GEMS

GEMS
(日本語) NASA SMEX Phase B 選定結果 (2017/1/5)

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Suzaku
[Press Release] Understanding the last 1/100 seconds before falling into a black hole

Shinya Yamada has found that an accreting gas falling into a black hole is heated instantly within 1/100 seconds, by applying a shot analysis technique into the Suzaku HXD data taken from a famous black hole binary Cygnus X-1. Further improvements on this study is expected from the next to Suzaku satellite, ASTRO-H, and the first X-ray polarimetry […]

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GEMS
Takao and Fumi Stay at NASA/GSFC

Dr. Takao Kitaguchi and Ms. Fumi Asami are staying at NASA Goddard Space Flight Cenber to join the GEMS satellite project until the end of Feb. Takao is constructing a simulator of polarimeter and will calibrate it with data. Fumi is working on the polarimeter development together with Asami who is a visiting scientist at […]

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GEMS
GEM paper on space use has been accepted

Iwahashi, who is a D2 student, have succeeded in compiling a paper on radio-avtive tolerance of gas electron multiplier foils (GEM), is accepted by IEEE. The detail is shown in Heavy Ion and Proton Irradiation of Gas Electron Multipliers With Liquid Crystal Polymer Insulator: Evaluation Tests for Use in Space. The GEM is used for […]

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Suzaku
Japanese astronomical/physical conference

Most of members in Tamagawa group attended either Japanese Astronomical or Physical conference. We presented latest experimental results on GEM, and the scientific outputs obtained from supernova remnants, galaxies, and black holes.

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GEMS
MPGD conference

Dr. Tamagawa, Asami, Yoshikawa, Takeuchi attended MPGD conference. We presented the current status of GEMS satellite, and new-type GEM development, and properties on GEM.

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