Paper 13093-54
Status of Xtend telescope onboard X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM)
19 June 2024 • 11:20 - 11:40 Japan Standard Time | Room G414/415, North - 4F
Abstract
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), an X-ray CCD camera, and the X-ray Mirror Assembly (XMA), a thin-foil-nested conically approximated Wolter-I optics. Before the launch of XRISM, we conducted a month-long spacecraft thermal vacuum test. The performance verification of the SXI was successfully carried out in a course of multiple thermal cycles of the spacecraft. About a month after the launch of XRISM, the SXI has been carefully activated and the soundness of its functionality has been checked by a step-by-step process. We here review these pre- and post-launch status of Xtend. A few initial results verifying the Xtend performance will be also presented.
Presenter
Koji Mori
Univ. of Miyazaki (Japan)
Koji Mori received his BS and MS degrees in physics and his PhD in science from Osaka University in 1997, 1999, and 2002, respectively. He is a professor at University of Miyazaki and also a specially appointed professor at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). He is the principal investigator of the Xtend telescope onboard the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM).