X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS) on Board Suzaku
Hamaguchi, Kenji; Dotani, Tadayasu; Miller, Eric D.; Maeda, Yoshitomo; Katsuda, Satoru; Tsujimoto, Masahiro; Mori, Hideyuki; Yamaguchi, Hiroya; Koyama, Katsuji; Ricker, George R.; Awaki, Hisamitsu; Hayashida, Kiyoshi; Nakajima, Hiroshi; Matsumoto, Hironori; Bamba, Aya; Namiki, Masaaki; Tsuru, Takeshi Go; Anabuki, Naohisa; Hiraga, Junko S.; Kitamoto, Shunji; Kohmura, Takayoshi; Murakami, Hiroshi; Ozaki, Masanobu; Tsuboi, Yohko; Tsunemi, Hiroshi; Doty, John; Senda, Atsushi; Miyata, Emi; Torii, Ken'ichi; Matsuura, Daisuke; Miyauchi, Tomofumi; Bautz, Mark W.; Prigozhin, Gregory Y.; Lamarr, Beverly; Tawa, Noriaki; Ogawara, Yoshiaki; Katayama, Haruyoshi; Kissel, Steven E.; Sakano, Masaaki; Foster, Rick; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Ichikawa, Yoshinori; Boughan, Edward A.; Burke, Barry E.; Gregory, James A.; Pillsbury, Allen
Japan, United States
Abstract
The XIS is an X-ray Imaging Spectrometer system, consisting of state-of-the-art charge-coupled devices (CCDs) optimized for X-ray detection, camera bodies, and control electronics. Four sets of XIS sensors are placed at the focal planes of the grazing-incidence, nested thin-foil mirrors (XRT: X-Ray Telescope) onboard the Suzaku satellite. Three of the XIS sensors have front-illuminated CCDs, while the other has a back-illuminated CCD. Coupled with the XRT, the energy range of 0.2-12keV with energy resolution of 130eV at 5.9keV, and a field of view of 18' × 18' are realized. Since the Suzaku launch on 2005 July 10, the XIS has been functioning well.