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Paper Abstract
MeV and sub-MeV energy band from ~200 keV to ~2 MeV contains rich information of high-energy phenomena
in the universe. The CAST (Compton Telescope for Astro and Solar Terrestrial) mission is planned to be launched
at the end of 2010s, and aims at providing all-sky map in this energy-band for the first time. It is made of a
semiconductor Compton telescope utilizing Si as a scatterer and CdTe as an absorber. CAST provides allsky
sub-MeV polarization map for the first time, as well. The Compton telescope technology is based on the
design used in the Soft Gamma-ray Detector (SGD) onboard ASTRO-H, characterized by its tightly stacked
semiconductor layers to obtain high Compton reconstruction efficiency. The CAST mission is currently planned
as a candidate for the small scientific satellite series in ISAS/JAXA, weighting about 500 kg in total. Scalable
detector design enables us to consider other options as well. Scientific outcome of CAST is wide. It will provide
new information from high-energy sources, such as AGN and/or its jets, supernova remnants, magnetors, blackhole
and neutron-star binaries and others. Polarization map will tell us about activities of jets and reflections in
these sources, as well. In addition, CAST will simultaneously observe the Sun, and depending on its attitude,
the Earth.
Paper Details
Date Published: 17 September 2012
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 84430E (17 September 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.926164
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8443:
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Tadayuki Takahashi; Stephen S. Murray; Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Editor(s)
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 84430E (17 September 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.926164
Show Author Affiliations
Kazuhiro Nakazawa, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Tadayuki Takahashi, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Yuto Ichinohe, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Shin'ichiro Takeda, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Hiroyasu Tajima, Nagoya Univ. (Japan)
Tuneyoshi Kamae, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Motohide Kokubun, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Takeshi Takashima, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Makoto Tashiro, Saitama Univ. (Japan)
Tadayuki Takahashi, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Yuto Ichinohe, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Shin'ichiro Takeda, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Hiroyasu Tajima, Nagoya Univ. (Japan)
Tuneyoshi Kamae, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Motohide Kokubun, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Takeshi Takashima, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Makoto Tashiro, Saitama Univ. (Japan)
Toru Tamagawa, High-Energy Astrophysics Lab., RIKEN (Japan)
Yukikatsu Terada, Saitama Univ. (Japan)
Masaharu Nomachi, Osaka Univ. (Japan)
Yasushi Fukazawa, Hiroshima Univ. (Japan)
Kazuo Makishima, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Tsunefumi Mizuno, Space Sciences Ctr., Hiroshima Univ. (Japan)
Takefumi Mitani, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Tetsuo Yoshimitsu, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Shin Watanabe, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Yukikatsu Terada, Saitama Univ. (Japan)
Masaharu Nomachi, Osaka Univ. (Japan)
Yasushi Fukazawa, Hiroshima Univ. (Japan)
Kazuo Makishima, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Tsunefumi Mizuno, Space Sciences Ctr., Hiroshima Univ. (Japan)
Takefumi Mitani, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Tetsuo Yoshimitsu, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Shin Watanabe, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8443:
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Tadayuki Takahashi; Stephen S. Murray; Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Editor(s)
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