Paper 13093-76
Paper 13093-76
The wide-field x-ray monitor (WFXM) on the HiZ-GUNDAM mission
20 June 2024 • 14:00 - 14:20 Japan Standard Time | Room G414/415, North - 4F
Abstract
The HiZ-GUNDAM mission is one of the candidates for the JAXA’s competitive M-class missions. HiZ-GUNDAM revolutionizes our understanding of the high redshift universe and promotes multi-messenger astronomy. Combining a highly sensitive wide-field X-ray monitor, a near-infrared telescope, and autonomous spacecraft slew capability makes a powerful machine to hunt interesting X-ray transients and immediately identify their counterparts in near-infrared. The Wide Field X-ray Monitor (WFXM) is the main instrument to search for the transients in the soft X-ray band. WFXM comprises lobster-eye optics (LEO) and pnCCD as an X-ray imager. LEO has a size of 40 mm x 40 mm and a radius of curvature of 600 mm. We are planning to use the LEO manufactured by Photonis Inc. One WFXM module has three by three LEOs, which cover a field of view of 12 deg x 12 deg. The current baseline design is composed of 16 modules to cover 0.7 sr sky. The candidate focal imager is the pnCCD detector by PNSensor Inc. We will present the current status and prospects of the WFXM.
Presenter
Aoyama Gakuin Univ. (Japan)
Education: Shibaura Institute of Technology, B.E. (Mechanical Engineering, 1997) Tokyo University of Science, B.S. (Physics, 1999), Tokyo University of Science, M.S. (Physics, 2001), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ph.D. (Physics, 2004)
Research: Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs): Understanding of the radiation process of a prompt and an afterglow emission of GRBs by observations of space missions. Investigation of the association of supernovae and GRBs. Using GRBs as a probe for studying a high red- shift universe. Optical coordination of γ-ray sources: Optical coordinated and follow-up observations of γ-ray blazars, GRBs and TGFs using fully automated telescopes and the wide-field monitors. Future missions: instrument PI of the wide field X-ray monitor of HiZ-GUNDAM. Detector development: Lobster-eye optics and X-ray CMOS sensor for the future wide field of view X-ray monitor.