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Electronic system for the Astro-E Hard X-ray Detector
Author(s): Tadayuki Takahashi; Masaharu Nomachi; Yasushi Fukazawa; Makoto Tashiro; Hajime Ezawa; M. Hamaya; M. Horii; Naoki Isobe; Naoko Iyomoto; Jun Kataoka; Tuneyoshi Kamae; Ginga Kawaguti; Hidetoshi Kubo; S. Kubo; Aya Kubota; Motohide Kokubun; Kazuo Makishima; Keiichi Matsuzaki; Yukari Matsumoto; Tsunefumi Mizuno; Kunishiro Mori; N. Morita; Toshio Murakami; Kazuhiro Nakazawa; H. Obayashi; I. Odagi; Tomohisa Onishi; N. Ota; Hideki Ozawa; Kunihiko Sato; Masahiko Sugiho; Mutsumi Sugizaki; Koji Taguchi; Tadahisa Tamura; Y. Tanaka; Chiharu Tanihata; Yukikatsu Terada; Yasuhiro Uchiyama; Kazutaka Yamaoka; Atsumasa Yoshida
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Paper Abstract

The Hard x-ray Detector (HXD) is one of three instruments on the fifth Japanese x-ray astronomy satellite, Astro-E, scheduled for launch in 2000. The sensitivity of the Astro-E HXD will be higher by more than one order of magnitude than that of nay previous instrument between 10 keV and several 100 keV. The electronic system is designed to handle many independent data channels from the HXD within the limitation of size and power consumption required in Astro-E. In this paper, we will present the design and the preliminary performance of the processing electronic system.

Paper Details

Date Published: 10 November 1998
PDF: 14 pages
Proc. SPIE 3445, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, (10 November 1998); doi: 10.1117/12.330273
Show Author Affiliations
Tadayuki Takahashi, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)
Masaharu Nomachi, Osaka Univ. (Japan)
Yasushi Fukazawa, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Makoto Tashiro, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Hajime Ezawa, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
M. Hamaya, Meisei Electric Co. Ltd. (Japan)
M. Horii, Meisei Electric Co. Ltd. (Japan)
Naoki Isobe, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Naoko Iyomoto, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Jun Kataoka, RIKEN--The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)
Tuneyoshi Kamae, Univ. of Tokyo (United States)
Ginga Kawaguti, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Hidetoshi Kubo, RIKEN--The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Japan)
S. Kubo, Fuijitsu Ltd. (Japan)
Aya Kubota, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Motohide Kokubun, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kazuo Makishima, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Keiichi Matsuzaki, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Yukari Matsumoto, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Tsunefumi Mizuno, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kunishiro Mori, Clear Pulse Co. Ltd. (Japan)
N. Morita, Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan)
Toshio Murakami, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)
Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
H. Obayashi, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
I. Odagi, Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan)
Tomohisa Onishi, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
N. Ota, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Hideki Ozawa, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kunihiko Sato, Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan)
Masahiko Sugiho, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Mutsumi Sugizaki, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Koji Taguchi, Meisei Electric Co. Ltd. (Japan)
Tadahisa Tamura, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)
Y. Tanaka, Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan)
Chiharu Tanihata, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)
Yukikatsu Terada, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Yasuhiro Uchiyama, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kazutaka Yamaoka, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Atsumasa Yoshida, RIKEN--The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Japan)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 3445:
EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
Oswald H. W. Siegmund; Mark A. Gummin, Editor(s)

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