Optical Blocking Performance of CCDs Developed for the X-ray Astronomy Satellite XRISM

We have been developing P-channel Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) for the upcoming X-ray Astronomy Satellite XRISM, planned to be launched in 2021. While the basic design of the CCD camera (Soft X-ray Imager: SXI) is almost the same as that of the lost Hitomi (ASTRO-H) observatory, we are planning to...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2020-07
Hauptverfasser: Uchida, Hiroyuki, Tanaka, Takaaki, Amano, Yuki, Okon, Hiromichi, Tsuru, Takeshi G, Noda, Hirofumi, Hayashida, Kiyoshi, Matsumoto, Hironori, Hanaoka, Maho, Yoneyama, Tomokage, Okazaki, Koki, Asakura, Kazunori, Sakuma, Shotaro, Hattori, Kengo, Ishikura, Ayami, Nakajima, Hiroshi, Saito, Mariko, Nobukawa, Kumiko K, Tomida, Hiroshi, Kanemaru, Yoshiaki, Sato, Jin, Takaki, Toshiyuki, Terada, Yuta, Mori, Koji, Kashimura, Hikari, Kohmura, Takayoshi, Hagino, Kouichi, Murakami, Hiroshi, Kobayashi, Shogo B, Nishioka, Yusuke, Yamauchi, Makoto, Hatsukade, Isamu, Sako, Takashi, Nobukawa, Masayoshi, Urabe, Yukino, Hiraga, Junko S, Uchiyama, Hideki, Yamaoka, Kazutaka, Ozaki, Masanobu, Dotani, Tadayasu, Tsunemi, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Hisanori, Takagi, Shin-ichiro, Sugimoto, Kenichi, Atsumi, Sho, Tanaka, Fumiya
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Zusammenfassung:We have been developing P-channel Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) for the upcoming X-ray Astronomy Satellite XRISM, planned to be launched in 2021. While the basic design of the CCD camera (Soft X-ray Imager: SXI) is almost the same as that of the lost Hitomi (ASTRO-H) observatory, we are planning to reduce the "light leakages" that is one of the largest problems recognized in Hitomi data. We adopted a double-layer optical blocking layer on the XRISM CCDs and also added an extra aluminum layer on the backside of them. We develop a newly designed test sample CCD and irradiate it with optical light to evaluate the optical blocking performance. As a result, light leakages are effectively reduced compared with that of the Hitomi CCDs. We thus conclude that the issue is solved by the new design and that the XRISM CCDs satisfy the mission requirement for the SXI.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2007.07608