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Capability and strategy of the X-ray afterglow observation with Suzaku

  • M. S. Tashiro
  • , T. Murakami
  • , A. Yoshida
  • , N. Kawai
  • , J. Nousek
  • , L. Angelini
  • , J. L. Kaluzienski
  • , L. R. Kelley
  • , K. Kinugasa
  • , K. Nakazawa
  • , N. J. Reeves
  • , G. Ricker
  • , M. Suzuki
  • , T. Takahashi
  • , T. Tamagawa
  • , K. Torii
  • , Y. Ueda
  • , Y. Urata
  • , K. Yamaoka
  • , M. Yamauchi
  • D. Yonetoku

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Abstract

The Japanese X-ray astronomical satellite Suzaku launched in July 2005 is equipped with two kinds of X-ray instruments for the wide-band spectroscopy. The X-ray CCD cameras (XIS) cover 0.3 to 12 keV with the energy resolution of 120 eV at 6 keV. The Hard X-ray Detector (HXD) consisting of well-type phoswitch counters covers 40-600 keV. With these instruments, we organized a team for quick follow-up observations of gamma-ray bursts, aiming to observe the afterglow phase transition and to search for spectral features with the wide band X-ray instruments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1597-1598
Number of pages2
JournalNuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica B
Volume121
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2006

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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