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Watanabe Lab
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A lab that explores the high-energy universe with X-ray and gamma-ray space telescopes.
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Observing the Universe in X-rays and Gamma Rays
The Watanabe Lab conducts experimental research in astrophysics using space telescopes.
Its work centers on observations in X-rays and gamma rays, and it carries out observational research with XRISM, an X-ray astronomy satellite currently in operation.
The lab is also advancing SuperHero, a balloon-borne experiment aimed at the next generation of hard X-ray observations, and research on semiconductor Compton cameras for detecting gamma rays with high sensitivity.
It will also pursue development research toward realizing next-generation space telescope missions.
Key terms
- X-ray astronomy satellite
- An artificial satellite that observes X-rays from space, which do not reach the ground, by detecting them from above the atmosphere
- Hard X-rays
- The higher-energy part of the X-ray range, which passes through matter more easily
- Compton camera
- A device that measures how a gamma ray scatters inside a detector and works out the direction it came from
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Centered on observations in X-rays and gamma rays, the lab conducts experiments in astrophysics with space telescopes. It pursues both observations with satellites currently in operation and development research for next-generation space telescope missions.
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- Associate ProfessorShin Watanabe
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images.
- Top image: “XRISM Reveals Its First Look at X-ray Cosmos (SVS14492 - XRISM Spacecraft)” NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Francis Reddy, Jeanette Kazmierczak, Scott Wiessinger, Sophia Roberts / Public domain (cropped)
- X-ray and Gamma-ray Space Telescopes: “XRISM s X-ray mirror assembly” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
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