Status of resolve instrument onboard X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM)

Yoshitaka Ishisaki; Richard L. Kelley; Hisamitsu Awaki; Jesus C. Balleza; Kim R. Barnstable; Thomas G. Bialas; Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin; Gregory V. Brown; Edgar R. Canavan; Renata S. Cumbee; Timothy M. Carnahan; Meng P. Chiao; Brian J. Comber; Elisa Costantini; Jan-Willem den Herder; Johannes Dercksen; Cor P. de Vries; Michael J. DiPirro; Megan E. Eckart; Yuichiro Ezoe; Carlo Ferrigno; Ryuichi Fujimoto; Nathalie Gorter; Steven M. Graham; Martin Grim; Leslie S. Hartz; Ryota Hayakawa; Takayuki Hayashi; Natalie Hell; Akio Hoshino; Yuto Ichinohe; Manabu Ishida; Kumi Ishikawa; Bryan L. James; Steven J. Kenyon; Caroline A. Kilbourne; Mark O. Kimball; Shunji Kitamoto; Maurice A. Leutenegger; Yoshitomo Maeda; Dan McCammon; Joseph J. Miko; Misaki Mizumoto; Takashi Okajima; Atsushi Okamoto; Stephane Paltani; Frederick S. Porter; Kosuke Sato; Toshiki Sato; Makoto Sawada; Keisuke Shinozaki; Russell Shipman; Peter J. Shirron; Gary A. Sneiderman; Yang Soong; Richard Szymkiewicz; Andrew E. Szymkowiak; Yoh Takei; Keisuke Tamura; Masahiro Tsujimoto; Yuusuke Uchida; Stephen Wasserzug; Michael C. Witthoeft; Rob Wolfs; Shinya Yamada; Susumu Yasuda

doi:10.1117/12.2630654

31 August 2022 Status of resolve instrument onboard X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM)

Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard L. Kelley, Hisamitsu Awaki, Jesus C. Balleza, Kim R. Barnstable, Thomas G. Bialas, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Gregory V. Brown, Edgar R. Canavan, Renata S. Cumbee, Timothy M. Carnahan, Meng P. Chiao, Brian J. Comber, Elisa Costantini, Jan-Willem den Herder, Johannes Dercksen, Cor P. de Vries, Michael J. DiPirro, Megan E. Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Nathalie Gorter, Steven M. Graham, Martin Grim, Leslie S. Hartz, Ryota Hayakawa, Takayuki Hayashi, Natalie Hell, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Bryan L. James, Steven J. Kenyon, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Mark O. Kimball, Shunji Kitamoto, Maurice A. Leutenegger, Yoshitomo Maeda, Dan McCammon, Joseph J. Miko, Misaki Mizumoto, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Stephane Paltani, Frederick S. Porter, Kosuke Sato, Toshiki Sato, Makoto Sawada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Russell Shipman, Peter J. Shirron, Gary A. Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Richard Szymkiewicz, Andrew E. Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Keisuke Tamura, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Yuusuke Uchida, Stephen Wasserzug, Michael C. Witthoeft, Rob Wolfs, Shinya Yamada, Susumu Yasuda

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Proceedings Volume 12181, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 121811S (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630654
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Abstract

The resolve instrument onboard the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) consists of an array of 6 × 6 silicon-thermistor microcalorimeters cooled down to 50 mK and a high-throughput x-ray mirror assembly (XMA) with a focal length of 5.6 m. XRISM is a recovery mission of ASTRO-H/Hitomi, and the Resolve instrument is a rebuild of the ASTRO-H soft x-ray spectrometer (SXS) and the Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) that achieved energy resolution of ∼5 eV FWHM on orbit, with several important changes based on lessons learned from ASTRO-H. The flight models of the Dewar and the electronics boxes were fabricated and the instrument test and calibration were conducted in 2021. By tuning the cryocooler frequencies, energy resolution better than 4.9 eV FWHM at 6 keV was demonstrated for all 36 pixels and high resolution grade events, as well as energy-scale accuracy better than 2 eV up to 30 keV. The immunity of the detectors to microvibration, electrical conduction, and radiation was evaluated. The instrument was delivered to the spacecraft system in 2022-04 and is under the spacecraft system testing as of writing. The XMA was tested and calibrated separately. Its angular resolution is 1.27′ and the effective area of the mirror itself is 570 cm² at 1 keV and 424 cm² at 6 keV. We report the design and the major changes from the ASTRO-H SXS, the integration, and the results of the instrument test.

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Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard L. Kelley, Hisamitsu Awaki, Jesus C. Balleza, Kim R. Barnstable, Thomas G. Bialas, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Gregory V. Brown, Edgar R. Canavan, Renata S. Cumbee, Timothy M. Carnahan, Meng P. Chiao, Brian J. Comber, Elisa Costantini, Jan-Willem den Herder, Johannes Dercksen, Cor P. de Vries, Michael J. DiPirro, Megan E. Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Nathalie Gorter, Steven M. Graham, Martin Grim, Leslie S. Hartz, Ryota Hayakawa, Takayuki Hayashi, Natalie Hell, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Bryan L. James, Steven J. Kenyon, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Mark O. Kimball, Shunji Kitamoto, Maurice A. Leutenegger, Yoshitomo Maeda, Dan McCammon, Joseph J. Miko, Misaki Mizumoto, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Stephane Paltani, Frederick S. Porter, Kosuke Sato, Toshiki Sato, Makoto Sawada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Russell Shipman, Peter J. Shirron, Gary A. Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Richard Szymkiewicz, Andrew E. Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Keisuke Tamura, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Yuusuke Uchida, Stephen Wasserzug, Michael C. Witthoeft, Rob Wolfs, Shinya Yamada, and Susumu Yasuda "Status of resolve instrument onboard X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM)", Proc. SPIE 12181, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 121811S (31 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630654

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