New CCD Driving Technique to Suppress Anomalous Charge Intrusion from Outside the Imaging Area for Soft X-ray Imager of Xtend onboard XRISM

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Autores principales: Noda, Hirofumi, Aoyagi, Mio, Mori, Koji, Tomida, Hiroshi, Nakajima, Hiroshi, Tanaka, Takaaki, Suzuki, Hiromasa, Murakami, Hiroshi, Uchida, Hiroyuki, Tsuru, Takeshi G., Miyazaki, Keitaro, Kusunoki, Kohei, Kanemaru, Yoshiaki, Aoki, Yuma, Nobukawa, Kumiko, Nobukawa, Masayoshi, Shima, Kohei, Yoshimoto, Marina, Asakura, Kazunori, Matsumoto, Hironori, Yoneyama, Tomokage, Kobayashi, Shogo B., Hagino, Kouichi, Uchiyama, Hideki, Hayashida, Kiyoshi
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author Noda, Hirofumi
Aoyagi, Mio
Mori, Koji
Tomida, Hiroshi
Nakajima, Hiroshi
Tanaka, Takaaki
Suzuki, Hiromasa
Murakami, Hiroshi
Uchida, Hiroyuki
Tsuru, Takeshi G.
Miyazaki, Keitaro
Kusunoki, Kohei
Kanemaru, Yoshiaki
Aoki, Yuma
Nobukawa, Kumiko
Nobukawa, Masayoshi
Shima, Kohei
Yoshimoto, Marina
Asakura, Kazunori
Matsumoto, Hironori
Yoneyama, Tomokage
Kobayashi, Shogo B.
Hagino, Kouichi
Uchiyama, Hideki
Hayashida, Kiyoshi
author_facet Noda, Hirofumi
Aoyagi, Mio
Mori, Koji
Tomida, Hiroshi
Nakajima, Hiroshi
Tanaka, Takaaki
Suzuki, Hiromasa
Murakami, Hiroshi
Uchida, Hiroyuki
Tsuru, Takeshi G.
Miyazaki, Keitaro
Kusunoki, Kohei
Kanemaru, Yoshiaki
Aoki, Yuma
Nobukawa, Kumiko
Nobukawa, Masayoshi
Shima, Kohei
Yoshimoto, Marina
Asakura, Kazunori
Matsumoto, Hironori
Yoneyama, Tomokage
Kobayashi, Shogo B.
Hagino, Kouichi
Uchiyama, Hideki
Hayashida, Kiyoshi
contents The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) is an X-ray CCD camera of the Xtend system onboard the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), which was successfully launched on September 7, 2023 (JST). During ground cooling tests of the CCDs in 2020/2021, using the flight-model detector housing, electronic boards, and a mechanical cooler, we encountered an unexpected issue. Anomalous charges appeared outside the imaging area of the CCDs and intruded into the imaging area, causing pulse heights to stick to the maximum value over a wide region. Although this issue has not occurred in subsequent tests or in orbit so far, it could seriously affect the imaging and spectroscopic performance of the SXI if it were to happen in the future. Through experiments with non-flight-model detector components, we successfully reproduced the issue and identified that the anomalous charges intrude via the potential structure created by the charge injection electrode at the top of the imaging area. To prevent anomalous charge intrusion and maintain imaging and spectroscopic performance that satisfies the requirements, even if this issue occurs in orbit, we developed a new CCD driving technique. This technique is different from the normal operation in terms of potential structure and its changes during imaging and charge injection. In this paper, we report an overview of the anomalous charge issue, the related potential structures, the development of the new CCD driving technique to prevent the issue, the imaging and spectroscopic performance of the new technique, and the results of experiments to investigate the cause of anomalous charges.
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spellingShingle New CCD Driving Technique to Suppress Anomalous Charge Intrusion from Outside the Imaging Area for Soft X-ray Imager of Xtend onboard XRISM
Noda, Hirofumi
Aoyagi, Mio
Mori, Koji
Tomida, Hiroshi
Nakajima, Hiroshi
Tanaka, Takaaki
Suzuki, Hiromasa
Murakami, Hiroshi
Uchida, Hiroyuki
Tsuru, Takeshi G.
Miyazaki, Keitaro
Kusunoki, Kohei
Kanemaru, Yoshiaki
Aoki, Yuma
Nobukawa, Kumiko
Nobukawa, Masayoshi
Shima, Kohei
Yoshimoto, Marina
Asakura, Kazunori
Matsumoto, Hironori
Yoneyama, Tomokage
Kobayashi, Shogo B.
Hagino, Kouichi
Uchiyama, Hideki
Hayashida, Kiyoshi
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) is an X-ray CCD camera of the Xtend system onboard the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), which was successfully launched on September 7, 2023 (JST). During ground cooling tests of the CCDs in 2020/2021, using the flight-model detector housing, electronic boards, and a mechanical cooler, we encountered an unexpected issue. Anomalous charges appeared outside the imaging area of the CCDs and intruded into the imaging area, causing pulse heights to stick to the maximum value over a wide region. Although this issue has not occurred in subsequent tests or in orbit so far, it could seriously affect the imaging and spectroscopic performance of the SXI if it were to happen in the future. Through experiments with non-flight-model detector components, we successfully reproduced the issue and identified that the anomalous charges intrude via the potential structure created by the charge injection electrode at the top of the imaging area. To prevent anomalous charge intrusion and maintain imaging and spectroscopic performance that satisfies the requirements, even if this issue occurs in orbit, we developed a new CCD driving technique. This technique is different from the normal operation in terms of potential structure and its changes during imaging and charge injection. In this paper, we report an overview of the anomalous charge issue, the related potential structures, the development of the new CCD driving technique to prevent the issue, the imaging and spectroscopic performance of the new technique, and the results of experiments to investigate the cause of anomalous charges.
title New CCD Driving Technique to Suppress Anomalous Charge Intrusion from Outside the Imaging Area for Soft X-ray Imager of Xtend onboard XRISM
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.06760