Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Mission Description
  • 2.1 A Brief Introduction to Astro-E2
  • 2.2 Operational Constraints of Astro-E2
    • 2.2.1 Raster-scanning
    • 2.2.2 Cooling system constraints
    • 2.2.3 Telemetry rates
  • 2.3 Features and Capabilities of the XRS
    • 2.3.1 Design and Performance
    • 2.3.2 Unique attributes
    • 2.3.3 Characteristics
    • 2.3.4 Summary
  • 2.4 Calibration Plan
  
  
• 3. Observation Policies
  • 3.1 Data Rights
  • 3.2 Target of Opportunity (TOO) proposals
  • 3.3 Pointing constraints
  • 3.4 Sequence of events after submission
  
  
• 4. Guide to Writing An Astro-E2 Proposal
  • 4.1 Ingredients of a Successful Astro-E2 Proposal
  • 4.2 Using PIMMS and WebPIMMS
  • 4.3 Using XSPEC to Simulate an Observation
    • 4.3.1 Using WebSPEC to Simulate an Observation
  • 4.4 Examples
    • 4.4.1 Detailed profile of a Fe K line in an AGN
    • 4.4.2 Iron abundance in a region of a cluster of galaxies
    • 4.4.3 Measuring plasma turbulence
  • 4.5 Using XRSSIM
    • 4.5.1 An X-ray binary simulated with xrssim
  • 4.6 Using Viewing
  • 4.7 Using MAKI
  • 4.8 Guide to Using the RPS
  • 4.9 Checklist
  • 4.10 Additional Requirements for US Proposers
  
  
• 5. X-Ray Telescopes (XRTs)
  • 5.1 Basic Components of XRT
    • 5.1.1 Reflectors
    • 5.1.2 Pre-collimator
    • 5.1.3 Thermal Shields
  • 5.2 XRT Performance
    • 5.2.1 Effective Area
    • 5.2.2 Angular Resolution
    • 5.2.3 Optical Axes
    • 5.2.4 Focal Length
    • 5.2.5 Field of View and Stray Light
  
  
• 6. X-ray Spectrometer (XRS)
  • 6.1 Principles of Operation of the XRS Detector
  • 6.2 Details of the XRS Design
    • 6.2.1 XRS Cryogenic System
    • 6.2.2 XRS blocking filters
    • 6.2.3 XRS Filter Wheel and In-flight Calibration
    • 6.2.4 In-flight gain-tracking of the XRS
  • 6.3 On-board Signal Processing in the XRS
    • 6.3.1 Searching for X-ray events
    • 6.3.2 Pulse Height Determination:
    • 6.3.3 XRS Timing Accuracy
  • 6.4 XRS Background
  
  
• 7. X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS)
  • 7.1 Overview of the XIS
  • 7.2 CCD Pixels and Coordinates
  • 7.3 Pulse Height Determination, Residual Dark-current Distribution, and Hot Pixels
  • 7.4 On-board Event Analysis
  • 7.5 Data Processing Modes
    • 7.5.1 Clock Modes
    • 7.5.2 Window and Burst Options
    • 7.5.3 Editing Modes
    • 7.5.4 Discriminators
  • 7.6 Photon pile-up
  • 7.7 Expected background rate and the telemetry limit
    • 7.7.1 Out-of-time events
  • 7.8 Radiation Damage and On-board Calibration of the XIS
  
  
• 8. Hard X-ray Detector
  • 8.1 GSO/BGO Counter Units
  • 8.2 PIN Diodes
  • 8.3 HXD Background, Background Rejection, and its Sensitivity
  • 8.4 Data analysis procedure
  
  
• A. Acronyms
• B. SWG Target List
  • B.1 Targets Sorted by Category
    • B.1.1 Calibration
    • B.1.2 Gamma-Ray Burst
    • B.1.3 Stars and Star Forming Regions
    • B.1.4 CV'S and XRB'S
    • B.1.5 Galactic Diffuse Emission
    • B.1.6 Extragalactic Compact Sources
    • B.1.7 Extragalactic Diffuse Sources
  • B.2 Targets Sorted by RA
  • B.3 Target Constraints
  
  
• C. Important Web/e-mail/postal addresses
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