Shogo B. Kobayashi - In-orbit performance of the Xtend-XMA onboard

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Keisuke Tamura, T. Hayashi, R. Boissay-Malaquin, T. Okajima, Toshiki Sato, M. Eckart, M. Leutenegger, T. Yaqoob, K. Mori, Manabu Ishida, Y. Maeda, H. Tomida, Hiroshi Nakajima, H. Noda, H. Uchida, Hiromasa Suzuki, S. Kobayashi, T. Yoneyama, Kouichi Hagino, K. Nobukawa, Takaaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Murakami, H. Uchiyama, M. Nobukawa, Tessei Yoshida, Hironori Matsumoto, T. Tsuru, M. Yamauchi, I. Hatsukade, H. Odaka, T. Kohmura, K. Yamaoka, Y. Kanemaru, J. Hiraga, T. Dotani, M. Ozaki, H. Tsunemi, Keitaro Miyazaki, Kohei Kusunoki, Yoshinori Otsuka, Haruhiko Yokosu, Wakana Yonematsu, Kazuhiro Ichikawa, Hanako Nakano, Reo Takemoto, Tsukasa Matsushima, Yoh Asahina, Masahiro Fukuda, M. Yoshimoto, Kohei Shima, Mio Aoyagi, Y. Aoki, Yamato Ito, Daiki Aoki, Kaito Fujisawa, Yasuyuki Shimizu, Mayu Higuchi, A. Simionescu, Eric D. Miller, L. Brenneman, K. Hayashida
Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024

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Tamura, K., Hayashi, T., Boissay-Malaquin, R., Okajima, T., Sato, T., Eckart, M., … Hayashida, K. (2024). In-orbit performance of the Xtend-XMA onboard XRISM. Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation.

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Tamura, Keisuke, T. Hayashi, R. Boissay-Malaquin, T. Okajima, Toshiki Sato, M. Eckart, M. Leutenegger, et al. “In-Orbit Performance of the Xtend-XMA Onboard XRISM.” Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation (2024).

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Tamura, Keisuke, et al. “In-Orbit Performance of the Xtend-XMA Onboard XRISM.” Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024.

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@article{keisuke2024a,
  title = {In-orbit performance of the Xtend-XMA onboard XRISM},
  year = {2024},
  journal = {Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation},
  author = {Tamura, Keisuke and Hayashi, T. and Boissay-Malaquin, R. and Okajima, T. and Sato, Toshiki and Eckart, M. and Leutenegger, M. and Yaqoob, T. and Mori, K. and Ishida, Manabu and Maeda, Y. and Tomida, H. and Nakajima, Hiroshi and Noda, H. and Uchida, H. and Suzuki, Hiromasa and Kobayashi, S. and Yoneyama, T. and Hagino, Kouichi and Nobukawa, K. and Tanaka, Takaaki and Murakami, Hiroshi and Uchiyama, H. and Nobukawa, M. and Yoshida, Tessei and Matsumoto, Hironori and Tsuru, T. and Yamauchi, M. and Hatsukade, I. and Odaka, H. and Kohmura, T. and Yamaoka, K. and Kanemaru, Y. and Hiraga, J. and Dotani, T. and Ozaki, M. and Tsunemi, H. and Miyazaki, Keitaro and Kusunoki, Kohei and Otsuka, Yoshinori and Yokosu, Haruhiko and Yonematsu, Wakana and Ichikawa, Kazuhiro and Nakano, Hanako and Takemoto, Reo and Matsushima, Tsukasa and Asahina, Yoh and Fukuda, Masahiro and Yoshimoto, M. and Shima, Kohei and Aoyagi, Mio and Aoki, Y. and Ito, Yamato and Aoki, Daiki and Fujisawa, Kaito and Shimizu, Yasuyuki and Higuchi, Mayu and Simionescu, A. and Miller, Eric D. and Brenneman, L. and Hayashida, K.}
}

Abstract

XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) is an X-ray astronomy satellite developed in collaboration with JAXA, NASA and ESA. It successfully launched on Sept. 7, 2023. Two complementary X-ray telescopes, Resolve and Xtend are on-board XRISM. Resolve uses the pixelized X-ray micro calorimeter developed by NASA/GSFC and has very high energy resolution of 5 eV. On the other hand, Xtend uses an X-ray CCD camera as its focal plane detector which has high spatial resolution and a wide field of view. We evaluated the performance of the X-ray Mirror Assembly (XMA) for Xtend using data observed during the commissioning and PV phases of XRISM. To verify the imaging performance, the Point Spread Functions (PSF) generated from the observations of NGC 4151 and PDS 456 were compared with the ground-calibration results. The results show that the imaging performance of Xtend-XMA is not significantly different from that of the ground calibration, and that it meet the requirement. The effective area was verified by comparing the results of simultaneous observations of 3C 273 by XRISM and four X-ray astronomy satellites (Chandra, XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and Swift). The results of the fitting of the X-ray spectrum of Xtend show no significant difference from the results of other satellites, suggesting the effective area used for fitting is correct. The on-axis position on the detector was estimated from the intensity of the Abell 2029 observations at four off-axis angles. The on-axis is about 40 arcsec away from the aim point, and the decrease in effective area at the aim point is less than 1%. Stray light observations of the Crab Nebula at 60 arcmin off-axis were obtained at two different satellite roll angles. The stray light intensity obtained at each roll angle was significantly different, verifying the dependence of the stray light on the roll angle.