Wide-band x-ray observatory for the time domain astronomy era: CHRONOS
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.
Authors
- M. Shidatsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8195-6546)
- Mariko Kimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8547-5739)
- T. Kawamuro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6808-2052)
- Hirofumi Noda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6020-517X)
- Y. Terada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2359-1857)
- Y. Ueda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5485-2722)
- Kosuke Namekata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1297-9485)
- Hiroyuki Uchida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1518-2188)
- Hiroya Yamaguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5092-6085)
- W. Iwakiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0207-9010)
- Takaaki Tanaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4383-0368)
- Takashi Okajima
- Teruaki Enoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1244-3100)
- Takeshi Go Tsuru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5504-4903)
- Hiroshi Nakajima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0079-1274)
- Kazuhiro Nakazawa
- Masayoshi Nobukawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1130-5363)
- H. Takahashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6314-5897)
- Satoshi Yamada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5513-2981)
- Shin Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9526-5981)
- Koji Mori
- Hironori Matsumoto
- Hiromasa Suzuku
- Hiroki Akamatsu
- M. Ishida
- Yoichi Yatsu
Institutions
- Kanazawa University (JP)
- Chiba University (JP)
- Kanto Gakuin University (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JP)
- Planetary Systems (United States) (US)
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (JP)
- Ehime University (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018366
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.33