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Development of a micro-satellite TSUBAME for X-ray polarimetry of GRBs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2012

Yoichi Yatsu ,
Mayumi Hayashi ,
Kousuke Kawakami ,
Kazuki Tokoyoda ,
Takahiro Enomoto ,
Takahiro Toizumi ,
Nobuyuki Kawai ,
Kazuya Ishizaka ,
Azusa Muta  and
Hiroyuki Morishita
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Yoichi Yatsu
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oookayama Meguro Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan email: yatsu@hp.phys.titech.ac.jp
Mayumi Hayashi
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oookayama Meguro Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan email: yatsu@hp.phys.titech.ac.jp
Kousuke Kawakami
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oookayama Meguro Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan email: yatsu@hp.phys.titech.ac.jp
Kazuki Tokoyoda
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oookayama Meguro Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan email: yatsu@hp.phys.titech.ac.jp
Takahiro Enomoto
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oookayama Meguro Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan email: yatsu@hp.phys.titech.ac.jp
Takahiro Toizumi
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oookayama Meguro Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan email: yatsu@hp.phys.titech.ac.jp
Nobuyuki Kawai
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Oookayama Meguro Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan email: yatsu@hp.phys.titech.ac.jp
Kazuya Ishizaka
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Azusa Muta
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Hiroyuki Morishita
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Saburo Matsunaga
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Dept. of Space Structure and Materials, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan
Takeshi Nakamori
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan
Jun Kataoka
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan
Shin Kubo
Affiliation:
CLEAR PULSE CO., LTD., Japan
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Abstract

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Hard X-ray polarization is believed to be one of the most promising methods to investigate the physical processes just around the central engines by constraining the magnetic environment. For this purpose we are now developing a compact and highly sensitive hard X-ray polarimeter aboard a university class micro-satellite “TSUBAME”. We are now developing the flight model of the satellite aiming for the launch in late 2012 from Russia.

Keywords

GRBsPolarimetrymicro-satellite
Type
Poster Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S279: Death of Massive Stars: Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts , April 2011 , pp. 423 - 424
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

References

Yatsu, Y., Enomoto, T., Kawakami, K., Tokoyoda, K., Toizumi, T., Kawaia, N., Ishizaka, K., Matsunaga, S., Nakamori, T., Kataoka, J., & Kubo, S. 2011, SPIE, Volume 8145, pp. 814508-814508-11Google Scholar
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