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most citedThe ASTRO-H X-ray Astronomy Satellite

55 citations · 156 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

astro-ph.IM2025

Verification of the Timing System for the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission in the GPS Unsynchronized Mode

Megumi Shidatsu, Yukikatsu Terada, Takashi Kominato +59

We report the results from the ground and on-orbit verifications of the XRISM timing system when the satellite clock is not synchronized to the GPS time. In this case, the time is…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 3 cited

Development of the Timing System for the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission

Yukikatsu Terada, Megumi Shidatsu, Makoto Sawada +62

This paper describes the development, design, ground verification, and in-orbit verification, performance measurement, and calibration of the timing system for the X-Ray Imaging an…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 39 cited

Soft X-ray Imager aboard Hitomi (ASTRO-H)

Takaaki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hiroshi Nakajima +25

The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) is an imaging spectrometer using charge-coupled devices (CCDs) aboard the Hitomi X-ray observatory. The SXI sensor has four CCDs with an imaging area si…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 6 cited

Time Assignment System and Its Performance aboard the Hitomi Satellite

Yukikatsu Terada, Sunao Yamaguchi, Shigenobu Sugimoto +24

Fast timing capability in X-ray observation of astrophysical objects is one of the key properties for the ASTRO-H (Hitomi) mission. Absolute timing accuracies of 350 micro second o…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 27 cited

In-orbit performance of the soft X-ray imaging system aboard Hitomi (ASTRO-H)

H. Nakajima, Y. Maeda, H. Uchida +46

We describe the in-orbit performance of the soft X-ray imaging system consisting of the Soft X-ray Telescope and the Soft X-ray Imager aboard Hitomi. Verification and calibration o…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 55 cited

The ASTRO-H X-ray Astronomy Satellite

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley +250

The joint JAXA/NASA ASTRO-H mission is the sixth in a series of highly successful X-ray missions developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), with a planne…