研究者業績
基本情報
- 所属
- 国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構 宇宙科学研究所 宇宙物理学研究系 教授東京大学大学院 理学系研究科 物理学専攻 教授量子場計測システム国際拠点(QUP) (主任研究者)北里大学大学院 理学研究科 客員教授
- 学位
- 博士（理学）(1996年3月 東京大学)
- ORCID ID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4885-5537- J-GLOBAL ID
- 200901003330670433
- Researcher ID
- C-2252-2008
- researchmap会員ID
- 5000019022
- 外部リンク
経歴
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2002年7月 - 2018年1月
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1993年 - 2002年
学歴
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1989年4月 - 1993年3月
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1985年4月 - 1989年3月
委員歴
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2017年10月 - 2023年9月
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2014年10月 - 2017年9月
論文
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Cryogenics 138 103795-103795 2024年3月 査読有り
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 128(12) e2023JA032069 2023年12月19日 査読有り
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 75(6) 1324-1336 2023年11月14日 査読有りAbstract Observations of the hot X-ray emitting interstellar medium in the Milky Way are important for studying the stellar feedback and for understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies. We present measurements of the soft X-ray background emission for 130 Suzaku observations at 75° < l < 285° and |b| > 15°. With the standard soft X-ray background model consisting of the local hot bubble and of the Milky Way halo, residual structures remain at 0.7–1 keV in the spectra of some regions. Adding a collisional-ionization-equilibrium component with a temperature of ∼0.8 keV, much higher than the virial temperature of the Milky Way, significantly reduces the derived C-statistic for 56 out of 130 observations. The emission measure of the 0.8 keV component varies by more than an order of magnitude: assuming the solar abundance, the median value is $3 \times 10^{-4}\, \rm {cm^{-6}\ pc}$ and the 16th–84th percentile range is $(1\!-\!8) \times 10^{-4}\, \rm {cm^{-6}\ pc}$. Regions toward the Orion–Eridanus superbubble, having a large cavity extending from the Ori OB1 association, have the highest emission measures of the 0.8 keV component. While the scatter is large, the emission measures tend to be higher toward lower galactic latitudes. We discuss possible biases caused by the solar wind charge exchange, stars, and background groups. The 0.8 keV component is probably heated by supernovae in the Milky Way disk, possibly related to Galactic fountains.
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IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 33(5) 1-4 2023年8月 査読有り
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 211(5-6) 255-264 2023年2月4日 査読有りAbstract A $$^{57}$$Fe nucleus in the solar core could emit a 14.4-keV monochromatic axion through the M1 transition if a hypothetical elementary particle, axion, exists to solve the strong CP problem. Transition edge sensor (TES) X-ray microcalorimeters can detect such axions very efficiently if they are again converted into photons by a $$^{57}$$Fe absorber. We have designed and produced a dedicated TES array with $$^{57}$$Fe absorbers for the solar axion search. The iron absorber is set next to the TES, keeping a certain distance to reduce the iron-magnetization effect on the spectroscopic performance. A gold thermal transfer strap connects them. A sample pixel irradiated from a $$^{55}$$Fe source detected 698 pulses. In contrast to thermal simulations, we consider that the pulses include either events produced in an iron absorber or gold strap at a fraction dependent on the absorption rate of each material. Furthermore, photons deposited on the iron absorber are detected through the strap as intended. The identification of all events still needs to be completed. However, we successfully operated the TES with the unique design under iron magnetization for the first time.
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Experimental Astronomy 55(2) 373-426 2023年1月27日
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IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 1-5 2023年
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 2022年12月14日
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 209(5-6) 971-979 2022年12月
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 209(3-4) 518-524 2022年11月7日
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 74(6) 1396-1414 2022年10月14日Abstract We present measurements of the soft X-ray background emission for 130 Suzaku observations at 75° < l < 285° and |b| > 15° obtained from 2005 to 2015, covering nearly one solar cycle. In addition to the standard soft X-ray background model consisting of the local hot bubble and the Milky Way Halo (MWH), we include a hot collisional-ionization-equilibrium component with a temperature of ∼0.8 keV to reproduce spectra of a significant fraction of the lines of sight. Then, the scatter in the relation between the emission measure vs. temperature of the MWH component is reduced. Here, we exclude time ranges with high count rates to minimize the effect of the solar wind charge exchange (SWCX). However, the spectra of almost the same lines of sight are inconsistent. The heliospheric SWCX emissions likely contaminate and give a bias in measurements of temperature and the emission measure of the MWH. Excluding the data around the solar maximum and using the data taken before the end of 2009, at |b| > 35° and 105° < l < 255°, the temperature (0.22 keV) and emission measure (2 × 10−3 cm−6 pc) of the MWH are fairly uniform. The increase of the emission measure toward the lower Galactic latitude at |b| < 35° indicates the presence of a disk-like morphology component. A composite model which consists of disk-like and spherical-morphology components also reproduces the observed emission measure distribution of MWH. In this case, the hydrostatic mass at a few tens of kiloparsec from the Galactic center agrees with the gravitational mass of the Milky Way. The plasma with the virial temperature likely fills the Milky Way halo in nearly hydrostatic equilibrium. Assuming a gas metallicity of 0.3 solar, the upper limit of the gas mass of the spherical component out to 250 kpc, or the virial radius, is ∼ a few × 1010 M⊙.
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 209(3-4) 396-408 2022年9月5日
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JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS 2022年7月We developed transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters to measure gamma rays with up to a few megaelectron volts. Our TES devices have a thick silicon membrane that supports a large absorber. We fabricated devices with different sizes of the TES and membranes to study the thermal conductance of the membrane. We found that the thermal conductance G of the membrane is less dependent on the distance between the TES and heat bath because heat is mainly transported by ballistic phonons in the thick membrane. In addition, gamma-ray irradiation experiments were conducted using a TES device with a large bismuth absorber (1 mm x 1 mm x 1 mm) and a thick membrane (6 mu m); the energy response of the device was found to be largely linear.
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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 929(2) 2022年4月Power spectra of spatial fluctuations of X-ray emission may impose constraints on the origins of the emission independent of that from the energy spectra. We generated spatial power spectrum densities (PSDs) of blank X-ray skies observed with the Suzaku X-ray observatory utilizing the modified Delta-variance method. Using the total measured count rate as the diagnostic tool, we found that a model consisting of the sum of two components, one for the unresolved faint point sources and one for the uniform flat-field emission, can represent well the observed PSD in three different energy bands (0.2-0.5, 0.5-2, and 2-10 keV); only an upper limit is obtained for the latter component in 2-10 keV. X-ray counting rates corresponding to the best-fit PSD model functions and diffuse emission fractions were estimated, and we confirmed that the sum of the counting rates of two model components is consistent with those actually observed with the detector for all energy bands. The ratio of the flat-field counting rate to the total in 0.5-2 keV, however, is significantly larger than the diffuse emission fraction estimated from the model fits of energy spectra. We discussed that this discrepancy can be reconciled by systematic effects in the PSD and energy spectrum analyses. The present study demonstrates that the spatial power spectrum analysis is powerful in constraining the origins of the X-ray emission.
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Cryogenics 116 103306-103306 2021年6月The 4K Joule-Thomson (JT) cryocooler is a key cryogenic component for future astronomy missions such as ATHENA and LiteBIRD. It was originally developed for SMILES (2009) and upgraded for ASTRO-H/SXS (2016) and SPICA. The 20K two-stage Stirling cryocooler developed for AKARI (2006) was also upgraded and used as a precooler. The operational life is a critical factor in planning long-term missions. An engineering model of the 4KJT cryocooler was built for continuous operation to verify its lifetime. Testing was done from 2010 to 2019 and successful three-year operation was demonstrated with an extended operation; this was beyond the design specification. This paper describes the overall history of the lifetime test of the 4K-JT cryocooler and an evaluation of the end-of-life cooling performance and performance changes during long-term operation.
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Journal of Applied Physics 128(22) 225302-225302 2020年12月14日 査読有りWe designed, fabricated, and measured anti-reflection coating (ARC) on sapphire that has 116% fractional bandwidth and transmission of at least 97% in the millimeter wave band. The ARC was based on patterning pyramid-like sub-wavelength structures (SWS) using ablation with a 15W femto-second laser operating at 1030nm. One side of each of two disks was fabricated with SWS that had a pitch of 0.54mm and a height of 2mm. The average ablation volume removal rate was 1.6mm3/min. Measurements of the two-disk sandwich show transmission higher than 97% between 43 and 161GHz. We characterize instrumental polarization (IP) arising from differential transmission due to asymmetric SWS. We find that with proper alignment of the two-disk sandwich, RMS IP across the band is predicted to be 0.07% at normal incidence and less than 0.6% at incidence angles up to20 degrees. These results indicate that laser ablation of SWS on sapphire and on other hard materials such as alumina is an effective way to fabricate broadband ARC.
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Cryogenics 112 103144-103144 2020年12月 査読有りIn the framework of the ESA X-ray mission ATHENA, scheduled for launch in 2030, an ESA Core Technology Program (CTP) was started in 2016 to build a flight like cryostat demonstrator in parallel with the phase A studies of the ATHENA/X-IFU instrument. As part of this CTP, called the Detector Cooling System (DCS), design, manufacturing and test of a cryostat including existing space coolers will be done. In addition to the validation of thermal performance, a Focal Plan Assembly (FPA) demonstrator using Transition Edge Sensors (TES) detector technology will be also integrated and its performance characterized versus the environment provided by the cryostat. This is a unique opportunity to validate many crucial issues of the cryogenic part of such a sensitive instrument. A dedicated activity within this CTP-DCS is the demonstration of the 300 K–50 mK cooling chain in a Ground System Equipment (GSE) cryostat. The studies are focused on the operation of the space coolers, which is made possible by the use of a ground cooler for cooling cryogenic shields and mechanical supports. This test program is also the opportunity to validate the operation of the cryochain with respect to various requirements, such as time constant and temperature stabilities. This would bring us valuable inputs to integrate the cryochain in DCS cryostat, X-IFU studies, SPICA and LiteBIRD missions. This paper is focused on the operation of the full 300 K–50 mK cryochain. In particular, the recycling options of the sub Kelvin cooler (sorption cooler + an ADR) versus the capability of 4 K and 2 K JT coolers are described. Results on the JT parameters validation campaign are summarized and eventually the results of the coupled test with sub Kelvin cooler will be presented and discussed.
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CRYOGENICS 111 2020年10月Two-stage Stirling cryocoolers (2ST cooler) produced by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. have been launched into orbit on three satellites: the "AKARI (ASTRO-F)" infrared astronomical satellite, JEM/SMILES on ISS, and the "HITOMI (ASTRO-H)" X-ray astronomical satellite. A 2ST cooler compressor has a linear-ball-bearing system as a piston-supporting structure. The linear ball bearing system is a key components to realize a lower drive frequency (15 Hz), a long piston stroke (30 mm). Its typical cooling power is 200 mW at 20 K for the second stage and 1000 mW at 100 K for the first stage, with 90 W electrical input power.During the test of the "HITOMI" engineering model, the energy resolution of the detector was found to be degraded when cryocoolers were in operation. After investigation, it was found that micro vibration from 2STs caused the degradation. The continuum in the vibration spectrum propagated into sub-Kelvin region and generated thermal noise. The continuum has origin in linear ball bearing in the compressor. In the case of "HITOMI", vibration isolators were introduced to resolve this issue.For future mission, we are required to reduce microvibration of cryocooler itself. Therefore, the piston support mechanism in the compressor was modified from linear ball bearings to triangle shape flexure springs in order to reduce the continuum in vibration spectrum. In order to achieve a long piston stroke (+/- 15 mm), the generated stress could be reduced to 400 MPa (Less than 1/2 of fatigue limit) or less even when the shape of the triangle shape flexure spring was devised and displaced by 15 mm. The typical vibration level has been reduced to 1 x 10(-5) Nrms(2)/ Hz or less at a frequency of 200 Hz or less and 1/10 times or less at 200-600 Hz than that of a compressor with a linear ball bearing system. The cooling power is kept to 260 mW at 20 K, with 90 W electrical input power. This low vibration cooler is expected to be an improved cryogenic system for use in future projects with sub-Kelvin detectors.
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 200(5-6) 452-460 2020年9月27日 査読有り
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Applied Physics Letters 117(12) 122601-122601 2020年9月21日
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CRYOGENICS 109 2020年7月In space science missions that uses cryogen-free mechanical cooler systems to cool the low temperature telescope and detectors, a cooling time from room temperature to low temperature should be considered in the required mission life time, because of a limited cooling power of mechanical cooler. For instance, in the Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA), the 4K-class Joule Thomson cooler (4K-JT) and the 1K-class Joule Thomson cooler (1K-JT) are being considered to cool a 2.5 m telescope and provide a 1-4 K environment for scientific instruments. The cooling capability of these JT coolers, below 20 K and even lower than 5 K, is critical for initial cooling. The 4K-JT cooling from precooling to operating temperatures under the heat input was measured and confirmed that the 4K-JT has enough cooling power to cool with these heat load. The 1K-JT cool down measurement with heater was also performed. These results enabled us to estimate the cool down time for the heat capacity provided by the telescope and scientific instruments assumed in SPICA, LiteBIRD and the ESA X-ray mission ATHENA.
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 199(3-4) 654-662 2020年5月23日 査読有り
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 199(3-4) 908-915 2020年5月5日 査読有り<title>Abstract</title>We herein report a concept study of a transition edge sensor (TES) X-ray microcalorimeter array with two different thickness absorbers. We developed an energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscope (EDS) with a 64-pixel TES array and installed it on a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) for material analysis. One of the key applications of the proposed system is the microanalysis of astromaterials, for which the relative abundance of light elements such as boron, carbon, and oxygen against silicon are crucial. However, the line sensitivity below <inline-formula><alternatives><tex-math>$$\sim$$</tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mo>∼</mml:mo></mml:math></alternatives></inline-formula> 500 eV for the our STEM TES EDS system was not enough to detect the X-ray from light elements because of the relatively high continuum emission and low detection efficiency, which occurs due to the X-ray window and the optical blocking filters. A simple solution to increase line sensitivity at low energy is the adoption of thin X-ray absorbers that leads to an improvement in the energy resolution. However, doing so causes the sensitivity to decrease for high energy lines. Utilizing the spot-size dependence of the polycapillary X-ray optics on energy, which are used in the STEM TES EDS system, we studied a design in which thin absorbers are distributed on the outer area of detector. We optimized the design using the raytracing analysis of optics. A thin (300 nm) absorber is placed on the 52 outer pixels, while a thick (3.5 <inline-formula><alternatives><tex-math>$$\upmu$$</tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:math></alternatives></inline-formula>m) absorber is placed on the central 12 pixels. The thin pixels detect approximately 50–60% of the total counts in 0.1–2 keV, while the central thick pixels detect approximately 50–80% of the total counts in 2–10 keV. We also demonstrated the fabrication process of two-thickness absorber arrays.
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 199(3-4) 1107-1117 2020年5月<title>Abstract</title>Recent developments of transition-edge sensors (TESs), based on extensive experience in ground-based experiments, have been making the sensor techniques mature enough for their application on future satellite cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiments. LiteBIRD is in the most advanced phase among such future satellites, targeting its launch in Japanese Fiscal Year 2027 (2027FY) with JAXA’s H3 rocket. It will accommodate more than 4000 TESs in focal planes of reflective low-frequency and refractive medium-and-high-frequency telescopes in order to detect a signature imprinted on the CMB by the primordial gravitational waves predicted in cosmic inflation. The total wide frequency coverage between 34 and 448 GHz enables us to extract such weak spiral polarization patterns through the precise subtraction of our Galaxy’s foreground emission by using spectral differences among CMB and foreground signals. Telescopes are cooled down to 5 K for suppressing thermal noise and contain polarization modulators with transmissive half-wave plates at individual apertures for separating sky polarization signals from artificial polarization and for mitigating from instrumental 1/<italic>f</italic> noise. Passive cooling by using V-grooves supports active cooling with mechanical coolers as well as adiabatic demagnetization refrigerators. Sky observations from the second Sun–Earth Lagrangian point, L2, are planned for 3 years. An international collaboration between Japan, the USA, Canada, and Europe is sharing various roles. In May 2019, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA, selected LiteBIRD as the strategic large mission No. 2.
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2020(02) 011-011 2020年2月11日 査読有り
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Physical Review Letters 123(22) 2019年11月26日
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IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 29(5) 1-5 2019年8月 査読有り
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 29(5) 1-4 2019年8月 査読有り
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Cooling performance of Joule Thomson coolers in 300 K-50 mK cryochain demonstration for ATHENA X-IFUIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 502(1) 2019年6月3日The cooler system for the ESA X-ray astronomical mission ATHENA X-IFU instrument is being studied, and a demonstration cooling test has been performed by integrating the mechanical coolers (double-stage Stirling cooler = 2ST, 4K-class and 1K-class Joule Thomson coolers = 4K-JT and 2K-JT) provided by JAXA with the coolers (15K-class pulse tube cooler = PT15K and 50mK hybrid cooler) provided by CEA into the cryostat. This paper describes the measured cooling performances of these Joule Thomson coolers under successful integration with the 50mK hybrid cooler and the pulse tube cooler. The demonstration test is proceeded under the international framework of ESA Core Technology Program (CTP) for a detector cooling system demonstration for ATHENA, and should provide valuable insight for other future space missions such as SPICA and LiteBIRD. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 71(3) 2019年6月 査読有りThe reported detection of a 3.5 keV emission signal in the Perseus cluster core by Bulbul et al. (2014, ApJ, 789, 13) was ruled out at high confidence in analysis conducted by Aharonian et al. (2017, ApJ, 837, L15) of X-ray spectra at 5 eV energy resolution obtained with the Hitomi observatory Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS). Using the same data, we search the full 2-12 keV SXS energy band for previously unidentified emission and absorption features. No significant unidentified line emission or absorption is found. Line flux upper limits (1 sigma per resolution element) vary with photon energy and assumed intrinsic width, decreasing from similar to 100 at 2 keV to <10 photons cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) over most of the 5-10 keV energy range for a Gaussian line with Doppler broadening of 640 km s(-1). Limits for narrower and broader lines have a similar energy dependence and are systematically smaller and larger, respectively. These line flux limits are used to constrain the decay rate of hypothetical dark matter candidates. For the sterile neutrino decay rate, we place new constraints over the mass range of 4-24 keV with mass resolution better than any previous X-ray analysis. Additionally, the accuracy of relevant thermal spectral models and atomic data are evaluated. The Perseus cluster spectra may be described by a composite of multi-temperature thermal and active galactic nuclei (AGN) power-law continua. Superposed on these, a few line emission signals possibly originating from unmodeled atomic processes (including Si XIV and Fe XXV) aremarginally detected and tabulated. Comparisons with previous X-ray upper limits and future prospects for dark matter searches using high-energy resolution spectroscopy are discussed.
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 194(5-6) 418-425 2019年3月
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 194(5-6) 443-452 2019年3月
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Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology 55(8) 868-873 2018年8月3日 査読有りA dielectric capacitance thermometer was fabricated using KTa0.99Nb0.01O3 (KTN) quantum ferroelectrics. The electric capacitance of the KTN thermometer was measured as a function of temperature from 0.1 to 300 K using the four-terminal-pair method. The KTN thermometer exhibited a dependence of the electric capacitance on the temperature that showed promise for using the thermometer as a microcalorimeter. A prototype of the dielectric microcalorimeter (DMC) was assembled with the KTN thermometer and irradiated with alpha rays with an energy of 5.5 MeV at a temperature of 100 mK. When applying a DC bias voltage to the DMC, the detection signals could be observed at the output of the preamplifier. A response of the DMC to alpha rays was obtained despite the poor signal-to-noise ratio caused by long wirings for the detection signal readout inside the refrigerator.
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 193(5-6) 1-10 2018年5月11日 査読有りThe high-frequency telescope for LiteBIRD is designed with refractive and reflective optics. In order to improve sensitivity, this paper suggests the new optical configurations of the HFT which have approximately 7 times larger focal planes than that of the original design. The sensitivities of both the designs are compared, and the requirement of anti-reflection (AR) coating on the lens for the refractive option is derived. We also present the simulation result of a sub-wavelength AR structure on both surfaces of silicon, which shows a band-averaged reflection of 1.1–3.2% at 101–448 GHz.
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 193(5-6) 1-9 2018年5月10日 査読有りInflation is the leading theory of the first instant of the universe. Inflation, which postulates that the universe underwent a period of rapid expansion an instant after its birth, provides convincing explanation for cosmological observations. Recent advancements in detector technology have opened opportunities to explore primordial gravitational waves generated by the inflation through “B-mode” (divergent-free) polarization pattern embedded in the cosmic microwave background anisotropies. If detected, these signals would provide strong evidence for inflation, point to the correct model for inflation, and open a window to physics at ultra-high energies. LiteBIRD is a satellite mission with a goal of detecting degree-and-larger-angular-scale B-mode polarization. LiteBIRD will observe at the second Lagrange point with a 400 mm diameter telescope and 2622 detectors. It will survey the entire sky with 15 frequency bands from 40 to 400 GHz to measure and subtract foregrounds. The US LiteBIRD team is proposing to deliver sub-Kelvin instruments that include detectors and readout electronics. A lenslet-coupled sinuous antenna array will cover low-frequency bands (40–235 GHz) with four frequency arrangements of trichroic pixels. An orthomode-transducer-coupled corrugated horn array will cover high-frequency bands (280–402 GHz) with three types of single frequency detectors. The detectors will be made with transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers cooled to a 100 milli-Kelvin base temperature by an adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator. The TES bolometers will be read out using digital frequency multiplexing with Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID) amplifiers. Up to 78 bolometers will be multiplexed with a single SQUID amplifier. We report on the sub-Kelvin instrument design and ongoing developments for the LiteBIRD mission.
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 193(5-6) 1-8 2018年4月24日 査読有りThe updated program of the future Japanese X-ray satellite mission Diffuse Intergalactic Oxygen Surveyor (DIOS), called as Super DIOS, is planned to search for dark baryons in the form of warm–hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) with high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy. The mission will detect redshifted emission lines from OVII, OVIII and other ions, leading to an overall understanding of the physical nature and spatial distribution of dark baryons as a function of cosmological timescale. We have started the conceptual design of the satellite and onboard instruments, focusing on the era of 2030s. The major change will be an improved angular resolution of the X-ray telescope. Super DIOS will have a 10-arcsec resolution, which is an improvement by a factor of about 20 over DIOS. With this resolution, most of the contaminating X-ray sources will be separated, and the level of the diffuse X-ray background will be much reduced after subtraction of point sources. This will give us higher sensitivity to map out the WHIM in emission.
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 193(5-6) 1-5 2018年4月19日 査読有りThe X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM) is a recovery mission of ASTRO-H/Hitomi, which is expected to be launched in Japanese Fiscal Year of 2020 at the earliest. The Resolve instrument on XARM consists of an array of 6 × 6 silicon-thermistor microcalorimeters cooled down to 50 mK and a high-throughput X-ray mirror assembly with the focal length of 5.6 m. Hitomi was launched into orbit in February 2016 and observed several celestial objects, although the operation of Hitomi was terminated in April 2016. The soft X-ray spectrometer (SXS) on Hitomi demonstrated high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of ~ 5 eV FWHM in orbit for most of the pixels. The Resolve instrument is planned to mostly be a copy of the Hitomi SXS and soft X-ray telescope designs, though several changes are planned based on the lessons learned from Hitomi. We report a brief summary of the SXS performance and the status of the Resolve instrument.
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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 4(2) 2018年4月 査読有り© The Authors. The Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission is the sixth Japanese x-ray astronomy satellite developed by a large international collaboration, including Japan, USA, Canada, and Europe. The mission aimed to provide the highest energy resolution ever achieved at E > 2 keV, using a microcalorimeter instrument, and to cover a wide energy range spanning four decades in energy from soft x-rays to gamma rays. After a successful launch on February 17, 2016, the spacecraft lost its function on March 26, 2016, but the commissioning phase for about a month provided valuable information on the onboard instruments and the spacecraft system, including astrophysical results obtained from first light observations. The paper describes the Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission, its capabilities, the initial operation, and the instruments/spacecraft performances confirmed during the commissioning operations for about a month.
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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 4(2) 2018年4月1日 査読有りThe Astro-H (Hitomi) Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS) was a pioneering imaging x-ray spectrometer with 5 eV energy resolution at 6 keV. The instrument used a microcalorimeter array at the focus of a high-Throughput soft x-ray telescope to enable high-resolution nondispersive spectroscopy in the soft x-ray waveband (0.3 to 12 keV). We present the suite of ground calibration measurements acquired from 2012 to 2015, including characterization of the detector system, anti-coincidence detector, optical blocking filters, and filter-wheel filters. The calibration of the 36-pixel silicon thermistor microcalorimeter array includes parameterizations of the energy gain scale and line-spread function for each event grade over a range of instrument operating conditions, as well as quantum efficiency measurements. The x-ray transmission of the set of five Al/polyimide thin-film optical blocking filters mounted inside the SXS dewar has been modeled based on measurements at synchrotron beamlines, including with high spectral resolution at the C, N, O, and Al K-edges. In addition, we present the x-ray transmission of the dewar gate valve and of the filters mounted on the SXS filter wheel (external to the dewar), including beryllium, polyimide, and neutral density filters.
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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 4(2) 2018年4月1日 査読有りThe Soft X-ray Spectrometer onboard the Astro-H (Hitomi) orbiting x-ray observatory featured an array of 36 silicon thermistor x-ray calorimeters optimized to perform high spectral resolution x-ray imaging spectroscopy of astrophysical sources in the 0.3-To 12-keV band. Extensive preflight calibration measurements are the basis for our modeling of the pulse height-energy relation and energy resolution for each pixel and event grade, telescope collecting area, detector efficiency, and pulse arrival time. Because of the early termination of mission operations, we needed to extract the maximum information from observations performed only days into the mission when the onboard calibration sources had not yet been commissioned and the dewar was still coming into thermal equilibrium, so our technique for reconstructing the per-pixel time-dependent pulse height-energy relation had to be modified. The gain scale was reconstructed using a combination of an absolute energy scale calibration at a single time using a fiducial from an onboard radioactive source and calibration of a dominant time-dependent gain drift component using a dedicated calibration pixel, as well as a residual time-dependent variation using spectra from the Perseus cluster of galaxies. The energy resolution was also measured using the onboard radioactive sources. It is consistent with instrument-level measurements accounting for the modest increase in noise due to spacecraft systems interference. We use observations of two pulsar wind nebulae to validate our models of the telescope area and detector efficiency and to derive a more accurate value for the thickness of the gate-valve Be window, which had not been opened by the time mission operations ceased. We use observations of the Crab nebula to refine the pixel-To-pixel timing and validate the absolute timing.
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Cryogenics 91 27-35 2018年4月1日 査読有りASTRO-H was an X-ray astronomy satellite that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) developed to study the evolution of the universe and physical phenomena yet to be discovered. The primary scientific instrument of ASTRO-H was the Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS). Its detectors were to be cooled to 50 m K using a complex cryogenic system with a multistage adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator (ADR) developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and a cryogenic system developed by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (SHI). SHI's cryogenic system was required to cool the ADR's heatsink to 1.3 K or less in orbit for three years or longer. To meet these requirements, SHI developed a hybrid cryogenic system consisting of a liquid helium tank, a 4 K Joule-Thomson cooler, and two two-stage Stirling coolers. ASTRO-H was launched from Tanegashima Space Center on February 17, 2016. The initial operation of the SXS cryogenic system in orbit was completed successfully. The cooling performance was as expected and could have exceeded the lifetime requirement of three years. This paper describes results of ground tests, results of top-off filling of superfluid liquid helium just before launch, and cooling performance in orbit.
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IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 65(2) 758-765 2018年2月1日 査読有りWe created a simple simulation model of transmitted X-rays in polycapillary optics for improved understanding of the transmission characteristics and to aid in the design of the geometrical parameters of the polycapillary optics. New polycapillary optics for a 64-pixel array transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter energy-dispersive spectrometer system that was installed in a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) were developed using the simulation model. The characteristic X-rays that are emitted from the STEM specimen were transmitted and focused on the pixel array TES microcalorimeter by the polycapillary optics. The experimental X-ray transmission characteristics of the manufactured polycapillary optics agreed with the simulated results.
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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 4(1) 2018年We summarize all of the in-orbit operations of the soft x-ray spectrometer (SXS) onboard the ASTRO-H (Hitomi) satellite. The satellite was launched on February 17, 2016, and the communication with the satellite ceased on March 26, 2016. The SXS was still in the commissioning phase, in which the set-ups were progressively changed. This paper is intended to serve as a concise reference of the events in orbit in order to properly interpret the SXS data taken during its short lifetime and as a test case for planning the in-orbit operation for future microcalorimeter missions.
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Astrophysical Journal 862(1) 2018年 査読有りThe formation mechanism of the hot gaseous halo associated with the Milky Way is still under debate. We report new observational constraints on the gaseous halo using 107 lines of sight of the Suzaku X-ray observations at 75°< l < 285° and with a total exposure of 6.4 Ms. The gaseous halo spectra are represented by a singleerature plasma model in collisional ionization equilibrium. The median temperature of the observed fields is 0.26 keV (3.0 × 106 K) with a typical fluctuation of ∼30%. The emission measure varies by an order of magnitude and marginally correlates with the Galactic latitude. Despite the large scatter of the data, the emission measure distribution is roughly reproduced by a disk-like density distribution with a scale length of ∼7 kpc, a scale height of ∼2 kpc, and a total mass of ∼5 × 107 M. In addition, we found that a spherical hot gas with the β-model profile hardly contributes to the observed X-rays but that its total mass might reach 109 M. Combined with indirect evidence of an extended gaseous halo from other observations, the hot gaseous halo likely consists of a dense disk-like component and a rarefied spherical component; the X-ray emissions primarily come from the former, but the mass is dominated by the latter. The disk-like component likely originates from stellar feedback in the Galactic disk due to the low scale height and the large scatter of the emission measures. The median [O/Fe] of ∼0.25 shows the contribution of the core-collapse supernovae and supports the stellar feedback origin.
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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems 4(1) 2018年 査読有りThe soft x-ray spectrometer (SXS) onboard ASTRO-H (named Hitomi after launch) is a microcalorimeter-type spectrometer, installed in a dewar to be cooled at 50 mK. The energy resolution of the SXS engineering model suffered from microvibration from cryocoolers mounted on the dewar. This is mitigated for the flight model (FM) by introducing vibration isolation systems between the cryocoolers and the dewar. The detector performance of the FM was verified before launch of the spacecraft in both ambient condition and thermal-vacuum condition, showing no detectable degradation in energy resolution. The in-orbit detector spectral performance and cryocooler cooling performance were also consistent with that on ground, indicating that the cryocoolers were not damaged by launch environment. The design and performance of the vibration isolation system along with the mechanism of how the microvibration could degrade the cryogenic detector is shown. Lessons learned from the development to mitigate unexpected issues are also described. (c) The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 4(1) 2018年1月1日 査読有りThe soft x-ray spectrometer (SXS) onboard the Hitomi satellite achieved a high-energy resolution of ∼4.9 eV at 6 keV with an x-ray microcalorimeter array cooled to 50 mK. The cooling system utilizes liquid helium, confined in zero gravity by means of a porous plug (PP) phase separator. For the PP to function, the helium temperature must be kept lower than the λ point of 2.17 K in orbit. To determine the maximum allowable helium temperature at launch, taking into account the uncertainties in both the final ground operations and initial operation in orbit, we constructed a thermal mathematical model of the SXS dewar and PP vent and carried out time-series thermal simulations. Based on the results, the maximum allowable helium temperature at launch was set at 1.7 K. We also conducted a transient thermal calculation using the actual temperatures at launch as initial conditions to determine flow and cooling rates in orbit. From this, the equilibrium helium mass flow rate was estimated to be ∼34 to 42 μg/s, and the lifetime of the helium mode was predicted to be ∼3.9 to 4.7 years. This paper describes the thermal model and presents simulation results and comparisons with temperatures measured in the orbit.
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics 193(3-4) 618-625 2018年 査読有り
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 70(2) 2018年 査読有り
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 70(2) 2018年 査読有り
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Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave 2020年12月21日
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Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2020年12月16日
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Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2020年12月16日
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2003年3月 - 現在宇宙物理学特論I (隔年開講，前期） (東京大学大学院)
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日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 学術変革領域研究(A) 2020年11月 - 2025年3月
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日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(A) 2019年4月 - 2022年3月
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日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B) 2018年4月 - 2022年3月
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日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B) 2018年4月 - 2021年3月
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日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(S) 2014年5月 - 2019年3月
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件名宇宙研での大学院教育概要宇宙の構造形成の観測的研究を主に極低温観測技術を用いて行なっている。東京大学，北里大学から大学院学生をうけいれ，大学院では，新しい検出器の開発とその応用および観測的研究の専門教育を行なう。大学院では，「誰もやったことがないこと」を自ら行なう力をつけることを目標にする。
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年度2020年度(FY2020)博士課程学生数1修士課程学生数3
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年度2020年度(FY2020)博士課程学生数1修士課程学生数3
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年度2022年度(FY2022)博士課程学生数3修士課程学生数2
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年度2023年度(FY2023)博士課程学生数2修士課程学生数1
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指導学生名高久諒太所属大学東京大学著者名, ジャーナル名, 巻号ページ（出版年）Takaku et al. , Journal of Applied Physics, 128(22), id.225302, (2020)論文タイトルBroadband, millimeter-wave anti-reflective structures on sapphire ablatedwith femto-second laserDOIhttp://doi.org/10.1063/5.0022765
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指導学生名中島裕貴所属大学Univ. of Tokyo著者名, ジャーナル名, 巻号ページ（出版年）Nakashima et al. Applied Physics Letters, 117 122601 (2020)論文タイトルLow-noise microwave SQUID multiplexed readout of 38 x-ray transition-edge sensor microcalorimetersDOIhttp://doi.org/10.1063/5.0016333
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指導学生名紺野良平所属大学Kitasato Univ.著者名, ジャーナル名, 巻号ページ（出版年）Konno et al. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 199, 654 (2019)論文タイトルDevelopment of TES micsrocalorimters with solar-axion converterDOIhttp://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-019-02257-9
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指導学生名山本亮所属大学Univ. of Tokyo著者名, ジャーナル名, 巻号ページ（出版年）Yamamoto et al. , Journal of Cosmokogy and Astrophysics, 02 (2020) 011論文タイトルA Search for a Contribution from Axion-Like Particles to the X-Ray Diffuse Background Utilizing the Earth's Magnetic FieldDOIhttp://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/02/011
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指導学生名関谷典央所属大学University. of Tokyo著者名, ジャーナル名, 巻号ページ（出版年）Sekiya, Yamasaki, and Mitsuda, Publications of Astronomical Society in Japan, 68(SP1), S31 (2016)論文タイトルSearch for a keV Signature of Radiatively Decaying Dark Matter with Suzaku XIS Observations of the X-ray Diffuse BackgroundDOIhttp://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psv081
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指導学生名三石郁之所属大学Univ. of Tokyo著者名, ジャーナル名, 巻号ページ（出版年）Mitsuishi, Yamasaki, and Takei, Publications of Astronomical Society in Japan, 65, 44 (2013)論文タイトルAn X-Ray Study of the Galactic-Scale Starburst-Driven Outflow in NGC 253DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/65.2.44
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所内委員会名ナノエレクトロニクスクリーンルーム運営委員会
