High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy : Instrumentation, Data Analysis, and Science / / Cosimo Bambi and Jiachen Jiang, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910743685103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer, , [2023]; ©2023
• ISBN: 981-9944-09-0
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 pages)
• Collana: Springer Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology Series
• Disciplina: 543.08586
• Soggetti: X-ray spectroscopy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.