The wide-field x-ray monitor (WFXM) on the HiZ-GUNDAM mission

Takanori Sakamoto; Daisuke Yonetoku; Akihiro Doi; Hideo Matsuhara; Tatehiro Mihara; Makoto Arimoto; Tatsuya Sawano; Shuichi Gunji; Junko Hiraga

doi:10.1117/12.3018771

21 August 2024 The wide-field x-ray monitor (WFXM) on the HiZ-GUNDAM mission

Takanori Sakamoto, Daisuke Yonetoku, Akihiro Doi, Hideo Matsuhara, Tatehiro Mihara, Makoto Arimoto, Tatsuya Sawano, Shuichi Gunji, Junko Hiraga

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Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 1309321 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018771
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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.

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Takanori Sakamoto, Daisuke Yonetoku, Akihiro Doi, Hideo Matsuhara, Tatehiro Mihara, Makoto Arimoto, Tatsuya Sawano, Shuichi Gunji, and Junko Hiraga "The wide-field x-ray monitor (WFXM) on the HiZ-GUNDAM mission", Proc. SPIE 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 1309321 (21 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018771

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