Speaker
Dr
Koji Mori
(University of Miyazaki)
Description
We present the concept of a future Japan-lead X-ray medium-class mission, FORCE (Focusing On Relativistic universe and Cosmic Evolution). FORCE is characterized by broadband (1-80 keV) X-ray imaging spectroscopy with high angular resolution (<15"). The sensitivity above 10 keV will be 10 times higher than that of any previous hard X-ray missions. FORCE will trace the cosmic formation history by searching for ''missing black holes'' like buried supermassive black holes and orphan stellar-mass black holes. Investigation of the nature of relativistic particles at various astrophysical shocks is also in our scope. The current designs of the satellite and detectors and the future prospects of the mission are also presented.
| Affiliation | Univesity of Miyazaki |
|---|---|
| Topic | Future missions |
Primary author
Dr
Koji Mori
(University of Miyazaki)
Co-authors
Prof.
Takeshi Tsuru
(Kyoto University)
Dr
Kazuhiro Nakazawa
(Nagoya University)
Prof.
Yoshihiro Ueda
(Kyoto University)
Dr
Takashi Okajima
(NASA/GSFC)
Dr
Hiroshi Murakami
(Tohoku Gakuin University)
Prof.
Hisamitsu Awaki
(Ehime University)
Prof.
Hironori Matsumoto
(Osaka University)
Prof.
Yasushi Fukazawa
(Hiroshima University)
Prof.
Hiroshi Tsunemi
(Osaka University)
Prof.
Manabu Ishida
(ISAS/JAXA)
Prof.
Tadayuki Takahashi
(Univesity of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU)
Prof.
William Zhang
(NASA/GSFC)
