| Abstract: | The joint JAXA/NASA ASTRO-H mission is the sixth in a series of highly
successful X-ray missions developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical
Science (ISAS), with a planned launch in 2015. The ASTRO-H mission is equipped
with a suite of sensitive instruments with the highest energy resolution ever
achieved at E > 3 keV and a wide energy range spanning four decades in energy
from soft X-rays to gamma-rays. The simultaneous broad band pass, coupled with
the high spectral resolution of Delta E < 7 eV of the micro-calorimeter, will
enable a wide variety of important science themes to be pursued. ASTRO-H is
expected to provide breakthrough results in scientific areas as diverse as the
large-scale structure of the Universe and its evolution, the behavior of matter
in the gravitational strong field regime, the physical conditions in sites of
cosmic-ray acceleration, and the distribution of dark matter in galaxy clusters
at different redshifts. |
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