Dr. Michael J. DiPirro Profile

Dr. Michael J. DiPirro

Aerospace Engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr

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Publications (91)

Proceedings Article | 26 August 2024 Presentation

Cryogenic system of far-infrared spectroscopy space telescope (Conference Presentation)

Yongsu Kim, David Glaister, Ryan Taylor, Michael DiPirro

Proceedings Volume 13100, 131002V (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019376

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

The continuous adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator for the probe far-infrared mission for astrophyiscs (PRIMA)

Michael DiPirro, Peter Shirron, Amir Jahromi, Mark Kimball, Shuvo Mustafi, Weibo Chen, Brad Moore

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130923A (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020300

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Magnetism, Heatsinks, Superconductors, Temperature control, Modeling, Design, Cryocoolers, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

The Black Hole Explorer cryocooling instrument

Hannah Rana, Kazunori Akiyama, Edgar Canavan, Michael DiPirro, Mark Freeman, Peter Galison, Paul Grimes, Mareki Honma, Janice Houston, Michael Johnson, Mark Kimball, Daniel Marrone, Edward Tong

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130926U (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019449

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Equipment, Design, Receivers, Cryogenics, Space operations, Vibration, James Webb Space Telescope, Quantum receivers, Aerospace engineering

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The Black Hole Explorer is a space-based very-long baseline interferometry (VLBI) mission that will seek to perform precision black hole measurements, detect the photon ring around a black hole, explore the spacetime, spin, and mass properties of black holes, and attempt to experimentally validate predictions of General Relativity. These ambitious goals are achieved through the use of cryogenic receivers offering quantum-limited sensitivities across a wide frequency coverage. The dual-band receivers at 80-106 GHz and 240-320 GHz require 20 K and 4.5 K operating temperatures, respectively. To reach this, the planned cryocooling system will include two cold stages; a 20 K stage which must lift a heat load of approximately 125 mW and a 4.5 K stage lifting 10 mW of heat load. A survey of 4 K cryocooler development for spaceflight is explored in order to baseline the cryocooling system design for BHEX and leverage existing technology in the space industry at high TRLs. Notable space missions of relevance include Planck, JEM/SMILES, Hitomi, XRISM, and the advancement of US cryocoolers in this temperature range thanks to the ACTDP/JWST. Integration of the cryocooler with the receivers and broader instrument requires careful consideration, as it influences the instrument operation and thermal challenges. The latter includes thermally linking the cold ends of each cooling stage whilst minimising heat losses and ensuring adequate passive cooling for the cryocooler warm end heat rejection. Moreover, the challenges and trade-offs in sizing the mass and reducing the power consumption are explored: varying modes of operation in conjunction with other key instrument subsystems, the receiver cold temperature requirements, which in turn influence the scientific objectives of the mission, and mitigating the mission critical risks of the system. Overall, this paper presents an overview of cooling needs, initial design considerations, a survey of 4 K spaceflight cryocooler developments and current progress, and balancing scientific requirements of the instrument with the limitations of technical cryocooling capabilities, within the framework of a small-class (SMEX) space mission aiming to achieve breakthrough goals in experimental black hole physics.

Proceedings Article | 22 August 2024 Presentation

Initial in-orbit operation of the soft x-ray spectrometer Resolve onboard the XRISM satellite

Yoshitomo Maeda, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Hisamitsu Awaki, Jesus Balleza, Kim Barnstable, Thomas Bialas, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Gregory Brown, Edgar Canavan, Timothy Carnahan, Meng Chiao, Brian Comber, Elisa Costantini, Renata Cumbee, Jan-Willem den Herder, Johannes Dercksen, Cor de Vries, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Nathalie Gorter, Steven Graham, Martin Grim, Leslie Hartz, Ryota Hayakawa, Takayuki Hayashi, Natalie Hell, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Daiki Ishi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Bryan James, Yoshiaki Kanemaru, Richard Kelley, Steve Kenyon, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Shunji Kitamoto, Maurice Leutenegger, Dan McCammon, Brian McLaughlin, Joseph Miko, Erik van der Meer, Misaki Mizumoto, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Stéphane Paltani, Frederick Porter, Lillian Reichenthal, Kosuke Sato, Toshiki Sato, Yoichi Sato, Makoto Sawada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Russell Shipman, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Soong Yang, Richard Szymkiewicz, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Mai Takeo, Tsubasa Tamba, Keisuke Tamura, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Yuusuke Uchida, Stephen Wasserzug, Michael Witthoeft, Rob Wolfs, Shinya Yamada, Susumu Yasuda

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130931H (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013008

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Proceedings Article | 22 August 2024 Presentation

Overview and inflight performance of the resolve high-resolution soft X-Ray spectrometer on the X-Ray imaging and spectroscopy mission

Richard Kelley, Hisamitsu Awaki, Jesus Balleza, Kim Barnstable, Thomas Bialas, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Gregory Brown, Edgar Canavan, Timothy Carnahan, Meng Chiao, Brian Comber, Elisa Costantini, Renata Cumbee, Jan-Willem den Herder, Johannes Dercksen, Cor de Vries, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Nathalie Gorter, Steven Graham, Martin Grim, Leslie Hartz, Ryota Hayakawa, Takayuki Hayashi, Natalie Hell, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Daiki Ishi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Bryan James, Yoshiaki Kanemaru, Steven Kenyon, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Shunji Kitamoto, Maurice Leutenegger, Yoshitomo Maeda, Dan McCammon, Brian McLaughlin, Joseph Miko, Erik van der Meer, Misaki Mizumoto, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Stéphane Paltani, Frederick Porter, Lillian Reichenthal, Kosuke Sato, Toshiki Sato, Yoichi Sato, Makoto Sawada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Russell Shipman, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Soong Yang, Richard Szymkiewicz, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Mai Takeo, Tsubasa Tamba, Keisuke Tamura, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Yuusuke Uchida, Stephen Wasserzug, Michael Witthoeft, Rob Wolfs, Shinya Yamada, Susumu Yasuda

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130931J (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017731

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Development and operation status of X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM)

Makoto Tashiro, Shin Watanabe, Hironori Maejima, Kenichi Toda, Kyoko Matsushita, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Richard Kelley, Lillian Reichenthal, Leslie Hartz, Robert Petre, Brian Williams, Matteo Guainazzi, Andrea Santovincenzo, Elisa Costantini, Yoh Takei, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Joy Henegar-Leon, Gary Sneiderman, Hiroshi Tomida, Koji Mori, Hiroshi Nakajima, Yukikatsu Terada, Matt Holland, Micheal Loewenstein, Timothy Kallman, Jelle Kaastra, Eric Miller, Makoto Sawada, Chris Done, Teruaki Enoto, Aya Bamba, Paul Plucinsky, Yoshihiro Ueda, Erin Kara, Irina Zhuravleva, Yutaka Fujita, Jose Antonio Querro, Yoshitaka Arai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Chris Baluta, Nobutaka Bando, Ehud Behar, Thomas Bialas, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Laura Brenneman, Gregory Brown, Meng Chiao, Lia Corrales, Renata Cumbee, Cor de Vries, Jan-Willem den Herder, Maria Diaz-Trigo, Michael DiPirro, Tadayasu Dotani, Jacobo Ebrero Carrero, Ken Ebisawa, Megan Eckart, Dominique Eckart, Satoshi Eguchi, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kotaro Fukushima, Akihiro Furuzawa, Luigi Gallo, Nathalie Gorter, Martin Grim, Liyi Gu, Koichi Hagino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Takayuki Hayashi, Natalie Hell, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Takafumi Horiuchi, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Chisato Ikuta, Ryo Iizuka, Daiki Ishi, Manabu Ishida, Naoki Ishihama, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Tess Jaffe, Satoru Katsuda, Yoshiaki Kanemaru, Steven Kenyon, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Shunji Kitamoto, Shogo Kobayashi, Akihide Kobayashi, Takayoshi Kohmura, Aya Kubota, Maurice Leutenegger, Muzi Li, Yoshitomo Maeda, Maxim Markevitch, Hironori Matsumoto, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Dan McCammon, Brian McLaughlin, Brian McNamara, Joseph Miko, Jon Miller, Kenji Minesugi, Shinji Mitani, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Misaki Mizumoto, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Chikara Natsukari, Jan-Uwe Ness, Kenichiro Nigo, Mari Nishiyama, Kumiko Nobukawa, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Mina Ogawa, Shoji Ogawa, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Stephane Paltani, F. Scott Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Takahiro Sasaki, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Toshiki Sato, Yoichi Sato, Hiromi Seta, Maki Shida, Megumi Shidatsu, Shuhei Shigeto, Russel Shipman, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Randall Smith, Yang Soong, Hiromasa Suzuki, Andy Szymkowiak, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Mai Takeo, Toru Tamagawa, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Atsushi Tanimoto, Yuichi Terashima, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Nagomi Uchida, Yuusuke Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Shinichiro Uno, Erik Van der Meer, Jacco Vink, Michael Wittheof, Rob Wolfs, Satoshi Yamada, Shinya Yamada, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Keiichi Yanagase, Tahir Yaqoob, Susumu Yasuda, Tomokage Yoneyama, Tessei Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130931G (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019325

KEYWORDS: Space operations, X-rays, Physics, X-ray imaging, Calibration, X-ray astronomy, Vacuum, Equipment, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Pre- and post-launch operation of the soft x-ray spectrometer Resolve on board the XRISM satellite

Kosuke Sato, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard Kelley, Hisamitsu Awaki, Jesus Balleza, Kim Barnstable, Thomas Bialas, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Gregory Brown, Edgar Canavan, Renata Cumbee, Timothy Carnahan, Meng Chiao, Brian Comber, Elisa Costantini, Jan-Willem den Herder, Johannes Dercksen, Cor de Vries, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Nathalie Gorter, Steven Graham, Martin Grim, Leslie Hartz, Ryota Hayakawa, Takayuki Hayashi, Natalie Hell, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Daiki Ishi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Bryan James, Yoshiaki Kanemaru, Steven Kenyon, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Shunji Kitamoto, Maurice Leutenegger, Yoshitomo Maeda, Dan McCammon, Brian McLaughlin, Joseph Miko, Erik van der Meer, Misaki Mizumoto, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Stéphane Paltani, Frederick Porter, Lillian Reichenthal, Toshiki Sato, Yoichi Sato, Makoto Sawada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Russell Shipman, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Richard Szymkiewicz, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Mai Takeo, Tsubasa Tamba, Keisuke Tamura, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Yuusuke Uchida, Stephen Wasserzug, Michael Witthoeft, Rob Wolfs, Shinya Yamada, Susumu Yasuda, Seiji Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309362 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019327

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Rockets, Space operations, X-rays, Satellites, Sensors, Porosity, Physics, Liquids, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

On-orbit performance of the Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator on XRISM

Peter Shirron, Mark Kimball, Richard Ottens, Bryan James, Edgar Canavan, Michael DiPirro, Thomas Bialas, Gary Sneiderman, Caroline Kilbourne, Frederick Porter, Richard Kelley, Kim Barnstable, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yoh Takei, Seiji Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309360 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018962

KEYWORDS: Helium, Sensors, Liquids, Cryocoolers, Magnetism, Equipment, Cryogenics, Temperature metrology, Detector arrays, Design

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Design and performance of the Hitomi/XRISM Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator Controller

Meng Chiao, Thomas Bialas, Knute Ray, Michael DiPirro, Caroline Kilbourne, Frederick Porter, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309361 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019007

KEYWORDS: Thermal stability, Space operations, Equipment, Design

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Measuring the liquid helium volume on XRISM and predicting the liquid lifetime

Michael DiPirro, Peter Shirron, Seiji Yoshida, Kumi Ishikawa, Ryuichi Fujimoto

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309368 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020229

KEYWORDS: Helium, Liquids, Sensors, Cryocoolers, Cryogenics, Thermal modeling, Heatsinks

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Transition edge sensor arrays for future FIR space missions

Johannes Staguhn, Elmer Sharp, Ari Brown, Archana Devasia, William Doriese, Malcolm Durkin, Dale Fixsen, Suzanne Staggs, Felipe Colazo Petit, Kevin Denis, Mike DiPirro, Shannon Duff, Jason Glenn, Bert Harrop, Stephen Maher, Vilem Mikula, Peter Nagler, Edward Wollack

Proceedings Volume 13102, 131020B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019128

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Detector arrays, Design, Multiplexers, Space operations, Cryogenics, Equipment, Indium, Far infrared, Detector development

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SPIE Journal Paper | 19 October 2023 Open Access

Line emission mapper microcalorimeter spectrometer

Simon Bandler, Joseph Adams, Edward Amatucci, Edgar Canavan, James Chervenak, Renata Cumbee, Johannes P. Dercksen, Michael DiPirro, William Doriese, Megan Eckart, Manuel Gonzalez, Janice Houston, Brian Jackson, Amir Jahromi, Steven Kenyon, Caroline Kilbourne, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Ralph Kraft, Xiaoyi Li, Maxim Markevitch, Dan McCammon, Jeffrey Olson, Elizabeth Osborne, Kazuhiro Sakai, Daniel Patnaude, Frederick Porter, Damien Prêle, Peter Shirron, Stephen Smith, Terrence Smith, Nicholas Wakeham, Henk van Weers

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 04, 041002, (October 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.4.041002

KEYWORDS: Tunable filters, Design, Sensors, Time division multiplexing, X-rays, Staring arrays, Cryocoolers, Spectroscopy, Equipment, Detector arrays

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Proceedings Article | 10 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

PRIMA space telescope cryocooling system

Weibo Chen, Bradley Moore, Michael DiPirro, Peter Shirron, Michael Petach

Proceedings Volume 12687, 1268705 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2675697

KEYWORDS: Cryogenics, Design and modelling, Telescopes, Thermal analysis, Cryocoolers

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Status of resolve instrument onboard X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM)

Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard Kelley, Hisamitsu Awaki, Jesus Balleza, Kim Barnstable, Thomas Bialas, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Gregory Brown, Edgar Canavan, Renata Cumbee, Timothy Carnahan, Meng Chiao, Brian Comber, Elisa Costantini, Jan-Willem den Herder, Johannes Dercksen, Cor de Vries, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Nathalie Gorter, Steven Graham, Martin Grim, Leslie Hartz, Ryota Hayakawa, Takayuki Hayashi, Natalie Hell, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Bryan James, Steven Kenyon, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Shunji Kitamoto, Maurice Leutenegger, Yoshitomo Maeda, Dan McCammon, Joseph Miko, Misaki Mizumoto, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Stephane Paltani, Frederick Porter, Kosuke Sato, Toshiki Sato, Makoto Sawada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Russell Shipman, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Richard Szymkiewicz, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Keisuke Tamura, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Yuusuke Uchida, Stephen Wasserzug, Michael Witthoeft, Rob Wolfs, Shinya Yamada, Susumu Yasuda

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121811S (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630654

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Space operations, Helium, Cryocoolers, Calibration, Optical filters, Sensor performance, X-ray detectors, Signal processing

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SPIE Journal Paper | 25 March 2021 Open Access

On the advancements of digital signal processing hardware and algorithms enabling the Origins Space Telescope

Damon Bradley, Tracee Jamison-Hooks, Johannes Staguhn, Edward Amatucci, Tyler Browning, Michael DiPirro, David Leisawitz, Ruth Carter

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011018, (March 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011018

KEYWORDS: Signal processing, Sensors, Signal detection, Digital signal processing, Field programmable gate arrays, Electronics, Resonators, Filtering (signal processing), Data conversion, Detector arrays

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SPIE Journal Paper | 23 March 2021 Open Access

Far-infrared imager and polarimeter for the Origins Space Telescope

Johannes Staguhn, Edward Amatucci, Damon Bradley, David Chuss, James Corsetti, Mike DiPirro, Dale Fixsen, Joseph Howard, David Leisawitz, S. Harvey Moseley, Margaret Meixner, Alexandra Pope, Joaquin Vieira, Edward Wollack, the Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Team

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011016, (March 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011016

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Space telescopes, Polarimetry, Imaging systems, Observatories, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Signal processing, Mirrors, Microwave radiation

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SPIE Journal Paper | 13 March 2021 Open Access

Origins Space Telescope: trades and decisions leading to the baseline mission concept

David Leisawitz, Edward Amatucci, Lynn Allen, Jonathan Arenberg, Lee Armus, Cara Battersby, James Bauer, Ray Bell, Dominic Benford, Edwin Bergin, Jeffrey Booth, Charles Bradford, Damon Bradley, Sean Carey, Ruth Carter, Asantha Cooray, James Corsetti, Larry Dewell, Michael DiPirro, Bret Drake, Matthew East, Kimberly Ennico, Greg Feller, Angel Flores, Jonathan Fortney, Zachary Granger, Thomas Greene, Joseph Howard, Tiffany Kataria, John Knight, Charles Lawrence, Paul Lightsey, John Mather, Margaret Meixner, Gary Melnick, Craig McMurtry, Stefanie Milam, Samuel Moseley, Desika Narayanan, Alison Nordt, Deborah Padgett, Klaus Pontoppidan, Alexandra Pope, Gerard Rafanelli, David Redding, George Rieke, Thomas Roellig, Itsuki Sakon, Carly Sandin, Karin Sandstrom, Anita Sengupta, Kartik Sheth, Lawrence Sokolsky, Johannes Staguhn, John Steeves, Kevin Stevenson, Kate Su, Joaquin Vieira, Cassandra Webster, Martina Wiedner, Edward Wright, Chi Wu, David Yanatsis, Jonas Zmuidzinas, the Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Team

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011014, (March 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011014

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, Mirrors, Optical instrument design, Astronomy, Space operations, Cryogenics, Aerospace engineering, Cryocoolers

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SPIE Journal Paper | 11 March 2021 Open Access

Origins Survey Spectrometer: revealing the hearts of distant galaxies and forming planetary systems with far-IR spectroscopy

Charles Bradford, Bruce Cameron, Bradley Moore, Steven Hailey-Dunsheath, Edward Amatucci, Damon Bradley, James Corsetti, David Leisawitz, Michael DiPirro, James Tuttle, Ari-David Brown, Richard McBirney, Alexandra Pope, Lee Armus, Margaret Meixner, Klaus Pontoppidan

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011017, (March 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011017

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Sensors, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Fourier transforms, Interferometers, Galactic astronomy, Mirrors, Heart, Telescopes, Optical design

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SPIE Journal Paper | 25 February 2021 Open Access

Origins Space Telescope cryo-thermal system

Michael DiPirro, Louis Fantano, Thomas D'Asto, Benjamin Gavares, The Origins Study Team

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011009, (February 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011009

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Space telescopes, Cryocoolers, Aluminum, Space operations, James Webb Space Telescope, Observatories, Infrared telescopes, Sensors, Mirrors

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SPIE Journal Paper | 10 February 2021 Open Access

Materials evaluation for the Origins Space Telescope

Carly Sandin, Lynn Allen, Edward Amatucci, Jonathan Arenberg, Ruth Carter, James Corsetti, Michael DiPirro, Matthew East, Louis Fantano, Anel Flores, J. Scott Knight, David Leisawitz, Paul Lightsey, Gregory Martins, Ted Mooney, Alison Nordt, John Steeves

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011011, (February 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011011

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Beryllium, Silicon carbide, Manufacturing, Aluminum, Space telescopes, Silica, Metals, James Webb Space Telescope, Composites

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SPIE Journal Paper | 23 January 2021 Open Access

Cryocooling technologies for the Origins Space Telescope

Michael DiPirro, Peter Shirron, Mark Kimball, James Tuttle, Amir Jahromi, David Glaister, Jeffrey Olson, Michael Petach, Mark Zagarola

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011008, (January 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011008

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Magnetism, Sensors, Space operations, James Webb Space Telescope, Infrared telescopes, Infrared sensors, Helium

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SPIE Journal Paper | 20 January 2021 Open Access

Heterodyne Receiver for Origins

Martina Wiedner, Susanne Aalto, Edward Amatucci, Andrey Baryshev, Victor Belitsky, Asantha Cooray, Elvire De Beck, Yan Delorme, Brian Ellison, Martin Eggens, Juan Gallego-Puyol, Maryvonne Gerin, Paul Goldsmith, Fabrice Herpin, Leslie Hunt, Jean-Michel Krieg, Gabby Kroes, Philippe Laporte, André Laurens, David Leisawitz, Dariusz Lis, Margaret Meixner, Gary Melnick, Stefanie Milam, David Neufeld, Napoléon Nguyen-Tuong, Réné Plume, Christophe Risacher, Johannes Staguhn, Edward Tong, Serena Viti, The Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Team, Cara Battersby, Edwin Bergin, Bruno Borgo, Ruth Carter, Emmanuel Caux, James Corsetti, Vincent Desmaris, Michael DiPirro, Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Christophe Goldstein, Frank Helmich, Richard Hills, Michiel Hogerheijde, Willem Jellema, Geert Keizer, Gregory Martins, Imran Mehdi, Klaus Pontoppidan, Benjamin Quertier-Dagorn, Friedrich Wyrowski

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011007, (January 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011007

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SPIE Journal Paper | 6 January 2021 Open Access

Origins Space Telescope: baseline mission concept

Edward Amatucci, Lynn Allen, Jonathan Arenberg, Lee Armus, Cara Battersby, James Bauer, Porfirio Beltran, Dominic Benford, Denis Burgarella, Ruth Carter, Danny Chi, Asantha Cooray, James Corsetti, Elvire De Beck, Larry Dewell, Michael DiPirro, Matthew East, Samantha Edgington, Kimberly Ennico, Louis Fantano, David Folta, Joseph Generie, Zachary Granger, Thomas Greene, Alex Griffiths, George Harpole, Frank Helmich, Joseph Howard, Tracee Jamison, Lisa Kaltenegger, Tiffany Kataria, Charles Lawrence, Margaret Meixner, Ted Mooney, Samuel Moseley, Susan Neff, Thanh Nguyen, Alison Nordt, Michael Petach, Susanna Petro, Alexandra Pope, Daniel Ramspacker, Alison Rao, Itsuki Sakon, Karin Sandstrom, Douglas Scott, Lenward Seals, Kartik Sheth, Steven Tompkins, Cassandra Webster, Martina Wiedner, Edward Wright, Chi Wu, Jonas Zmuidzinas, David Leisawitz, Bob Beaman, Raymond Bell, Edward Bergin, Jeffrey Bolognese, Charles Bradford, Damon Bradley, Sean Carey, Tom D'Asto, Kevin Denis, Christopher Derkacz, C. Paul Earle, Gregory Feller, Jonathan Fortney, Benjamin Gavares, Maryvonne Gerin, Keith Harvey, Lawrence Hilliard, Michael Jacoby, Anisa Jamil, J. Scott Knight, Perry Knollenberg, Paul Lightsey, Sarah Lipscy, Eric Mamajek, Gregory Martins, John Mather, Gary Melnick, Stefanie Milam, Desika Narayanan, Jeffrey Olson, Deborah Padgett, John Pohner, Klaus Pontoppidan, Thomas Roellig, Carly Sandin, Larry Sokolsky, Johannes Staguhn, John Steeves, Kevin Stevenson, Eric Stoneking, Kate Su, Kiarash Tajdaran, Joaquin Vieira

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011002, (January 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011002

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Proceedings Article | 14 December 2020 Presentation

The Origins Survey Spectrometer (OSS) for the Origins Space Telescope

Charles Bradford, Bruce Cameron, Bradley Moore, James Corsetti, Edward Amatucci, Michael DiPirro, David Leisawitz, Margaret Meixner

Proceedings Volume 11443, 114436V (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562949

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Space telescopes, Sensors, Fourier transforms, Spectral resolution, Galactic astronomy, Collimation, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Spectrographs, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Status of x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission (XRISM)

Makoto Tashiro, Hironori Maejima, Kenichi Toda, Richard Kelley, Lillian Reichenthal, Leslie Hartz, Robert Petre, Brian Williams, Matteo Guainazzi, Elisa Costantini, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Joy Henegar-Leon, Matt Holland, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Caroline Kilbourne, Mike Loewenstein, Kyoko Matsushita, Koji Mori, Takashi Okajima, F. Scott Porter, Gary Sneiderman, Yoh Takei, Yukikatsu Terada, Hiroshi Tomida, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Shin Watanabe, Hiroki Akamatsu, Yoshitaka Arai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Iurii Babyk, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Ehud Behar, Thomas Bialas, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, Laura Brenneman, Greg Brown, Edgar Canavan, Meng Chiao, Brian Comber, Lia Corrales, Renata Cumbee, Cor de Vries, Jan-Willem den Herder, Johannes Dercksen, Maria Diaz-Trigo, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, Ken Ebisawa, Megan Eckart, Dominique Eckert, Satoshi Eguchi, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Yutaka Fujita, Yasushi Fukazawa, Akihiro Furuzawa, Luigi Gallo, Nathalie Gorter, Martin Grim, Liyi Gu, Kouichi Hagino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, David Hawthorn, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Natalie Hell, Junko Hiraga, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Takafumi Horiuchi, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Sayuri Iga, Ryo Iizuka, Manabu Ishida, Naoki Ishihama, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Tess Jaffe, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Erin Kara, Satoru Katsuda, Steven Kenyon, Mark Kimball, Takao Kitaguchi, Shunji Kitamoto, Shogo Kobayashi, Akihide Kobayashi, Takayoshi Kohmura, Aya Kubota, Maurice Leutenegger, Muzi Li, Tom Lockard, Yoshitomo Maeda, Maxim Markevitch, Connor Martz, Hironori Matsumoto, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Dan McCammon, Brian McLaughlin, Brian McNamara, Joseph Miko, Eric Miller, Jon Miller, Kenji Minesugi, Shinji Mitani, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Misaki Mizumoto, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Hiroshi Nakajima, Hideto Nakamura, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Chikara Natsukari, Kenichiro Nigo, Yusuke Nishioka, Kumiko Nobukawa, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Mina Ogawa, Takaya Ohashi, Masahiro Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Atsushi Okamoto, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Stephane Paltani, Paul Plucinsky, Katja Pottschmidt, Michael Sampson, Takahiro Sasaki, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Toshiki Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Megumi Shidatsu, Shuhei Shigeto, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Randall Smith, Kazunori Someya, Yang Soong, Keisuke Sugawara, Yasuharu Sugawara, Andy Szymkowiak, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Toshiaki Takeshima, Toru Tamagawa, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Atsushi Tanimoto, Yuichi Terashima, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yuusuke Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shinichiro Uno, Jacco Vink, Tomomi Watanabe, Michael Witthoeft, Rob Wolfs, Shinya Yamada, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Keiichi Yanagase, Tahir Yaqoob, Susumu Yasuda, Tessei Yoshida, Nasa Yoshioka, Irina Zhuravleva

Proceedings Volume 11444, 1144422 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2565812

KEYWORDS: X-rays, X-ray imaging, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, X-ray astronomy, Space operations, Control systems, Image resolution, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Open Access

The Origins Space Telescope

D. Leisawitz, E. Amatucci, L. Allen, J. Arenberg, L. Armus, C. Battersby, B. Beaman, J. Bauer, R. Bell, P. Beltran, D. Benford, E. Bergin, J. Bolognese, C. Bradford, D. Bradley, D. Burgarella, S. Carey, R. Carter, J. Chi, A. Cooray, J. Corsetti, T. D'Asto, E. De Beck, K. Denis, C. Derkacz, L. Dewell, M. DiPirro, C. P. Earle, M. East, S. Edgington, K. Ennico, L. Fantano, G. Feller, A. Flores, D. Folta, J. Fortney, B. Gavares, J. Generie, M. Gerin, Z. Granger, T. Greene, A. Griffiths, G. Harpole, K. Harvey, F. Helmich, G. Helou, L. Hilliard, J. Howard, M. Jacoby, A. Jamil, T. Jamison, L. Kaltenegger, T. Kataria, J. S. Knight, P. Knollenberg, C. Lawrence, P. Lightsey, S. Lipscy, C. Lynch, E. Mamajek, G. Martins, J. Mather, M. Meixner, G. Melnick, S. Milam, T. Mooney, S. Moseley, D. Narayanan, S. Neff, T. Nguyen, A. Nordt, J. Olson, D. Padgett, M. Petach, S. Petro, J. Pohner, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pope, D. Ramspacher, A. Rao, G. Rieke, M. Rieke, T. Roellig, I. Sakon, C. Sandin, K. Sandstrom, D. Scott, L. Seals, K. Sheth, J. Staguhn, J. Steeves, K. Stevenson, L. Stokowski, E. Stoneking, K. Su, K. Tajdaran, S. Tompkins, J. Turner, J. Vieira, C. Webster, M. Wiedner, E. Wright, C. Wu, J. Zmuidzinas

Proceedings Volume 11115, 111150Q (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530514

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Planets, Stars, Telescopes, Astronomy, James Webb Space Telescope, Sensors, Space telescopes, Exoplanets, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Paper

Optical design of the Origins space telescope

James Corsetti, Edward Amatucci, Ruth Carter, Tom D'Asto, Michael DiPirro, Benjamin Gavares, Joseph Howard, David Leisawitz, Gregory Martins, Margaret Meixner, Len Seals

Proceedings Volume 11115, 1111513 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530641

KEYWORDS: Optical design, Space telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Exoplanets, Solar system, Mirrors

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SPIE Journal Paper | 31 May 2019 Open Access

Lynx x-ray microcalorimeter

Simon Bandler, James Chervenak, Aaron Datesman, Archana Devasia, Michael DiPirro, Kazuhiro Sakai, Stephen Smith, Thomas Stevenson, Wonsik Yoon, Douglas Bennett, Benjamin Mates, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom, Kent Irwin, Megan Eckart, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Dan McCammon, Kevin Ryu, Jeffrey Olson, Ben Zeiger

JATIS, Vol. 5, Issue 02, 021017, (May 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.5.2.021017

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Field effect transistors, Electronics, Microwave radiation, Staring arrays, Prototyping, Image resolution, Cryocoolers, Superconductors

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SPIE Journal Paper | 14 May 2019 Open Access

Lynx x-ray microcalorimeter cryogenic system

Michael DiPirro, Simon Bandler, Xiaoyi Li, Jeffrey Olson, James Tuttle, Wonsik Yoon, Mark Zagarola

JATIS, Vol. 5, Issue 02, 021006, (May 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.5.2.021006

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Cryogenics, X-rays, Magnetism, Staring arrays, Sensors, Reliability, Space operations, Electronics, Mathematical modeling

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SPIE Journal Paper | 5 April 2019 Open Access

Review: far-infrared instrumentation and technological development for the next decade

Duncan Farrah, Kimberly Ennico Smith, David Ardila, Charles Bradford, Michael DiPirro, Carl Ferkinhoff, Jason Glenn, Paul Goldsmith, David Leisawitz, Thomas Nikola, Naseem Rangwala, Stephen Rinehart, Johannes Staguhn, Michael Zemcov, Jonas Zmuidzinas, James Bartlett, Sean Carey, William Fischer, Julia Kamenetzky, Jeyhan Kartaltepe, Mark Lacy, Dariusz Lis, Lisa Locke, Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Meredith MacGregor, Elisabeth Mills, Samuel Moseley, Eric J. Murphy, Alan Rhodes, Matthew Richter, Dimitra Rigopoulou, David Sanders, Ravi Sankrit, Giorgio Savini, John-David Smith, Sabrina Stierwalt

JATIS, Vol. 5, Issue 02, 020901, (April 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.5.2.020901

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Astronomy, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Detector arrays, Infrared radiation, Interferometry, Interferometers, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

The ATHENA X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

Didier Barret, Thien Lam Trong, Jan-Willem den Herder, Luigi Piro, Massimo Cappi, Juhani Houvelin, Richard Kelley, J. Miguel Mas-Hesse, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Stéphane Paltani, Gregor Rauw, Agata Rozanska, Joern Wilms, Simon Bandler, Marco Barbera, Xavier Barcons, Enrico Bozzo, Maria Teresa Ceballos, Ivan Charles, Elisa Costantini, Anne Decourchelle, Roland den Hartog, Lionel Duband, Jean-Marc Duval, Fabrizio Fiore, Flavio Gatti, Andrea Goldwurm, Brian Jackson, Peter Jonker, Caroline Kilbourne, Claudio Macculi, Mariano Mendez, Silvano Molendi, Piotr Orleanski, François Pajot, Etienne Pointecouteau, Frederick Porter, Gabriel Pratt, Damien Prêle, Laurent Ravera, Kosuke Sato, Joop Schaye, Keisuke Shinozaki, Tanguy Thibert, Luca Valenziano, Véronique Valette, Jacco Vink, Natalie Webb, Michael Wise, Noriko Yamasaki, Françoise Douchin, Jean-Michel Mesnager, Bernard Pontet, Alice Pradines, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, Esra Bulbul, Mauro Dadina, Stefano Ettori, Alexis Finoguenov, Yasushi Fukazawa, Agnieszka Janiuk, Jelle Kaastra, Pasquale Mazzotta, Jon Miller, Giovanni Miniutti, Yael Naze, Fabrizio Nicastro, Salavtore Scioritino, Aurora Simonescu, Jose Miguel Torrejon, Benoit Frezouls, Hervé Geoffray, Philippe Peille, Corinne Aicardi, Jérôme André, Christophe Daniel, Antoine Clénet, Christophe Etcheverry, Emilie Gloaguen, Gilles Hervet, Antoine Jolly, Aurélien Ledot, Irwin Paillet, Roseline Schmisser, Bruno Vella, Jean-Charles Damery, Kevin Boyce, Mike Dipirro, Simone Lotti, Denis Schwander, Stephen Smith, Bert-Joost Van Leeuwen, Henk van Weers, Nicolas Clerc, Beatriz Cobo, Thomas Dauser, Christian Kirsch, Edoardo Cucchetti, Megan Eckart, Philippe Ferrando, Lorenzo Natalucci

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106991G (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312409

KEYWORDS: Spectral resolution, X-rays, Sensors, Cryogenics, Optical filters, Wind energy, Electronics, X-ray astronomy, Mirrors, X-ray sources

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Heterodyn receiver for the Origins Space Telescope concept 2

M. Wiedner, Susanne Aalto, Edward Amatucci, Andrey Baryshev, Cara Battersby, Victor Belitsky, Edwin Bergin, Bruno Borgo, Ruth Carter, Asantha Cooray, James Corsetti, Elvire De Beck, Yan Delorme, Michael Dipirro, Vincent Desmaris, Brian Ellison, Juan-Daniel Gallego, Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Martin Eggens, Maryvonne Gerin, Paul Goldsmith, Christophe Goldstein, Frank Helmich, Fabrice Herpin, Richard Hills, Michiel Hogerheijde, Jean-Michel Huet, Leslie Hunt, Willem Jellema, Geert Keizer, Jean-Michel Krieg, Gabby Kroes, Philippe Laporte, André Laurens, David Leisawitz, Darek Lis, Gregory Martins, Imran Mehdi, Margaret Meixner, Gary Melnick, Stefanie Milam, David Neufeld, Napoléon Nguyen Tuong, René Plume, Klaus Pontoppidan, Benjamin Quertier-Dagorn, Christophe Risacher, Johannes Staguhn, Serena Viti, Friedrich Wyrowski

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106981B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313384

KEYWORDS: Staring arrays, Receivers, Heterodyning, Space telescopes, Spectroscopy, Space operations, Telescopes, Astronomy, Oscillators

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Overview of the Origins Space telescope: science drivers to observatory requirements

Margaret Meixner, Lee Armus, Cara Battersby, James Bauer, Edwin Bergin, Asantha Cooray, Jonathan Fortney, Tiffany Kataria, David Leisawitz, Stefanie Milam, Klaus Pontoppidan, Alexandra Pope, Karin Sandstrom, Johannes Staguhn, Kevin Stevenson, Kate Su, Charles Matt Bradford, Dominic Benford, Denis Burgarella, Sean Carey, Ruth Carter, Elvire De Beck, Michael Dipirro, Kimberly Ennico-Smith, Maryvonne Gerin, Frank Helmich, Lisa Kaltenegger, Eric. Mamajek, Gary Melnick, Samuel Harvey Moseley, Desika Narayanan, Susan Neff, Deborah Padgett, Thomas Roellig, Itsuki Sakon, Douglas Scott, Kartik Sheth, Joaquin Vieira, Martina Wiedner, Edward Wright, Jonas Zmuidzinas

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106980N (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312255

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Space telescopes, Stars, James Webb Space Telescope, Galactic astronomy, Observatories, Astronomy, Exoplanets, Telescopes, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

The Origins Space Telescope: mission concept overview

D. Leisawitz, E. Amatucci, R. Carter, M. DiPirro, A. Flores, J. Staguhn, C. Wu, L. Allen, J. Arenberg, L. Armus, C. Battersby, J. Bauer, R. Bell, P. Beltran, D. Benford, E. Bergin, C. Bradford, D. Bradley, D. Burgarella, S. Carey, D. Chi, A. Cooray, J. Corsetti, E. De Beck, K. Denis, L. Dewell, M. East, S. Edgington, K. Ennico, L. Fantano, G. Feller, D. Folta, J. Fortney, J. Generie, M. Gerin, Z. Granger, G. Harpole, K. Harvey, F. Helmich, L. Hilliard, J. Howard, M. Jacoby, A. Jamil, T. Kataria, S. Knight, P. Knollenberg, P. Lightsey, S. Lipscy, E. Mamajek, G. Martins, M. Meixner, G. Melnick, S. Milam, T. Mooney, S. Moseley, D. Narayanan, S. Neff, T. Nguyen, A. Nordt, J. Olson, D. Padgett, M. Petach, S. Petro, J. Pohner, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pope, D. Ramspacher, T. Roellig, I. Sakon, C. Sandin, K. Sandstrom, D. Scott, K. Sheth, J. Steeves, K. Stevenson, L. Stokowski, E. Stoneking, K. Su, K. Tajdaran, S. Tompkins, J. Vieira, C. Webster, M. Wiedner, E. Wright, J. Zmuidzinas

Proceedings Volume 10698, 1069815 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313823

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Mirrors, Astrophysics, Astronomy, James Webb Space Telescope, Aerospace engineering, Cryocoolers

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

Thermal considerations and architecture for Origins Space telescope (Conference Presentation)

Jonathan Arenberg, John Pohner, George Harpole, Michael Dipirro

Proceedings Volume 10698, 1069816 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312367

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Optical instrument design, Observatories, James Webb Space Telescope

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

The Origins Space telescope cryogenic-thermal architecture (Conference Presentation)

Michael DiPirro

Proceedings Volume 10698, 1069819 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311913

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Telescopes, Observatories, Astrophysics, James Webb Space Telescope, Laser sintering, Range imaging, Image resolution

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

The Design of the Lynx x-ray microcalorimeter (LXM) (Conference Presentation)

Simon Bandler, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Kazuhiro Sakai, Stephen Smith, Wonsik Yoon, Douglas Bennett, Ben J. Mates, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom, Kent Irwin, Dan McCammon, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Kevin Ryu, Ben Zeiger, Jeffrey Olson

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069913 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314079

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Image resolution, X-ray optics, Oxygen, Amplifiers, Cryogenics, X-ray telescopes, Satellites, X-ray imaging, Spectroscopy

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Lynx is an x-ray telescope that is one of four large satellite mission concepts currently being studied by NASA to be the next flagship mission. One of Lynx’s three instruments is the Lynx X-ray Microcalorimeter (LXM), an imaging spectrometer placed at the focus of an x-ray optic with 0.5 arc-second angular resolution and approximately 2 m2 area at 1 keV. It will be used for a wide variety of observations, and the driving performance requirements are met through different sub-regions of the array. It will provide an energy resolution of better than 3 eV over the energy range of 0.2 to 7 keV, with pixels sizes that vary in scale from 0.5 to 1 arc-seconds in the inner 5 arc-minute field-of-view, and to 5 arc-seconds in the extended 20 arc-minute field-of-view. The Main Array consists mostly of 1 arc-second pixels in the central 5 arc-minutes with less than 3 eV energy resolution (FWHM) in the energy range of 0.2 to 7 keV. It is enhanced in the inner 1 arc-minute region with 0.5 arc-second pixels that will better sample the point spread function of the X-ray optic. The inner 5 arc-minute region is designed specifically for the observations related to cosmic feedback studies, investigating the interactions of AGN with the local regions surrounding them. The 0.5" pixel size allows detailed studies of winds and jets on a finer angular scale. It is also optimized for spatially resolved measurements of cluster cores. The outer regions of the array are designed to operate during a completely different set of observations. The Extended Array will be utilized for surveys over large regions of the sky, the 20 arc-minute field-of-view making it practical to make observations of the soft diffuse emission from larger scale-structure such as extended galaxies, the outer regions of galaxy groups and clusters and also cosmic filaments. This array is optimized for high energy resolution up to 2 keV through the use of thin (0.5 um) gold absorbers. The Ultra-High-Res Array is designed specifically to enable the study turbulent line broadening around individual through the study of the highly ionized oxygen lines. It is optimized for energy resolution for the oxygen VII and VIII lines, with better than 0.4 eV energy resolution. In this paper we present the design of the baseline configuration and the scientific motivation. We discuss the technologies that are being developed for this instrument, in particular the transition-edge sensor (TES) and metallic magnetic calorimeter (MMC) sensor technologies. We place these technologies in the context of the required energy resolution, energy range, pixel size, and count-rate, as well as strategies for the pixel layout and wiring. We will discuss the use of microwave SQUIDs, HEMT amplifiers, and parametric amplifiers for the read-out and the implications for the cryogenic design. We also describe the design of the full instrument, including the strawman cryogenic design, as well as an estimate for the mass, power and data rate.

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

Status of resolve instrument for x-ray astronomy recovery mission (Conference Presentation)

Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard Kelley, Hiroki Akamatsu, Hisamitsu Awaki, Thomas Bialas, Gregory Brown, Meng Chiao, Elisa Costantini, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael Dipirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Akihiro Furuzawa, Steven Graham, Martin Grim, Takayuki Hayashi, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Ryo Iizuka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Caroline Kilbourne, Shunji Kitamoto, Shu Koyama, Maurice Leutenegger, Yoshitomo Maeda, Dan McCammon, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Hideyuki Mori, Shinya Nakashima, Hirofumi Noda, Takaya Ohashi, Takashi Okajima, Stephane Paltani, F. Scott Porter, Kosuke Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Shutaro Ueda, Cor de Vries, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Yamasaki

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069924 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313440

KEYWORDS: X-ray astronomy, X-rays, Silicon, Mirrors, Spectroscopy, Image resolution, Spectroscopes, X-ray telescopes, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

The wide field infrared survey telescope (WFIRST) observatory: design formulation (phase-A) overview (Conference Presentation)

Thomas Casey, Nerses Armani, Wes Alexander, Lisa Bartusek, Carl Blaurock, David Braun, Alexander Carra, David Content, Yves Conturie, Christine Cottingham, Richard Demers, Michael Dipirro, Robert Effinger, Robert Egerman, Frank Forkl, Guangjun Gao, John Gygax, John Hagopian, Timothy Hahm, John Hawk, Gurnie Hobbs, Clifton Jackson, Alden Jurling, Brian Kern, Jeffrey Kruk, Xiaoyi Li, Kuo-chia Liu, Catherine Marx, Marzouk Marzouk, Carson McDonald, Seke Godo, Mark Melton, James Mondello, M. Charley Noecker, Bert Pasquale, Hume Peabody, Ilya Poberezhskiy, Cory Powell, Giulio Rosanova, John Ruffa, Jeffrey Smith, Hong Tang, Christopher Tolman, Arthur Whipple, Timothy Wilson, Melissa Vess, Perry Voyer

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106982C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313748

KEYWORDS: Infrared telescopes, Space telescopes, Observatories, Telescopes, Infrared radiation, Optical instrument design, Infrared imaging, Exoplanets, Imaging spectroscopy, Coronagraphy

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Stray light overview for the Origins Space telescope

Paul Lightsey, Lenward Seals, Michael DiPirro, David Leisawitz, Jonathan Arenberg

Proceedings Volume 10698, 1069845 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312268

KEYWORDS: Stray light, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Observatories, James Webb Space Telescope, Mirrors, Sun, Ray tracing, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Concept of the X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission

Makoto Tashiro, Hironori Maejima, Kenichi Toda, Richard Kelley, Lillian Reichenthal, James Lobell, Robert Petre, Matteo Guainazzi, Elisa Costantini, Mark Edison, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Martin Grim, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Jan-Willem den Herder, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Stéphane Paltani, Kyoko Matsushita, Koji Mori, Gary Sneiderman, Yoh Takei, Yukikatsu Terada, Hiroshi Tomida, Hiroki Akamatsu, Lorella Angelini, Yoshitaka Arai, Hisamitsu Awaki, Lurli Babyk, Aya Bamba, Peter Barfknecht, Kim Barnstable, Thomas Bialas, Branimir Blagojevic, Joseph Bonafede, Clifford Brambora, Laura Brenneman, Greg Brown, Kimberly Brown, Laura Burns, Edgar Canavan, Tim Carnahan, Meng Chiao, Brian Comber, Lia Corrales, Cor de Vries, Johannes Dercksen, Maria Diaz-Trigo, Tyrone Dillard, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, Ken Ebisawa, Megan Eckart, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Carlo Ferrigno, Yasushi Fukazawa, Yutaka Fujita, Akihiro Furuzawa, Luigi Gallo, Steve Graham, Liyi Gu, Kohichi Hagino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Dean Hawes, Takayuki Hayashi, Cailey Hegarty, Natalie Hell, Junko Hiraga, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Matt Holland, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, Yuto Ichinohe, Ryo Iizuka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Bryan James, Timothy Kallman, Erin Kara, Satoru Katsuda, Steven Kenyon, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Takao Kitaguti, Shunji Kitamoto, Shogo Kobayashi, Takayoshi Kohmura, Shu Koyama, Aya Kubota, Maurice Leutenegger, Tom Lockard, Mike Loewenstein, Yoshitomo Maeda, Lynette Marbley, Maxim Markevitch, Hironori Matsumoto, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Dan McCammon, Brian McNamara, Joseph Miko, Eric Miller, Jon Miller, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Hiroshi Nakajima, Hideto Nakamura, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Chikara Natsukari, Kenichiro Nigo, Yusuke Nishioka, Kumiko Nobukawa, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Hirokazu Odaka, Mina Ogawa, Takaya Ohashi, Masahiro Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Michitaka Onizuka, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Paul Plucinsky, F. Scott Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Ken Shelton, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Megumi Shidatsu, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Randall Smith, Kazunori Someya, Yang Soong, Yasuharu Suagawara, Andy Szymkowiak, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Toru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yuichi Terashima, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shinichiro Uno, Thomas Walsh, Shin Watanabe, Brian Williams, Rob Wolfs, Michael Wright, Shinya Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Shigeo Yamauchi, Makoto Yamauchi, Keiichi Yanagase, Tahir Yaqoob, Susumu Yasuda, Nasa Yoshioka, Jaime Zabala, Zhuravleva Irina

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069922 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309455

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectroscopy, Plasma, Galactic astronomy, Iron, Physics, Galaxy groups and clusters, Chemical elements, X-ray astronomy, Stars

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The ASTRO-H mission was designed and developed through an international collaboration of JAXA, NASA, ESA, and the CSA. It was successfully launched on February 17, 2016, and then named Hitomi. During the in-orbit verification phase, the on-board observational instruments functioned as expected. The intricate coolant and refrigeration systems for soft X-ray spectrometer (SXS, a quantum micro-calorimeter) and soft X-ray imager (SXI, an X-ray CCD) also functioned as expected. However, on March 26, 2016, operations were prematurely terminated by a series of abnormal events and mishaps triggered by the attitude control system. These errors led to a fatal event: the loss of the solar panels on the Hitomi mission. The X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (or, XARM) is proposed to regain the key scientific advances anticipated by the international collaboration behind Hitomi. XARM will recover this science in the shortest time possible by focusing on one of the main science goals of Hitomi,“Resolving astrophysical problems by precise high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy”.¹ This decision was reached after evaluating the performance of the instruments aboard Hitomi and the mission’s initial scientific results, and considering the landscape of planned international X-ray astrophysics missions in 2020’s and 2030’s. Hitomi opened the door to high-resolution spectroscopy in the X-ray universe. It revealed a number of discrepancies between new observational results and prior theoretical predictions. Yet, the resolution pioneered by Hitomi is also the key to answering these and other fundamental questions. The high spectral resolution realized by XARM will not offer mere refinements; rather, it will enable qualitative leaps in astrophysics and plasma physics. XARM has therefore been given a broad scientific charge: “Revealing material circulation and energy transfer in cosmic plasmas and elucidating evolution of cosmic structures and objects”. To fulfill this charge, four categories of science objectives that were defined for Hitomi will also be pursued by XARM; these include (1) Structure formation of the Universe and evolution of clusters of galaxies; (2) Circulation history of baryonic matters in the Universe; (3) Transport and circulation of energy in the Universe; (4) New science with unprecedented high resolution X-ray spectroscopy. In order to achieve these scientific objectives, XARM will carry a 6 × 6 pixelized X-ray micro-calorimeter on the focal plane of an X-ray mirror assembly, and an aligned X-ray CCD camera covering the same energy band and a wider field of view. This paper introduces the science objectives, mission concept, and observing plan of XARM.

SPIE Journal Paper | 28 April 2018 Open Access

Cryogen-free operation of the Soft X-ray Spectrometer instrument

Gary Sneiderman, Peter Shirron, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Thomas Bialas, Kevin Boyce, Meng Chiao, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Leslie Hartz, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Caroline Kilbourne, Candace Masters, Daniel McCammon, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hirofumi Noda, Frederick Porter, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Seiji Yoshida

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021408, (April 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021408

KEYWORDS: Helium, X-rays, Cooling systems, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Liquids, Cryocoolers, Cryogenics, X-ray detectors, Temperature metrology

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SPIE Journal Paper | 13 March 2018 Open Access

Hitomi (ASTRO-H) X-ray Astronomy Satellite

Tadayuki Takahashi, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Takaya Ohashi, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steven Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Magnus Axelsson, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Marshall Bautz, Thomas Bialas, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Laura Brenneman, Gregory Brown, Esra Bulbul, Edward Cackett, Edgar Canavan, Maria Chernyakova, Meng Chiao, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Stephen O’ Dell, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Megan E. Eckart, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Kirk Gilmore, Margherita Giustini, Andrea Goldwurm, Liyi Gu, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kouichi Hagino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Ilana Harrus, Isamu Hatsukade, Takayuki Hayashi, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Jan-Willem den Herder, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Yuto Ichinohe, Ryo Iizuka, Hajime Inoue, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Itoh, Masachika Iwai, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Christopher Jewell, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tsuneyoshi Kamae, Erin Kara, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kawano, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangulyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Ashley King, Takao Kitaguchi, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Saori Konami, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alexander Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Shu Koyama, Peter Kretschmar, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Philippe Laurent, Shiu-Hang Lee, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Candace Masters, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Daniel McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Brian McNamara, Missagh Mehdipour, Joseph Miko, Eric Miller, Jon Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mori, Franco Moroso, Samuel Moseley, Theodore Muench, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Hosei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Kumiko Nobukawa, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Masaharu Nomachi, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frederik B. Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Ciro Pinto, Jelle de Plaa, Martin Pohl, James Pontius, Frederick Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Brian Ramsey, Christopher Reynolds, Helen Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shinya Saito, Kazuhiro Sakai, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Toru Sasaki, Goro Sato, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Yoichi Sato, Makoto Sawada, Norbert Schartel, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Megumi Shidatsu, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Łukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Satoshi Sugita, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Go Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Shutaro Ueda, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shin’ichiro Uno, C. Megan Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Tomomi Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Daniel R. Wik, Dan R. Wilkins, Brian J. Williams, Shinya Yamada, Takahiro Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Y. Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Tahir Yaqoob, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa, Irina Zhuravleva, Abderahmen Zoghbi

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021402, (March 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021402

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-ray astronomy, Satellites, Physics, X-rays, Space operations, Aerospace engineering, Astronomy, Space telescopes, X-ray telescopes

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SPIE Journal Paper | 9 March 2018 Open Access

Design and on-orbit operation of the soft x-ray spectrometer adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator on the Hitomi observatory

Peter John Shirron, Mark Kimball, Bryan James, Theodore Muench, Edgar Canavan, Michael DiPirro, Thomas Bialas, Gary Sneiderman, Kevin Boyce, Caroline Anne Kilbourne, Frederick Porter, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yoh Takei, Seiji Yoshida, Kazuhisa Mitsuda

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 021403, (March 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021403

KEYWORDS: Helium, Sensors, X-rays, Cryocoolers, Liquids, Observatories, Detector arrays, Cryogenics, Spectroscopy, Control systems

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The soft x-ray spectrometer (SXS) instrument that flew on the Astro-H observatory was designed to perform imaging and spectroscopy of x-rays in the energy range of 0.2 to 13 keV with a resolution requirement of 7 eV or better. This was accomplished using a 6 × 6 array of x-ray microcalorimeters cooled to an operating temperature of 50 mK by an adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator (ADR). The ADR consisted of three stages to operate using either a 1.2 K superfluid helium bath or a 4.5 K Joule–Thomson (JT) cryocooler as its heat sink. The design was based on the following operating strategy. After launch, while liquid helium was present (cryogen mode), two of the ADR’s stages would be used to single-shot cool the detectors, using the helium as a heat sink. When the helium was eventually depleted (cryogen-free mode), all three ADR stages would be used to continuously cool the helium tank to about 1.5 K and to single-shot cool the detectors (to 50 mK), using the JT cryocooler as a heat sink. The Astro-H observatory, renamed Hitomi after its successful launch in February 2016, carried ∼36 L of helium into orbit. Based on measurements during ground testing, the average heat load on the helium was projected to be 0.66 mW, giving a lifetime of more than 4 years. On day 5, the helium had cooled to <1.4 K and ADR operation began, successfully cooling the detector array to 50 mK. The ADR’s hold time steadily increased to 48 h as the helium cooled to a temperature of 1.12 K. As the commissioning phase progressed, the ADR was recycled (requiring ∼45 min) periodically, either in preparation for science observations or whenever the 50 mK stage approached the end of its hold time. In total, 18 cycles were completed by the time an attitude control anomaly led to an unrecoverable failure of the satellite on day 38. This paper presents the design, operation, and on-orbit performance of the ADR in cryogen mode as the foreshortened mission did not provide an opportunity to test cryogen-free mode.

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SPIE Journal Paper | 26 February 2018 Open Access

Design, implementation, and performance of the Astro-H soft x-ray spectrometer aperture assembly and blocking filters

Caroline Kilbourne, Joseph Adams, Petar Arsenovic, Travis Ayers, Meng Chiao, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Ryuichi Fujimoto, John Kazeva, Kari Kripps, Bruce Lairson, Maurice Leutenegger, Heidi Lopez, Daniel McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Samuel Moseley, F. Scott Porter, Andrea Schweiss, Yoh Takei, Rosemary Thorpe, Tomomi Watanabe, Noriko Yamasaki, Seiji Yoshida

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011215, (February 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011215

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Silicon, Thin films, Sensors, Interfaces, Contamination, Fermium, Frequency modulation

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SPIE Journal Paper | 29 December 2017 Open Access

Performance of the helium dewar and the cryocoolers of the Hitomi soft x-ray spectrometer

Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yoh Takei, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Noriko Yamasaki, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Shu Koyama, Kumi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Sugita, Yoichi Sato, Keisuke Shinozaki, Atsushi Okamoto, Shunji Kitamoto, Akio Hoshino, Kosuke Sato, Yuichiro Ezoe, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Shinya Yamada, Hiromi Seta, Takaya Ohashi, Toru Tamagawa, Hirofumi Noda, Makoto Sawada, Makoto Tashiro, Yoichi Yatsu, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Kenichi Kanao, Seiji Yoshida, Mikio Miyaoka, Shoji Tsunematsu, Kiyomi Otsuka, Katsuhiro Narasaki, Michael DiPirro, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Caroline Kilbourne, Frederick Scott Porter, Meng Chiao, Megan Eckart

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011208, (December 2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011208

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Helium, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Liquids, Space operations, Rockets, Chemical mechanical planarization, Physics

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SPIE Journal Paper | 6 November 2017 Open Access

In-orbit operation of the soft x-ray spectrometer onboard the Hitomi satellite

Masahiro Tsujimoto, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Jan-Willem den Herder, Thomas Bialas, Kevin Boyce, Meng Chiao, Cor de Vries, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Akio Hoshino, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Caroline Kilbourne, Shu Koyama, Maurice Leutenegger, Candace Masters, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Hirofumi Noda, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Frederick Porter, Kosuke Sato, Yohichi Sato, Joseph Savinell, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Makoto Tashiro, Tomomi Watanabe, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Y. Yamasaki, Yoichi Yatsu

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011205, (November 2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011205

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Satellites, Spectroscopy, Space operations, Sensors, Physics, Filtering (signal processing), Calibration, Control systems, Field effect transistors

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SPIE Journal Paper | 27 October 2017 Open Access

Porous plug phase separator and superfluid film flow suppression system for the soft x-ray spectrometer onboard Hitomi

Yuichiro Ezoe, Michael DiPirro, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Kenichi Kanao, Mark Kimball, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Masahide Murakami, Hirofumi Noda, Takaya Ohashi, Atsushi Okamoto, Yohichi Satoh, Kosuke Sato, Peter Shirron, Shoji Tsunematsu, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Seiji Yoshida

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011203, (October 2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011203

KEYWORDS: Helium, X-rays, Liquids, Data modeling, Spectroscopy, Cryocoolers, Head, Space operations, Fermium, Frequency modulation

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SPIE Journal Paper | 27 October 2017 Open Access

Thermal analyses for initial operations of the soft x-ray spectrometer onboard the Hitomi satellite

Hirofumi Noda, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Atsushi Okamoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Kumi Ishikawa, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Noriko Yamasaki, Yoh Takei, Takaya Ohashi, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Seiji Yoshida, Michael DiPirro, Peter Shirron

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011202, (October 2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011202

KEYWORDS: Helium, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Thermal analysis, Temperature metrology, Satellites, Mathematical modeling, Liquids, Cryocoolers, Cooling systems

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2017 Presentation + Paper

Lynx Mission concept status

Jessica Gaskin, Ryan Allured, Simon Bandler, Stefano Basso, Marshall Bautz, Michael Baysinger, Michael Biskach, Tyrone Boswell, Peter Capizzo, Kai-Wing Chan, Marta Civitani, Lester Cohen, Vincenzo Cotroneo, Jacqueline Davis, Casey DeRoo, Michael DiPirro, Alexandra Dominguez, Leo Fabisinski, Abraham Falcone, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Jay Garcia, Karen Gelmis, Ralf Heilmann, Randall Hopkins, Thomas Jackson, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Ralph Kraft, Tianning Liu, Ryan McClelland, Randy McEntaffer, Kevin McCarley, John Mulqueen, Feryal Özel, Giovanni Pareschi, Paul Reid, Raul Riveros, Mitchell Rodriguez, Justin Rowe, Timo Saha, Mark Schattenburg, Andrew Schnell, Daniel Schwartz, Peter Solly, Robert Suggs, Steven Sutherlin, Douglas Swartz, Susan Trolier-McKinstry, James Tutt, Alexey Vikhlinin, Julian Walker, Wonsik Yoon, William Zhang

Proceedings Volume 10397, 103970S (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273911

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Astrophysics, Galactic astronomy, Environmental sensing, Stars, Planetary systems, X-ray optics, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 5 September 2017 Presentation + Paper

Cryogenic system for the Origins Space Telescope: cooling a large space telescope to 4K with today's technology

M. DiPirro, L. Fantano, E. Canavan, D. Leisawitz, R. Carter, A. Florez, E. Amatucci

Proceedings Volume 10398, 103980M (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275331

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Thermal modeling, Cryocoolers, Observatories, Cryogenics, Astrophysics, Mid-IR, Optical instrument design, Performance modeling

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Proceedings Article | 17 August 2016 Paper

The Astro-H high resolution soft x-ray spectrometer

Richard Kelley, Hiroki Akamatsu, Phillipp Azzarello, Tom Bialas, Kevin Boyce, Gregory Brown, Edgar Canavan, Meng Chiao, Elisa Costantini, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Daniel Haas, Jan-Willem den Herder, Akio Hoshino, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Naoko Iyomoto, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Shunji Kitamoto, Saori Konami, Shu Koyama, Maurice Leutenegger, Dan McCammon, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Harvey Moseley, Hiroshi Murakami, Masahide Murakami, Hirofumi Noda, Mina Ogawa, Takaya Ohashi, Atsushi Okamoto, Naomi Ota, Stéphane Paltani, F. Porter, Kazuhiro Sakai, Kosuke Sato, Yohichi Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Cor de Vries, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Yamasaki, Yoichi Yatsu

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99050V (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232509

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Space operations, Lithium, Field effect transistors, Satellites, Calibration, Single crystal X-ray diffraction, Magnetic sensors

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Proceedings Article | 17 August 2016 Paper

The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

Didier Barret, Thien Lam Trong, Jan-Willem den Herder, Luigi Piro, Xavier Barcons, Juhani Huovelin, Richard Kelley, J. Miguel Mas-Hesse, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Stéphane Paltani, Gregor Rauw, Agata Rożanska, Joern Wilms, Marco Barbera, Enrico Bozzo, Maria Teresa Ceballos, Ivan Charles, Anne Decourchelle, Roland den Hartog, Jean-Marc Duval, Fabrizio Fiore, Flavio Gatti, Andrea Goldwurm, Brian Jackson, Peter Jonker, Caroline Kilbourne, Claudio Macculi, Mariano Mendez, Silvano Molendi, Piotr Orleanski, François Pajot, Etienne Pointecouteau, Frederick Porter, Gabriel Pratt, Damien Prêle, Laurent Ravera, Etienne Renotte, Joop Schaye, Keisuke Shinozaki, Luca Valenziano, Jacco Vink, Natalie Webb, Noriko Yamasaki, Françoise Delcelier-Douchin, Michel Le Du, Jean-Michel Mesnager, Alice Pradines, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, Mauro Dadina, Alexis Finoguenov, Yasushi Fukazawa, Agnieszka Janiuk, Jon Miller, Yaël Nazé, Fabrizio Nicastro, Salvatore Sciortino, Jose Miguel Torrejon, Hervé Geoffray, Isabelle Hernandez, Laure Luno, Philippe Peille, Jérôme André, Christophe Daniel, Christophe Etcheverry, Emilie Gloaguen, Jérémie Hassin, Gilles Hervet, Irwin Maussang, Jérôme Moueza, Alexis Paillet, Bruno Vella, Gonzalo Campos Garrido, Jean-Charles Damery, Chantal Panem, Johan Panh, Simon Bandler, Jean-Marc Biffi, Kevin Boyce, Antoine Clénet, Michael DiPirro, Pierre Jamotton, Simone Lotti, Denis Schwander, Stephen Smith, Bert-Joost van Leeuwen, Henk van Weers, Thorsten Brand, Beatriz Cobo, Thomas Dauser, Jelle de Plaa, Edoardo Cucchetti

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99052F (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232432

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Spectral resolution, Stars, Electronics, Galactic astronomy, Iron, Calibration, Signal to noise ratio, Staring arrays

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

The Space High Angular Resolution Probe for the Infrared (SHARP-IR)

S. Rinehart, M. Rizzo, D. Leisawitz, J. Staguhn, M. DiPirro, J. Mentzell, R. Juanola-Parramon, A. Dhabal, L. Mundy, S. Moseley, J. Mather, D. Padgett, K. Stapelfeldt, A. Roberge, M. Cordiner, S. Milam, T. Veach, D. Fixsen

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99042L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231790

KEYWORDS: Space reconnaissance, Spatial resolution, Infrared radiation, Interferometry, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Mirrors, Space operations, Interferometers, Cryocoolers

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

The Far-Infrared Surveyor Mission study: paper I, the genesis

M. Meixner, A Cooray, R. Carter, M. DiPirro, A. Flores, D. Leisawitz, L. Armus, C. Battersby, E. Bergin, C. Bradford, K Ennico, G. Melnick, S. Milam, D. Narayanan, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pope, T. Roellig, K. Sandstrom, K. Su, J. Vieira, E. Wright, J. Zmuidzinas, S. Alato, S. Carey, M. Gerin, F. Helmich, K. Menten, D. Scott, I. Sakon, R. Vavrek

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99040K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2240456

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Space telescopes, Stars, Hydrogen, Telescopes, Solar system, Astronomy, Infrared telescopes, Spectroscopy, James Webb Space Telescope

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2016 Paper

The ASTRO-H (Hitomi) x-ray astronomy satellite

Tadayuki Takahashi, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Takaya Ohashi, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Magnus Axelsson, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Marshall Bautz, Thomas Bialas, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Laura Brenneman, Greg Brown, Esra Bulbul, Edward Cackett, Edgar Canavan, Maria Chernyakova, Meng Chiao, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jelle de Plaa, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Megan Eckart, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Kirk Gilmore, Margherita Giustini, Andrea Goldwurm, Liyi Gu, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kouichi Hagino, Kenji Hamaguchi, Atsushi Harayama, Ilana Harrus, Isamu Hatsukade, Takayuki Hayashi, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Yuto Ichinohe, Ryo Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Hajime Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Itoh, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Chris Jewell, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Erin Kara, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kawano, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangulyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Ashley King, Takao Kitaguchi, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alex Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Shu Koyama, Peter Kretschmar, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Shiu-Huang Lee, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Daniel Maier, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Candace Masters, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Brian McNamara, Missagh Mehdipour, Joseph Miko, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mori, Hideyuki Mori, Franco Moroso, Harvey Moseley, Theodore Muench, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Housei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Toshio Nakano, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Kumiko Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Masaharu Nomachi, Steve O'Dell, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frederik Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Ciro Pinto, Martin Pohl, James Pontius, F. Scott Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Brian Ramsey, Christopher Reynolds, Helen Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shinya Saito, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Kazuhiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Toru Sasaki, Goro Sato, Yoichi Sato, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Makoto Sawada, Norbert Schartel, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Megumi Shidatsu, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Łukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Hiroyuki Sugita, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shutaro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shin'ichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Tomomi Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Daniel Wik, Dan Wilkins, Brian Williams, Takahiro Yamada, Shinya Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Tahir Yaqoob, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa, Irina Zhuravleva, Abderahmen Zoghbi

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99050U (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232379

KEYWORDS: X-rays, X-ray astronomy, Sensors, Satellites, X-ray telescopes, Space operations, Physics, Space telescopes, Aerospace engineering, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2016 Paper

Cryogen-free operation of the Soft X-ray Spectrometer instrument

Gary Sneiderman, Peter Shirron, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Thomas Bialas, Kevin Boyce, Meng Chiao, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Leslie Hartz, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Richard Kelley, Caroline Kilbourne, Candace Masters, Dan McCammon, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hirofumi Noda, Frederick Porter, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Seiji Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99053N (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232045

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Gold, Silicon, Phase modulation, Resistance, Particles, Epoxies, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

Performance of the helium dewar and cryocoolers of ASTRO-H SXS

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99053S (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232933

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Helium, X-rays, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Cryocoolers, Satellites, Contamination, X-ray telescopes, Space telescopes, X-ray imaging

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

In-orbit operation of the ASTRO-H SXS

Masahiro Tsujimoto, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Jan-Willem den Herder, Hiroki Akamatsu, Thomas Bialas, Kevin Boyce, Gregory Brown, Meng Chiao, Elisa Costantini, Cor de Vries, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Daniel Haas, Akio Hoshino, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Naoko Iyomoto, Caroline Kilbourne, Shunji Kitamoto, Shu Koyama, Maurice Leutenegger, Dan McCammon, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Hiroshi Murakami, Masahide Murakami, Hirofumi Noda, Mina Ogawa, Naomi Ota, Stéphane Paltani, Frederick Porter, Kosuke Sato, Yoichi Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Yamasaki, Yoichi Yatsu

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99050Y (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231784

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectroscopy, Satellites, Sensors, Space operations, Lithium, Field effect transistors, Calibration, Satellite communications, Single crystal X-ray diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

Thermal analyses for initial operations of the Soft X-Ray Spectrometer (SXS) onboard ASTRO-H

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99053R (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231356

KEYWORDS: Helium, X-rays, Liquids, Spectroscopy, Cryocoolers, Data modeling, Head, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

Porous plug phase separator and superfluid film flow suppression system for the soft x-ray spectrometer onboard ASTRO-H

Yuichiro Ezoe, Kumi Ishikawa, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takaya Ohashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Masahide Murakami, Kenichi Kanao, Seiji Yoshida, Shoji Tsunematsu, Michael DiPirro, Peter Shirron

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99053P (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231968

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectroscopy, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Helium, Sensors, Crystals, Polarization, Hard x-rays, Signal detection, Interfaces, Spectroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2016 Paper

The design, implementation, and performance of the Astro-H SXS aperture assembly and blocking filters

Caroline Kilbourne, Joseph Adams, Petar Arsenovic, Travis Ayers, Meng Chiao, Michael Dipirro, Megan Eckart, Ryuichi Fujimoto, John Kazeva, Richard Kelley, Kari Kripps, Bruce Lairson, Maurice Leutenegger, Heidi Lopez, Dan McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Samuel Moseley, F. Porter, Andrea Schweiss, Yoh Takei, Rosemary Thorpe, Tomomi Watanabe, Noriko Yamasaki, Seiji Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99053Q (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232240

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Field effect transistors, Sensors, Resistors, Calibration, Lead, Gold, Helium, Epoxies, Connectors

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2016 Paper

Design and on-orbit operation of the adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator on the Hitomi Soft X-ray Spectrometer instrument

Peter Shirron, Mark Kimball, Bryan James, Theodore Muench, Edgar Canavan, Michael DiPirro, Thomas Bialas, Gary Sneiderman, Kevin Boyce, Caroline Kilbourne, Frederick Porter, Richard Kelley, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yoh Takei, Seiji Yoshida, Kazuhisa Mitsuda

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99053O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231301

KEYWORDS: Helium, X-rays, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Cryocoolers, Liquids, Switches, Observatories, Detector arrays, X-ray telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Soft x-ray spectrometer (SXS): the high-resolution cryogenic spectrometer onboard ASTRO-H

Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Hiroki Akamatsu, Thomas Bialas, Kevin Boyce, Gregory Brown, Edgar Canavan, Meng Chiao, Elisa Costantini, Jan-Willem den Herder, Cor de Vries, Michael DiPirro, Megan Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Daniel Haas, Akio Hoshino, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Naoko Iyomoto, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Shunji Kitamoto, Saori Konami, Maurice Leutenegger, Dan McCammon, Joseph Miko, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Hiroshi Murakami, Masahide Murakami, Hirofumi Noda, Mina Ogawa, Takaya Ohashi, Atsushi Okamoto, Naomi Ota, Stéphane Paltani, F. Scott Porter, Kosuke Sato, Yoichi Sato, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Yamasaki

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91442A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057199

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Spectroscopy, Optical isolators, Sensors, Cryogenics, X-ray detectors, Image resolution, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

The ASTRO-H X-ray astronomy satellite

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Marshall Bautz, Thomas Bialas, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Laura Brenneman, Gregory Brown, Ed Cackett, Edgar Canavan, Maria Chernyakova, Meng Chiao, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jelle de Plaa, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Kirk Gilmore, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Atsushi Harayama, Isamu Hatsukade, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Takayuki Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Itoh, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Chris Jewell, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kawano, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Masashi Kimura, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Saori Konami, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alexander Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Stephanie LaMassa, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Candace Masters, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Brian McNamara, Joseph Miko, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mori, Hideyuki Mori, Franco Moroso, Theodore Muench, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Housei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Masaharu Nomachi, Steve O'Dell, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frits Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Ciro Pinto, Martin Pohl, James Pontius, F. Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Brian Ramsey, Rubens Reis, Christopher Reynolds, Claudio Ricci, Helena Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shinya Saito, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Goro Sato, Makoto Sawada, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin-ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Keisuke Tamura, Takayuki Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yoko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shutaro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Tomomi Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Nicholas White, Dan Wilkins, Shinya Yamada, Takahiro Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Tahir Yaqoob, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa, Irina Zhuravleva, Abderahmen Zoghbi, John ZuHone

Proceedings Volume 9144, 914425 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055681

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, X-ray telescopes, X-ray astronomy, Physics, Space telescopes, Satellites, Astronomy, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

The x-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer onboard Athena

J. den Herder, D. Bagnali, S. Bandler, M. Barbera, X. Barcons, D. Barret, P. Bastia, M. Bisotti, K. Boyce, C. Cara, M. Ceballos, L. Corcione, B. Cobo, L. Colasanti, J. de Plaa, M. DiPirro, W. Doriese, Y. Ezoe, R. Fujimoto, F. Gatti, L. Gottardi, P. Guttridge, R. den Hartog, I. Hepburn, R. Kelley, K. Irwin, Y. Ishisaki, C. Kilbourne, P. A. de Korte, J. van der Kuur, S. Lotti, C. Macculi, K. Mitsuda, T. Mineo, L. Natalucci, T. Ohashi, M. Page, S. Paltani, E. Perinati, L. Piro, C. Pigot, F. Porter, G. Rauw, L. Ravera, E. Renotte, J.-L. Sauvageot, C. Schmid, S. Sciortino, P. Shirron, Y. Takei, G. Torrioli, M. Tsujimoto, L. Valenziano, D. Willingale, C. de Vries, H. van Weers, J. Wilms, N. Yamasaki

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84432B (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924269

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Spectral resolution, Multiplexing, Electronics, Image resolution, Spectroscopy, Spatial resolution, Photons, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

The ASTRO-H X-ray Observatory

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Henri Aarts, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Mark Bautz, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Greg Brown, Ed Cackett, Mara Chernyakova, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jelle de Plaa, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Megan Eckart, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Keith Gendreau, Kirk Gilmore, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Takayuki Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Ito, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Hajime Kawahara, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Masashi Kimura, Kenzo Kinugasa, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alex Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Stephanie LaMassa, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Genevieve Marchand, Maxim Markevitch, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Brian McNamara, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mori, Koji Mukai, Toshio Murakami, Hiroshi Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Hosei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Masaharu Nomachi, Steve O'Dell, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Fritzs Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Martin Pohl, F. Scott Porter, Brian Ramsey, Rubens Reis, Christopher Reynolds, Helen Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Jeremy Sanders, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Yohichi Sato, Kosuke Sato, Makoto Sawada, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Hiroyuki Sugita, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin-ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Nicholas White, Takahiro Yamada, Shinya Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Noriko Yamasaki, Shigeo Yamauchi, Makoto Yamauchi, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84431Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926190

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, X-ray telescopes, Physics, X-ray astronomy, Iron, Spectroscopy, X-ray imaging, Galaxy groups and clusters

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2010 Paper

The ASTRO-H Mission

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Felix Aharonian, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Hisamitsu Awaki, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Mark Bautz, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Greg Brown, Mara Chernyakova, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jean Cottam, John Crow, Jelle de Plaa, Cor de Vries, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, Ken Ebisawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Poshak Gandhi, Keith Gendreau, Kirk Gilmore, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Naoki Isobe, Masayuki Ito, Naoko Iwata, Jelle Kaastra, Tim Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Hideaki Katagiri, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Kenzo Kinugasa, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Tatsuro Kosaka, Taro Kotani, Katsuji Koyama, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Jon Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mori, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Yujin Nakagawa, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Masaharu Nomachi, Stephen O'Dell, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frederik Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Martin Pohl, S. Porter, Brian Ramsey, Christopher Reynolds, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Rita Sambruna, Goro Sato, Yoichi Sato, Peter Serlemitsos, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz Stawarz, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Yoh Takei, Tohru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasayuki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Miyako Tozuka, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Shin Watanabe, Nicholas White, Takahiro Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77320Z (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857875

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, Physics, X-ray telescopes, X-ray imaging, Spectroscopy, Spatial resolution, Imaging systems, Iron

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

Cooling system for the soft x-ray spectrometer (SXS) onboard ASTRO-H

Ryuichi Fujimoto, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Noriko Yamasaki, Yoh Takei, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroyuki Sugita, Yoichi Sato, Keisuke Shinozaki, Atsushi Okamoto, Takaya Ohashi, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Yuichiro Ezoe, Kumi Ishikawa, Masahide Murakami, Shunji Kitamoto, Hiroshi Murakami, Toru Tamagawa, Madoka Kawaharada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kosuke Sato, Akio Hoshino, Kenichi Kanao, Seiji Yoshida, Mikio Miyaoka, Michael DiPirro, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Richard Kelley, F. Scott Porter, Caroline Kilbourne, John Crow, Andrea Mattern, Ali Kashani, Dan McCammon

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77323H (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856909

KEYWORDS: Cryocoolers, Cooling systems, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Liquids, X-ray astronomy, Sensors, Space operations, Detector arrays, Failure analysis

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

The high-resolution x-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer system for the SXS on ASTRO-H

Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Kevin Boyce, Gregory Brown, Elisa Costantini, Michael DiPirro, Yuichiro Ezoe, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Keith Gendreau, Jan-Willem den Herder, Akio Hoshino, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Caroline Kilbourne, Shunji Kitamoto, Dan McCammon, Masahide Murakami, Hiroshi Murakami, Mina Ogawa, Takaya Ohashi, Atsushi Okamoto, Stéphane Paltani, Martin Pohl, F. Scott Porter, Yoichi Sato, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Gary Sneiderman, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Cor de Vries, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Noriko Yamasaki

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773211 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856778

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Spectroscopy, X-ray detectors, Analog electronics, Optical filters, Mirrors, X-ray astronomy, Galaxy groups and clusters, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

The x-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer onboard of IXO

J. W. den Herder, R. Kelley, K. Mitsuda, L. Piro, S. Bandler, P. Bastia, K. Boyce, M. Bruin, J. Chervenak, L. Colasanti, W. B. Doriese, M. DiPirro, M. Eckart, Y. Ezoe, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, L. Ferrari, R. Fujimoto, F. Gatti, K. Gendreau, L. Gottardi, R. den Hartog, G. Hilton, H. Hoevers, K. Irwin, Y. Ishisaki, A. Kashani, C. Kilbourne, P. de Korte, J. van der Kuur, C. Macculi, T. Mineo, J. H. Nieland, T. Ohashi, S. Paltani, E. Perinati, F. Porter, P. Shirron, S. Smith, Y. Takei, M. Tashiro, G. Torrioli, M. Tsujimoto, H. van Weers, N. Yamasaki

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77321H (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856018

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Image resolution, Magnetism, Spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Multiplexing, Cooling systems, Magnetic sensors, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

Design of a 3-stage ADR for the soft x-ray spectrometer instrument on the ASTRO-H mission

Peter Shirron, Mark Kimball, Donald Wegel, Edgar Canavan, Michael DiPirro

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773212 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856880

KEYWORDS: Helium, Sensors, Liquids, Switches, X-rays, Cryogenics, Magnetism, Copper, Spectroscopy, Potassium

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 2009 Paper

A low-cost, low-temperature radiometer for thermal measurements

Michael DiPirro, Thomas Hait, James Tuttle, Edgar Canavan

Proceedings Volume 7439, 74391A (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.829182

KEYWORDS: Radiometry, Temperature metrology, Calibration, James Webb Space Telescope, Sensors, Resistance, Astronomy, Aluminum, Infrared bolometers, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

The x-ray microcalorimeter on the NeXT mission

Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Noriko Yamasaki, Keisuke Shinozaki, Yoh Takei, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Sugita, Yohichi Satoh, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Takaya Ohashi, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Yuichiro Ezoe, Masahide Murakami, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Shunji Kitamoto, Toru Tamagawa, Madoka Kawaharada, Tatehiro Mihara, Richard Kelley, Caroline Kilbourne, F. Scott Porter, Peter Shirron, Michael DiPirro, Dan McCammon, Jan-Willem den Herder

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70112K (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787952

KEYWORDS: X-rays, X-ray telescopes, Analog electronics, Helium, Spectroscopy, Iron, Liquids, Spectroscopes, Cryogenics, Galaxy groups and clusters

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

Design of the two-stage series adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator for the NeXT and Spectrum-RG missions

K. Shinozaki, K. Mitsuda, N. Yamasaki, Y. Takei, M. DiPirro, Y. Ezoe, R. Fujimoto, J. W. den Herder, M. Hirabayashi, Y. Ishisaki, K. Kanao, M. Kawaharada, R. Kelley, C. Kilbourne, S. Kitamoto, D. McCammon, T. Mihara, M. Murakami, T. Nakagawa, T. Ohashi, F. S. Porter, Y. Satoh, P. Shirron, H. Sugita, T. Tamagawa, M. Tashiro, S. Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70113R (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788634

KEYWORDS: Magnetism, Switches, X-ray telescopes, X-rays, Liquids, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Potassium, Cooling systems, X-ray astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 20 September 2007 Paper

The SPIRIT thermal system

M. DiPirro, C. Cottingham, R. Boyle, S. Ollendorf, D. Leisawitz

Proceedings Volume 6687, 66870D (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734140

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Cryocoolers, Telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Cryogenics, Helium, Interferometry, James Webb Space Telescope, Sun, Thermal modeling

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2007 Paper

High-fidelity cryothermal test of a subscale large space telescope

M. DiPirro, J. Tuttle, S. Ollendorf, A. Mattern, D. Leisawitz, M. Jackson, J. Francis, T. Hait, P. Cleveland, D. Muheim, A. J. Mastropietro

Proceedings Volume 6692, 669202 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734203

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Helium, Thermal modeling, James Webb Space Telescope, Cryocoolers, Liquids, Space operations, Infrared telescopes, Copper

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Proceedings Article | 7 July 2006 Paper

The Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT): mission study results

David Leisawitz, Charles Baker, Amy Barger, Dominic Benford, Andrew Blain, Rob Boyle, Richard Broderick, Jason Budinoff, John Carpenter, Richard Caverly, Phil Chen, Steve Cooley, Christine Cottingham, Julie Crooke, Dave DiPietro, MIke DiPirro, Michael Femiano, Art Ferrer, Jackie Fischer, Jonathan Gardner, Lou Hallock, Kenny Harris, Kate Hartman, Martin Harwit, Lynne Hillenbrand, Tupper Hyde, Drew Jones, Jim Kellogg, Alan Kogut, Marc Kuchner, Bill Lawson, Javier Lecha, Maria Lecha, Amy Mainzer, Jim Mannion, Anthony Martino, Paul Mason, John Mather, Gibran McDonald, Rick Mills, Lee Mundy, Stan Ollendorf, Joe Pellicciotti, Dave Quinn, Kirk Rhee, Stephen Rinehart, Tim Sauerwine, Robert Silverberg, Terry Smith, Gordon Stacey, H. Philip Stahl, Johannes Staguhn, Steve Tompkins, June Tveekrem, Sheila Wall, Mark Wilson

Proceedings Volume 6265, 626540 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669820

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Infrared telescopes, Planets, Sensors, James Webb Space Telescope, Stars, Planetary systems, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

Subscale cryo-thermal tests of a large 4-K space telescope

M. DiPirro, J. Tuttle, A. Mattern, S. Ollendorf, D. Leisawitz, M. Jackson, J. Francis, J. Bichell, T. Hait

Proceedings Volume 6275, 62750F (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672831

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Helium, Liquids, Telescopes, Aluminum, Thermal modeling, Instrument modeling, Cryogenics, Infrared telescopes, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

Cooling large space telescopes to 4 kelvin

Michael DiPirro

Proceedings Volume 5899, 58990W (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.613949

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Cryocoolers, Cryogenics, Space operations, Observatories, Mirrors, Infrared telescopes, Helium, Thermal modeling

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Proceedings Article | 4 November 2004 Paper

Current status of ADR development at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and future applications

Michael DiPirro, Peter Shirron

Proceedings Volume 5543, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559943

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Space telescopes, Cryocoolers, Helium, Telescopes, Potassium, Liquids, Superconductors, Infrared sensors, Switches

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

A SPECS update: engineering and technology requirements for a space-based far-IR imaging interferometer

David Leisawitz, Ronald Allen, Charles Baker, Dominic Benford, Claudio Bombardelli, Michael DiPirro, Pascale Ehrenfreund, Neal Evans, Martin Harwit, Tristram Hyde, Antoine Labeyrie, Jesse Leitner, Alice Liu, Enrico Lorenzini, Richard Lyon, Anthony Martino, John Mather, Karl Menten, S. Harvey Moseley, Lee Mundy, Takao Nakagawa, Stanford Ollendorf, John Pearson, Dave Quinn, Stephen Rinehart, Juan Roman, Shobita Satyapal, Robert Silverberg, H. Philip Stahl, Mark Swain, Theodore Swanson, Wesley Traub, Edward Wright, Harold Yorke

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552104

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Interferometers, Sensors, Interferometry, Mirrors, Spatial resolution, Infrared telescopes, Detector arrays, Beam splitters

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

SPECS: the kilometer-baseline far-IR interferometer in NASA's space science roadmap

David Leisawitz, Tom Abel, Ronald Allen, Dominic Benford, Andrew Blain, Claudio Bombardelli, Daniela Calzetti, Michael DiPirro, Pascale Ehrenfreund, Neal Evans, Jacqueline Fischer, Martin Harwit, Tristram Hyde, Marc Kuchner, Jesse Leitner, Enrico Lorenzini, John Mather, Karl Menten, Samuel Moseley, Lee Mundy, Takao Nakagawa, David Neufeld, John Pearson, Stephen Rinehart, Juan Roman, Shobita Satyapal, Robert Silverberg, H. Philip Stahl, Mark Swain, Theodore Swanson, Wesley Traub, Edward Wright, Harold Yorke

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552150

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Interferometers, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Interferometry, Spatial resolution, Astronomy, Infrared telescopes, Planets

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

Detectors for the James Webb Space Telescope near-infrared spectrograph

Bernard Rauscher, Donald Figer, Michael Regan, Torsten Boeker, James Garnett, Robert Hill, Giorgio Bagnasco, Jesus Balleza, Richard Barney, Louis Bergeron, Clifford Brambora, Joe Connelly, Rebecca Derro, Michael DiPirro, Christina Doria-Warner, Aprille Ericsson, Stuart Glazer, Charles Greene, Donald Hall, Shane Jacobson, Peter Jakobsen, Eric Johnson, Scott Johnson, Carolyn Krebs, Danny Krebs, Scott Lambros, Blake Likins, Sridhar Manthripragada, Robert Martineau, Ernie Morse, Samuel Moseley, D. Brent Mott, Theo Muench, Hongwoo Park, Susan Parker, Elizabeth Polidan, Robert Rashford, Kamdin Shakoorzadeh, Rajeev Sharma, Paolo Strada, Augustyn Waczynski, Yiting Wen, Selmer Wong, John Yagelowich, Monica Zuray

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.549573

KEYWORDS: Sensors, James Webb Space Telescope, Staring arrays, Calibration, Spectrographs, Readout integrated circuits, Electronics, Detector development, Clocks, Mercury cadmium telluride

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Proceedings Article | 8 October 2004 Paper

A rapid-turnaround cryogenic detector characterization system

Dominic Benford, Michael Dipirro, Joshua Forgione, Cliffton Jackson, Michael Jackson, Alan Kogut, S. Moseley, Peter Shirron, Richard Shafer

Proceedings Volume 5498, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552119

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Bolometers, Cryogenics, Multiplexers, Switches, Superconductors, Multiplexing, Detector development, Helium, Resistance

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2000 Paper

Scientific motivation and technology requirements for the SPIRIT and SPECS far-infrared/submillimeter space interferometers

David Leisawitz, William Danchi, Michael DiPirro, Lee Feinberg, Daniel Gezari, Mike Hagopian, William Langer, John Mather, Samuel Moseley, Michael Shao, Robert Silverberg, Johannes Staguhn, Mark Swain, Harold Yorke, Xiaolei Zhang

Proceedings Volume 4013, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393957

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Interferometers, Telescopes, Mirrors, Spatial resolution, Stars, Interferometry, Sensors, Far infrared

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Proceedings Article | 5 July 2000 Paper

Space-based interferometric telescopes for the far infrared

Michael Shao, William Danchi, Michael DiPirro, Mark Dragovan, Lee Feinberg, Mike Hagopian, William Langer, Charles Lawrence, Peter Lawson, David Leisawitz, John Mather, Samuel Moseley, Mark Swain, Harold Yorke, Xiaolei Zhang

Proceedings Volume 4006, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390278

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Interferometers, Telescopes, Stars, Cryogenics, Interferometry, Infrared telescopes, Far infrared

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Proceedings Article | 22 October 1999 Paper

Detector assembly and the ultralow-temperature refrigerator for XRS

Frederick Porter, Michael Audley, Regis Brekosky, Rebecca Derro, Michael DiPirro, Keith Gendreau, John Gygax, Richard Kelley, Dan McCammon, Armando Morrell, Scott Murphy, Robert Paulos, Thai Pham, Caroline Stahle, Andrew Szymkowiak, James Tuttle

Proceedings Volume 3765, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366556

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Switches, Field effect transistors, Finite element methods, Helium, X-rays, Gold, Copper, Magnetism, Lead

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 1994 Paper

Low-gravity superfluid transfer can be done: the results of the Superfluid Helium On-Orbit Transfer (SHOOT) flight demonstration

Michael DiPirro, Peter Shirron, James Tuttle

Proceedings Volume 2227, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178607

KEYWORDS: Helium, Aerospace engineering, Satellites, Space operations, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 1 November 1990 Paper

SHOOT cryogenic components: testing and applicability to other flight programs

Michael DiPirro, Michael Schein, Robert Boyle, Orlando Figueroa, David Lindauer, Daniel McHugh, Peter Shirron

Proceedings Volume 1340, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23053

KEYWORDS: Liquids, Helium, Cryogenics, Temperature metrology, Optical cryogenics, Sensors, Cavitation, Transducers, Information operations, Nitrogen

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Proceedings Article | 1 November 1990 Paper

Cryogenic on-orbit performance of the NASA Cosmic Background Explorer

Stephen Volz, Michael DiPirro, Stephen Castles, Michael Rhee, Michael Ryschkewitsch, Richard Hopkins

Proceedings Volume 1340, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23051

KEYWORDS: Helium, Space operations, Cryogenics, Liquids, Optical cryogenics, Virtual colonoscopy, Calibration, Mathematical modeling, Sun, Aerospace engineering

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