Wide-band x-ray observatory for the time domain astronomy era: CHRONOS

Kazuhiro Nakazawa; Teruaki Enoto; Wataru Iwakiri; Megumi Shidatsu; Hiromitsu Takahashi; Takashi Okajima; Manabu Ishida; Hiromasa Suzuki; Hiroya Yamaguchi; Shin Watanabe; Mariko Kimura; Hiroshi Nakajima; Takaaki Tanaka; Hiroyuki Uchida; Yoshihiro Ueda; Takeshi G. Tsuru; Kosuke Namekata; Koji Mori; Masayoshi Nobukawa; Hironori Matsumoto; Hiroki Akamatsu; Taiki Kawamuro; Satoshi Yamada; Yukikatsu Terada; Yoichi Yatsu; Hirofumi Noda

doi:10.1117/12.3018366

21 August 2024 Wide-band x-ray observatory for the time domain astronomy era: CHRONOS

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Teruaki Enoto, Wataru Iwakiri, Megumi Shidatsu, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Takashi Okajima, Manabu Ishida, Hiromasa Suzuki, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Shin Watanabe, Mariko Kimura, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takaaki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yoshihiro Ueda, Takeshi G. Tsuru, Kosuke Namekata, Koji Mori, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hironori Matsumoto, Hiroki Akamatsu, Taiki Kawamuro, Satoshi Yamada, Yukikatsu Terada, Yoichi Yatsu, Hirofumi Noda

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Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 130932H (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018366
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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Chronos is a X-ray observatory concept capable of “hour-level” follow up observations of transient alerts in 2030s’ multi-messenger astronomy, with 0.3–40+ keV wide X-ray band-width and 250–300 nm ultra-violet (UV) coverage. The mission has a good hard X-ray imaging spectroscopy with > 9′ field of view, the soft X-ray imager with > 30′ field of view, and the UV imager with > 7° field of view. Aiming at launch in mid-2030s, the mission is designed to provide wide-band spectroscopy of time dependent high-energy phenomena. The low background and large effective area in the hard X-ray band also make it good at observing diffuse hard X-ray emissions, such as many TeV sources which will be newly found in 2030s.

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Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Teruaki Enoto, Wataru Iwakiri, Megumi Shidatsu, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Takashi Okajima, Manabu Ishida, Hiromasa Suzuki, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Shin Watanabe, Mariko Kimura, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takaaki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yoshihiro Ueda, Takeshi G. Tsuru, Kosuke Namekata, Koji Mori, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hironori Matsumoto, Hiroki Akamatsu, Taiki Kawamuro, Satoshi Yamada, Yukikatsu Terada, Yoichi Yatsu, and Hirofumi Noda "Wide-band x-ray observatory for the time domain astronomy era: CHRONOS", Proc. SPIE 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 130932H (21 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018366

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