High-Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy : Instrumentation, Data Analysis, and Science / edited by Cosimo Bambi, Jiachen Jiang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bambi, Cosimo, editor.

Jiang, Jiachen, editor.

Series:

Springer Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology, 2731-7358

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

X-ray spectroscopy.

Astronomy--Observations.

Astronomy.

Measurement.

Measuring instruments.

Astrophysics.

X-Ray Spectroscopy.

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

Local Subjects:

X-Ray Spectroscopy.

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

Astrophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part I: Instrumentation and data analysis

1. 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 data

4. Chandra grating

- Introduction to LETG/HETG

- Data reduction for Chandra data

5. High-resolution grating spectral analysis

- Statistics and spectral grouping

- Line search

- Spectral analysis with SPEX

6. Micro-calorimeters with transition edge sensors

7. Hitomi micro-calorimeter

- Introduction to the micro-calorimeter on Hitomi

- Data reduction for SXT data

8. High-resolution spectral analysis of Hitomi data

Part II: Science

9. Overview of astrophysical plasmas

10. Clusters of galaxies

11. Active galactic nuclei

12. Circumgalactic and intergalactic medium

13. Solar wind and charge exchange

14. Galactic black hole X-ray binaries

15. Supernova remnants

16. Galactic cataclysmic variables

17. Dynamics of gas and plasma in cool and hot stars.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Bambi, Cosimo High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy

ISBN:

981-9944-09-0