Successful Development of Domestically Produced High-Resolution Space X-ray Telescope

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Researchers from Nagoya University, the University of Tokyo, Natsume Optics Co., Ltd., RIKEN, and Meijo University have successfully developed and demonstrated the performance of a domestically produced high-resolution space X-ray telescope by fusing technologies from astronomy and synchrotron radiation science. The telescope achieved high resolution of FWHM 0.7 arcseconds and HPD 14 arcseconds, and was launched aboard the FOXSI-4 solar flare observation rocket. This technology is expected to become a foundational technology for high-resolution space X-ray observations using small spacecraft such as microsatellites and small planetary probes.