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Broad-band High-Energy Resolution Hard X-ray Spectroscopy using Transition Edge Sensors at SPring-8
Shinya Yamada, Yuto Ichinohe, Hideyuki Tatsuno +40
We have succeeded in operating a transition-edge sensor (TES) spectrometer and evaluating its performance at the SPring-8 synchrotron X-ray light source. The TES spectrometer consi…
Accurate Determination of Chemical Abundances near a Supermassive Black Hole
The XRISM collaboration
The metal abundances in galactic nuclei carry key information on the history of star formation and mass transfer in central regions of galaxies. X-ray fluorescence analysis is a un…
High Spectral Resolution X-ray Observations of the Evolved Supermassive Stellar Binary System Carinae - Iron K Band Profile Revealed with XRISM
XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +138
The supermassive binary system, Carinae, is experiencing enormous wind-driven mass loss at a rate unparalleled in the rest of the Galaxy. Their wind-wind collision (WWC) contin…
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…
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…
Overionized plasma in the supernova remnant Sagittarius A East anchored by XRISM observations
XRISM Collaboration
Sagittarius A East is a supernova remnant with a unique surrounding environment, as it is located in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center, S…
The XRISM/Resolve view of the Fe K region of Cyg X-3
XRISM Collaboration
The X-ray binary system Cygnus X-3 (4U 2030+40, V1521 Cyg) is luminous but enigmatic owing to the high intervening absorption. High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy uniquely probes th…
Multi-image x-ray interferometer module: II. Demonstration of high-resolution x-ray imaging with regular-interval coded apertures
Kazunori Asakura, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Tomokage Yoneyama +5
We have been developing an x-ray imaging system, Multi-Image X-ray Interferometer Module (MIXIM), to achieve a high angular resolution with a compact system size. MIXIM is comprise…
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…
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…
Possible Supercritical Accretion on the ULX in the Metal-poor Galaxy IZw18
Marina Yoshimoto, Tomokage Yoneyama, Hirofumi Noda +2
We present an analysis of X-ray observations of the Ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) in IZw18 based on archival data taken with Chandra, XMM-Newton, and Suzaku. This ULX is conside…
Co-evolution and Nuclear Structure in the Dwarf Galaxy POX 52 Studied by Multi-wavelength Data From Radio to X-ray
Taiki Kawamuro, Claudio Ricci, Satoshi Yamada +4
The nearby dwarf galaxy POX 52 at hosts an active galactic nucleus (AGN) with a black-hole (BH) mass of and an Eddington ratio of $\s…
Decomposing the Spectrum of Ultra-Luminous X-ray Pulsar NGC 300 ULX-1
Shogo B. Kobayashi, Hirofumi Noda, Teruaki Enoto +3
A phase-resolved analysis on the X-ray spectrum of Ultra-Luminous X-ray Pulsar (ULXP) NGC 300 ULX-1 is performed with data taken with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR on 2016 December 16th. I…
Multi-Image X-ray Interferometer Module: I. design concept and proof-of-concept experiments with fine-pitch slits
Kazunori Asakura, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Tomoki Kawabata +7
We propose a novel x-ray imaging system, Multi-Image X-ray Interferometer Module (MIXIM), with which a very high angular resolution can be achieved even with a small system size. M…
A broadband X-ray imaging spectroscopy in the 2030s: the FORCE mission
Koji Mori, Takeshi G. Tsuru, Kazuhiro Nakazawa +49
In this multi-messenger astronomy era, all the observational probes are improving their sensitivities and overall performance. The Focusing on Relativistic universe and Cosmic Evol…
Xtend, the Soft X-ray Imaging Telescope for the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM)
Koji Mori, Hiroshi Tomida, Hiroshi Nakajima +52
Xtend is a soft X-ray imaging telescope developed for the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM). XRISM is scheduled to be launched in the Japanese fiscal year 2022. Xtend…
Narrow Fe-K Reverberation Mapping Unveils the Deactivated Broad-Line Region in a Changing-Look Active Galactic Nucleus
Hirofumi Noda, Taisei Mineta, Takeo Minezaki +11
"Changing-look active galactic nuclei" (CLAGNs) are known to change their apparent types between types 1 and 2, usually accompanied by a drastic change in their luminosity on times…
Measurement of AGN dust extinction based on the near-infrared flux variability of WISE data
Shoichiro Mizukoshi, Takeo Minezaki, Shoichi Tsunetsugu +4
We present the measurement of the line-of-sight extinction of the dusty torus for a large number of obscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs) based on the reddening of the colour of t…
Magnetic Reconnection in Black-Hole Magnetospheres: Lepton Loading into Jets, Superluminal Radio Blobs, and Multi-wavelength Flares
Shigeo S. Kimura, Kenji Toma, Hirofumi Noda +1
Supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei launch relativistic jets, as indicated by observed superluminal radio blobs. The energy source of these jets is widely discussed…
Finding of a population of active galactic nuclei showing a significant luminosity decline in the past yrs
J. Pflugradt, K. Ichikawa, M. Akiyama +4
Recent observations have revealed an interesting active galactic nuclei (AGN) subclass that shows strong activity at large scales ( kpc) but weaker at small scales ( pc…
Probing the circumnuclear environment of NGC1275 with High-Resolution X-ray spectroscopy
Christopher S. Reynolds, Robyn N. Smith, Andrew C. Fabian +6
NGC1275 is the Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG) in the Perseus cluster and hosts the active galactic nucleus (AGN) that is heating the central 100\,kpc of the intracluster medium (IC…
Suzaku Detection of Solar Wind Charge Exchange Emission from a Variety of Highly-ionized Ions in an Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection
Kazunori Asakura, Hironori Matsumoto, Koki Okazaki +8
X-ray emission generated through solar-wind charge exchange (SWCX) is known to contaminate X-ray observation data, the amount of which is often significant or even dominant, partic…
Origin of the in-orbit instrumental background of the Hard X-ray Imager onboard Hitomi
Kouichi Hagino, Hirokazu Odaka, Goro Sato +43
Understanding and reducing the in-orbit instrumental backgrounds are essential to achieving high sensitivity in hard X-ray astronomical observations. The observational data of the…