NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton Observatory have been the pioneering satellites for studying the Universe with X-rays and the cornerstone of X-ray spectroscopy since their launches more than 20 years ago. The onboard gratings provide us a unique opportunity to disting...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Bambi, Cosimo 1980- (HerausgeberIn), Jiang, Jiachen (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Singapore Springer [2023]
Schriftenreihe:	Springer series in astrophysics and cosmology
Schlagworte:	bicssc bisacsh Astronomy—Observations Measurement Measuring instruments Astrophysics X-ray spectroscopy Röntgenspektroskopie Röntgenastronomie Astrophysik Hardcover, Softcover / Physik, Astronomie/Mechanik, Akustik
Zusammenfassung:	NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton Observatory have been the pioneering satellites for studying the Universe with X-rays and the cornerstone of X-ray spectroscopy since their launches more than 20 years ago. The onboard gratings provide us a unique opportunity to distinguish individual spectral lines from different atoms thanks to their high energy resolutions. Enormous discoveries have been achieved by these two missions when observing a variety of X-ray-emitting astronomical objects, such as black holes, supernova remnants, clusters of galaxies, and stars. However, the data are limited to fairly bright X-ray sources. The recent JAXA's mission Hitomi opened a new window of high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy thanks to its onboard X-ray calorimeter. Although this mission was shortly terminated due to a mishap, Hitomi left behind a few sets of observations awaiting more data mining. The first half of this book introduces the history of high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy and different generations of X-ray spectrometers. A tutorial guide on how to reduce, analyze, and understand the astronomical data from Chandra, XMM-Newton, and Hitomi is also included. The second half of the book reviews past results obtained by the high-resolution spectrometers on these missions on multiple topics and discusses possible discoveries by upcoming missions in the next decade
Beschreibung:	Part I: Instrumentation and data analysis1. History, present and future of high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy 2. X-ray Diffraction Grating Spectrometers 3. XMM-Newton grating - Introduction to RGS- Data reduction for RGS data4. Chandra grating- Introduction to LETG/HETG- Data reduction for Chandra data5. High-resolution grating spectral analysis - Statistics and spectral grouping- Line search- Spectral analysis with SPEX6. Micro-calorimeters with transition edge sensors 7. Hitomi micro-calorimeter - Introduction to the micro-calorimeter on Hitomi- Data reduction for SXT data8. High-resolution spectral analysis of Hitomi data; Part II: Science9. Overview of astrophysical plasmas10. Clusters of galaxies11. Active galactic nuclei12. Circumgalactic and intergalactic medium13. Solar wind and charge exchange14. Galactic black hole X-ray binaries15. Supernova remnants16. Galactic cataclysmic variables17. Dynamics of gas and plasma in cool and hot stars
Beschreibung:	viii, 418 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 870 grams
ISBN:	9789819944088