Ground test results of the electromagnetic interference in the x-ray microcalorimeter
onboard XRISM

Kurihara, Miki; Tsujimoto, Masahiro; Eckart, Megan E.; Kilbourne, C. A.; Matsuda, Frederick; McLaughlin, Brian; Oguri, S.; Porter, F. S.; Takei, Yoh; Kochibe, Yoichi

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“…We found no significant changes in the Mn Kα energy resolution among them. We also performed a long (>8 hr) Fe55 x-ray integration several times by operating the RW1–4 at a fixed rate of 3 kprm and the magnetic torqer, which is a known electromagnetic interference source, 20 at some fixed duty ratio. Comparison with a reference measurement of no operation of these interference sources showed no significant difference in the performance of individual pixels.…”

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Ground test results of the microvibration interference for the x-ray microcalorimeter onboard x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission

Hasebe

Tsujimoto

Awaki

et al. 2023

J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst.

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.Resolve is a payload hosting an x-ray microcalorimeter detector operated at 50 mK in the x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission. It is currently under development as part of an international collaboration and is planned to be launched in 2023. A primary technical concern is the microvibration interference in the sensitive microcalorimeter detector caused by the spacecraft bus components. We conducted a series of verification tests in 2021 to 2022 on the ground, the results of which are reported here. We defined the microvibration interface between the spacecraft and the Resolve instrument. In the instrument-level test, the flight-model hardware was tested against the interface level by injecting it with microvibrations and evaluating the instrument response using the 50 mK stage temperature stability, adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator magnet current consumption rate, and detector noise spectra. We found strong responses when injecting microvibration at ∼200, 380, and 610 Hz. In the former two cases, the beat between the injected frequency and cryocooler frequency harmonics were observed in the detector noise spectra. In the spacecraft-level test, the acceleration and instrument responses were measured with and without suspension of the entire spacecraft. The reaction wheels (RWs) and inertial reference units (IRUs), two major sources of microvibration among the bus components, were operated. In conclusion, the observed responses of Resolve are within the acceptable levels in the nominal operational range of the RWs and IRUs. There is no evidence that the resultant energy resolution degradation is beyond the current allocation of noise budget.

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Ground test results of the microvibration interference for the x-ray microcalorimeter onboard x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission

Hasebe

Tsujimoto

Awaki

et al. 2023

J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst.

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“…This work used computational resources of the supercomputer Fugaku provided by RIKEN. This paper is a derivation of the SPIE proceeding 33 …”

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Ground test results of the electromagnetic interference for the x-ray microcalorimeter onboard XRISM

Kurihara

Tsujimoto

Eckart

et al. 2023

J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst.

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.Electromagnetic interference (EMI) for low-temperature detectors is a serious concern in many missions. We investigate the EMI caused by the spacecraft components to the x-ray microcalorimeter of the Resolve instrument onboard the x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission, which is currently under development by an international collaboration and is planned to be launched in 2023. We focus on the EMI from (a) the low-frequency magnetic field generated by the magnetic torquers (MTQ) used for the spacecraft attitude control and (b) the radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic field generated by the S and X band antennas used for communication between the spacecraft and the ground stations. We executed a series of ground tests both at the instrument and spacecraft levels using the flight-model hardware in 2021–2022 in a JAXA facility in Tsukuba. We also conducted electromagnetic simulations partially using the Fugaku high-performance computing facility. The MTQs were found to couple with the microcalorimeter, which we speculate through pick-ups of low-frequency magnetic field and further capacitive coupling. There is no evidence that the resultant energy resolution degradation is beyond the current allocation of noise budget. The RF communication system was found to leave no significant effect. We present the result of the tests and simulation in this article.

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Ground test results of the electromagnetic interference in the x-ray microcalorimeter onboard XRISM

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Ground test results of the microvibration interference for the x-ray microcalorimeter onboard x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission

Ground test results of the microvibration interference for the x-ray microcalorimeter onboard x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission

Ground test results of the electromagnetic interference for the x-ray microcalorimeter onboard XRISM

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