Design and in-orbit performance of the Suzaku Wide-band All-sky monitor

Kazutaka Yamaoka; Akira Endo; Teruaki Enoto; Yasushi Fukazawa; Ryuji Hara; Yoshitaka Hanabata; Soojing Hong; Tsuneyoshi Kamae; Chie Kira; Natsuki Kodaka; Motohide Kokubun; Shouta Maeno; Kazuo Makishima; Ryohei Miyawaki; Kouichi Morigami; Toshio Murakami; Yujin E. Nakagawa; Kazuhiro Nakazawa; Norisuke Ohmori; Masanori Ohno; Kaori Onda; Goro Sato; Eri Sonoda; Satoshi Sugita; Masanobu Suzuki; Motoko Suzuki; Hiroyasu Tajima; Tadayuki Takahashi; Takuya Takahashi; Hiroki Tanaka; Tohru Tamagawa; Makoto S. Tashiro; Yukikatsu Terada; Takeshi Uehara; Yuji Urata; Makoto Yamauchi; Atsumasa Yoshida; Kevin Hurley; Valentin Pal'shin; Takanori Sakamoto; Jay Cummings

Design and in-orbit performance of the Suzaku Wide-band All-sky monitor

Kazutaka Yamaoka^*, Akira Endo, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Ryuji Hara, Yoshitaka Hanabata, Soojing Hong, Tsuneyoshi Kamae, Chie Kira, Natsuki Kodaka, Motohide Kokubun, Shouta Maeno, Kazuo Makishima, Ryohei Miyawaki, Kouichi Morigami, Toshio Murakami, Yujin E. Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Norisuke Ohmori, Masanori OhnoKaori Onda, Goro Sato, Eri Sonoda, Satoshi Sugita, Masanobu Suzuki, Motoko Suzuki, Hiroyasu Tajima, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takuya Takahashi, Hiroki Tanaka, Tohru Tamagawa, Makoto S. Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Takeshi Uehara, Yuji Urata, Makoto Yamauchi, Atsumasa Yoshida, Kevin Hurley, Valentin Pal'shin, Takanori Sakamoto, Jay Cummings

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Abstract

The Suzaku Wide-band All-sky Monitor (WAM) consists of thick BGO anti-coincidence shields of the Hard X-ray Detectors (HXD). It views about half of the sky and has a geometrical area of 800 cm ² per side and an effective area of 400 cm ², even at 1 MeV. Hence, the WAM can provide unique opportunities to detect high-energy emission from GRBs and solar flares in the sub-MeV to MeV range. The WAM has detected more than 400 GRBs and 100 solar flares since its launch. This paper describes the in-flight performance of the HXD/WAM during the initial two years of operations, including the in-flight energy response, spectral and timing capabilities, and in-orbit background.

Original language	English
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Volume	61
Issue number	SUPPL. 1
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

Gamma rays: observations
Instrumentation: detectors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Yamaoka, K., Endo, A., Enoto, T., Fukazawa, Y., Hara, R., Hanabata, Y., Hong, S., Kamae, T., Kira, C., Kodaka, N., Kokubun, M., Maeno, S., Makishima, K., Miyawaki, R., Morigami, K., Murakami, T., Nakagawa, Y. E., Nakazawa, K., Ohmori, N., ... Cummings, J. (2009). Design and in-orbit performance of the Suzaku Wide-band All-sky monitor. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 61(SUPPL. 1).

Yamaoka, K, Endo, A, Enoto, T, Fukazawa, Y, Hara, R, Hanabata, Y, Hong, S, Kamae, T, Kira, C, Kodaka, N, Kokubun, M, Maeno, S, Makishima, K, Miyawaki, R, Morigami, K, Murakami, T, Nakagawa, YE, Nakazawa, K, Ohmori, N, Ohno, M, Onda, K, Sato, G, Sonoda, E, Sugita, S, Suzuki, M, Suzuki, M, Tajima, H, Takahashi, T, Takahashi, T, Tanaka, H, Tamagawa, T, Tashiro, MS, Terada, Y, Uehara, T, Urata, Y, Yamauchi, M, Yoshida, A, Hurley, K, Pal'shin, V, Sakamoto, T & Cummings, J 2009, 'Design and in-orbit performance of the Suzaku Wide-band All-sky monitor', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, vol. 61, no. SUPPL. 1.

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