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X-Ray Spectroscopy in the Microcalorimeter Era. II. A New Diagnostic on Column Density from the Case A to B Transition in H- and He-like Iron
Ferland, G. J.; Su, Y.; Chakraborty, P. +2 more
The Soft X-ray Spectrometer on board Hitomi, with the unprecedented resolving power of R ∼ 1250, allowed the detection of members of the Fe XXV Kα complex emission spectra from the center of the Perseus Cluster. In this paper, we introduce a novel method of measuring the column density using the optically thin (Case A) to optically thick (Case B) …
The Nonstandard Properties of a "Standard" PWN: Unveiling the Mysteries of PWN G21.5-0.9 Using Its IR and X-Ray Emission
Gelfand, Joseph D.; Temim, Tea; Slane, Patrick O. +3 more
The evolution of a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) depends on properties of the progenitor star, supernova, and surrounding environment. As some of these quantities are difficult to measure, reproducing the observed dynamical properties and spectral energy distribution (SED) with an evolutionary model is often the best approach to estimating their values…
Simple, compact, high-resolution monochromatic x-ray source for characterization of x-ray calorimeter arrays
Eckart, M. E.; Kilbourne, C. A.; Leutenegger, M. A. +6 more
X-ray calorimeters routinely achieve very high spectral resolution, typically a few eV full width at half maximum (FWHM). Measurements of calorimeter line shapes are usually dominated by the natural linewidth of most laboratory calibration sources. This compounds the data acquisition time necessary to statistically sample the instrumental line bro…
Origin of the in-orbit instrumental background of the Hard X-ray Imager onboard Hitomi
Enoto, Teruaki; Yamaoka, Kazutaka; Fukazawa, Yasushi +43 more
Understanding and reducing in-orbit instrumental backgrounds are essential to achieving high sensitivity in hard x-ray astronomical observations. The observational data of the Hard X-ray Imager (HXI) onboard the Hitomi satellite provide useful information on the background components due to its multilayer configuration with different atomic number…