Year: 2020
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The XRISM X-ray observatory will fly two advanced instruments, the Resolve high-resolution spectrometer and the Xtend wide-field imager. These instruments, particularly Resolve, pose calibration challenges due to the unprecedented combination of spectral resolution, spectral coverage, and effective area, combined with a need to characterize the imaging fidelity of the full instrument system to realize the mission’s ambitious science goals. We present the status of the XRISM in-flight calibration plan, building on lessons from Hitomi and other X-ray missions. We present a discussion of targets and observing strategies to address the needed calibration measurements, with a focus on developing methodologies to plan a thorough and flexible calibration campaign and provide insight on calibration systematic error. We also discuss observations that exploit Resolve’s spectral
DOI: 10.1117/12.2561608
Authors: Eric D. Miller, Makoto Sawada, Matteo Guainazzi, Aurora Simionescu, Maxim Markevitch, Liyi Gu, Megan E. Eckart, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Maurice A. Leutenegger, Frederick S. Porter, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Cor P. de Vries, Takashi Okajima, Takayuki Hayashi, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Keisuke Tamura, Hironori Matsumoto, Koji Mori, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukikatsu Terada, Michael Loewenstein, Tahir Yaqoob, Marc Audard, Ehud Behar, Laura Brenneman, Lia Corrales, Renata S. Cumbee, Teruaki Enoto, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Yoshitomo Maeda, Paul P. Plucinsky, Katja Pottschmidt, Makoto S. Tashiro, Richard L. Kelley, Robert Petre, Brian J. Williams, Hiroya Yamaguchi
Language: English
Subfield: Instrumentation
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: G1356433355, G14554683, G2145270357, G2717806384, G4343739756, A study of the progenitors of Type Ia supernovae with X-ray precision spectroscopy of their remnants, Development of novel X-ray detector to understand cosmic reionization by surveying distant AGNs, G69709960, Study of the origin of the diversity of Type Ia Supernovae with high energy-resolution X-ray spectroscopy, G991281326
OpenAlex ID: W3112774372