (WXI) and Soft Gamma-ray Detector (SGD) for the NeXT Mission

Tadayuki Takahashi, A. Awaki, Tadayasu Dotani, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Nobuyuki Kawai, Shunji Kitamoto, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Katsuji Koyama, Kazuo Makishima, Hironori Matsumoto, Emi Miyata, T. Murakami, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Masaharu Nomachi, Masanobu Ozaki, Hiroyasu Tajima, Makoto Tashiro, Toru Tamagawa, Yukikatsu Terada, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Kazutaka Yamaoka, D. Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551500

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Hard x-rays, Charge-coupled devices, X-rays, CCD image sensors, Telescopes, X-ray imaging, Gamma radiation, Silicon, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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Gamma-ray polarimetry with Compton Telescope

Hiroyasu Tajima, Grzegorz Madejski, Takefumi Mitani, Takaaki Tanaka, Hidehito Nakamura, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Yasushi Fukazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Motohide Kokubun, Daniel Marlow, Masaharu Nomachi, Eduardo do Couto e Silva

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552487

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Sensors, Gamma radiation, Compton scattering, Photons, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Silicon, Hard x-rays, Phase shift keying

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2004 Paper

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Development and qualification of the HXD-II onboard Astro-E2

Madoka Kawaharada, Soojing Hong, Mio Murashima, Motohide Kokubun, Takeshi Itoh, Kazuo Makishima, Ryouhei Miyawaki, Hisako Niko, Takayuki Yanagida, Takefumi Mitani, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kousuke Oonuki, Tadayuki Takahashi, Ken'ichi Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Yasushi Fukazawa, Naomi Kawano, Kengo Kawashima, Masanori Ohno, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Keiichi Abe, Masaya Suzuki, Makoto Tashiro, Daisuke Yonetoku, Toshio Murakami

Proceedings Volume 5501, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551051

KEYWORDS: Genetical swarm optimization, Scintillators, Sensors, PIN photodiodes, X-rays, Hard x-rays, Signal processing, Calibration, Cesium, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

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High-resolution CdTe detectors for the next-generation multi-Compton gamma-ray telescope

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Masaharu Nomachi, Motohide Kokubun

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461287

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Telescopes, Diodes, Silicon, Compton scattering, Space telescopes, Hard x-rays, Cadmium, Image resolution

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Proceedings Article | 22 October 1999 Paper

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Fabrication of the ASTRO-E hard-x-ray detector

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Kazuo Makishima, Tadayuki Takahashi, Toshio Murakami, Makoto Tashiro, Yasushi Fukazawa, Takayuki Tamura, Naoko Iyomoto, K. Ebisawa, Y. Ezoe, M. Hamaya, M. Horii, Naoki Isobe, Motohide Kokubun, J. Kotoku, Aya Kubota, Yukari Matsumoto, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Y. Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Tomohisa Onishi, Naomi Ota, Shin'ichi Shinoda, Masahiko Sugiho, Koji Taguchi, I. Takahasi, Masaaki Tanaka, Chiharu Tanihata, Yukikatsu Terada, Yasunobu Uchiyama, S. Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, D. Yonetoku

Proceedings Volume 3765, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366496

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Sensors, PIN photodiodes, Collimators, Genetical swarm optimization, Calibration, Electronics, Silicon, X-rays, Scintillation

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Proceedings Article | 22 October 1999 Paper

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Preflight performance of the ASTRO-E hard-x-ray detector

Chiharu Tanihata, Jun Kataoka, Toshio Murakami, Naomi Ota, Hideki Ozawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takayuki Tamura, Yasunobu Uchiyama, S. Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, D. Yonetoku, Y. Ezoe, Yasushi Fukazawa, Naoki Isobe, Naoko Iyomoto, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Motohide Kokubun, J. Kotoku, Aya Kubota, Kazuo Makishima, Yukari Matsumoto, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tomohisa Onishi, Masahiko Sugiho, Ikuya Takahashi, Masaaki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Masaharu Nomachi, Atsumasa Yoshida, M. Hamaya, M. Horii, Koji Taguchi, N. Morita, I. Odagi, Kunihiko Sato, Y. Tanaka, Kunishiro Mori

Proceedings Volume 3765, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366546

KEYWORDS: Genetical swarm optimization, Sensors, PIN photodiodes, Particles, Diodes, Photomultipliers, Light emitting diodes, Satellites, Signal processing, X-rays

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Proceedings Article | 10 November 1998 Paper

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Electronic system for the Astro-E Hard X-ray Detector

Tadayuki Takahashi, Masaharu Nomachi, Yasushi Fukazawa, Makoto Tashiro, Hajime Ezawa, M. Hamaya, M. Horii, Naoki Isobe, Naoko Iyomoto, Jun Kataoka, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Ginga Kawaguti, Hidetoshi Kubo, S. Kubo, Aya Kubota, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuo Makishima, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Yukari Matsumoto, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, N. Morita, Toshio Murakami, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, H. Obayashi, I. Odagi, Tomohisa Onishi, N. Ota, Hideki Ozawa, Kunihiko Sato, Masahiko Sugiho, Mutsumi Sugizaki, Koji Taguchi, Tadahisa Tamura, Y. Tanaka, Chiharu Tanihata, Yukikatsu Terada, Yasuhiro Uchiyama, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Atsumasa Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 3445, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330273

KEYWORDS: Amplifiers, Sensors, Analog electronics, PIN photodiodes, Scintillators, Signal processing, Hard x-rays, Satellites, Genetical swarm optimization, X-rays

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Proceedings Article | 7 July 1997 Paper

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Development of the large-area silicon PIN diode with 2 millimeter-thick depletion layer for hard x-ray detector (HXD) on board ASTRO-E

Mutsumi Sugizaki, S. Kubo, Toshio Murakami, Naomi Ota, Hideki Ozawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Hidehiro Kaneda, Naoko Iyomoto, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Motohide Kokubun, Aya Kubota, Kazuo Makishima, Takayuki Tamura, Makoto Tashiro

Proceedings Volume 3115, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.277691

KEYWORDS: Silicon, PIN photodiodes, Sensors, X-rays, Diodes, Hard x-rays, Capacitance, Satellites, X-ray detectors, Scintillation

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Proceedings Article | 18 October 1996 Paper

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Astro-E hard x-ray detector

Tuneyoshi Kamae, Hajime Ezawa, Yasushi Fukazawa, Masaharu Hirayama, Eriko Idesawa, Naoko Iyomoto, Hidehiro Kaneda, Ginga Kawaguti, Motohide Kokubun, Hidetoshi Kubo, Aya Kubota, Kyoko Matsushita, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Kazuo Makishima, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Satoko Osone, H. Obayashi, Yoshitaka Saito, Takayuki Tamura, Masaaki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Jun Kataoka, Toshio Murakami, Naomi Ota, Hideki Ozawa, Mutsumi Sugizaki, Kyoko Takizawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Atsumasa Yoshida, Hirokazu Ikeda, Kiwamu Tsukada, Masaharu Nomachi

Proceedings Volume 2806, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.253993

KEYWORDS: Genetical swarm optimization, Sensors, PIN photodiodes, Scintillators, Hard x-rays, Silicon, Collimators, X-rays, Analog electronics, Diodes

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