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In-orbit Performance of the Soft X-ray Imaging Telescope Xtend aboard XRISM
Hiroyuki Uchida, Koji Mori, Hiroshi Tomida +62
We present a summary of the in-orbit performance of the soft X-ray imaging telescope Xtend onboard the XRISM mission, based on in-flight observation data, including first-light cel…
New CCD Driving Technique to Suppress Anomalous Charge Intrusion from Outside the Imaging Area for Soft X-ray Imager of Xtend onboard XRISM
Hirofumi Noda, Mio Aoyagi, Koji Mori +22
The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) is an X-ray CCD camera of the Xtend system onboard the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), which was successfully launched on September 7, 2…
Initial operations of the Soft X-ray Imager onboard XRISM
Hiromasa Suzuki, Tomokage Yoneyama, Shogo B. Kobayashi +52
XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) is an astronomical satellite with the capability of high-resolution spectroscopy with the X-ray microcalorimeter, Resolve, and wide f…
Soft X-ray Imager of the Xtend system onboard XRISM
Hirofumi Noda, Koji Mori, Hiroshi Tomida +57
The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) is the X-ray charge-coupled device (CCD) camera for the soft X-ray imaging telescope Xtend installed on the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRIS…
Feasibility study of upper atmosphere density measurement on the ISS by observations of the CXB transmitted through the Earth rim
Takumi Kishimoto, Kumiko K. Nobukawa, Ayaki Takeda +11
Measurements of the upper atmosphere at ~100 km are important to investigate climate change, space weather forecasting, and the interaction between the Sun and the Earth. Atmospher…
Status of Xtend telescope onboard X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM)
Koji Mori, Hiroshi Tomida, Hiroshi Nakajima +59
Xtend is one of the two telescopes onboard the X-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission (XRISM), which was launched on September 7th, 2023. Xtend comprises the Soft X-ray Imager (SXI…