論文

査読有り
2019年

Concept for the X-ray telescope system with an angular-resolution booster

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
  • Yoshitomo Maeda
  • ,
  • Ryo Iizuka
  • ,
  • Takayuki Hayashi
  • ,
  • Toshiki Sato
  • ,
  • Nozomi Nakaniwa
  • ,
  • Mai Takeo
  • ,
  • Hitomi Suzuki
  • ,
  • Manabu Ishida
  • ,
  • Shiro Ikeda
  • ,
  • Mikio Morii

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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1093/pasj/psz081

We present a concept of the X-ray imaging system with high angular-resolution and moderate sensitivity. In this concept, a two-dimensional detector, i.e., imager, is put at a slightly out-of-focused position of the focusing mirror, rather than just at the mirror focus as in the standard optics, to capture the miniature image of objects. In addition, a set of multi-grid masks (or a modulation collimator) is installed in front of the telescope. We find that the masks work as a coded aperture camera and that they boost the angular resolution of the focusing optics. The major advantage of this concept is that a much better angular resolution an order of 2--3 or more than in the conventional optics is achievable, while a high throughput (large effective area) is maintained, which is crucial in photon-limited high-energy astronomy, because any type of mirrors, including light-weight reflective mirrors, can be employed in our concept. If the signal-to-noise ratio is sufficiently high, we estimate that angular resolutions at the diffraction limit of 4" and 0"4 at about 7 keV can be achieved with a pair of masks at separations of 1~m and 100~m, respectively, at the diffraction limit.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psz081
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85074419041&partnerID=MN8TOARS
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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2462-1448
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1093/pasj/psz081
  • ISSN : 2053-051X
  • ORCIDのPut Code : 66087380
  • SCOPUS ID : 85074419041

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