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T. Sato |
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K. Haze
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K. Enya
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L. Abe
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S. Tanaka
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T. Nakagawa
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T. Sato
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T. Wakayama
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T. Yamamuro
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We present our first results from laboratory experiments on a binary-shaped checkerboard
mask coronagraph that was fitted inside a vacuum chamber for the development of
skills to the direct observation of extra-solar planets. The aim of this work
was to utilize a vacuum chamber for our coronagraph experiments in order to achieve
an environment with higher thermal stability and which is free from air turbulence.
We also aimed to evaluate and improve the performance of such a system consisting
of a vacuum chamber with a coronagraph set inside the chamber. Both the raw contrast
and the contrast after point spread function (PSF) subtraction are evaluated.
We sited the vacuum chamber in a clean room, and we installed an optical fiber
coupled to a visible He–Ne laser, appropriate coronagraph optics, a temperature
sensor and heaters in the chamber. This provided a vacuum environment and a temperature-controlled
environment with a visible light source, and was shown to improve the stability
of the coronagraph. A contrast of 1.7x10-7
was achieved for the raw coronagraphic images by analyzing the areal mean of all
of the observed dark regions. A contrast of 7.3x10-9
was achieved for the PSF subtraction by areal variance (1σ) of all
of the observed dark regions. Speckles were a major limiting factor throughout
the dark regions of both the raw images and the PSF subtracted images. The application
of PSF subtraction for the Space Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics
(SPICA) and for other platforms is discussed. |
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K. Gustafsson
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L. Sihver
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D. Mancusi
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T. Sato
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G. Reitz
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T. Berger
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The radiation environment in space is very different from the one encountered on Earth. In addition to the sparsely ionizing radiation, there are particles of different Z with energies ranging from keV up to hundreds of GeV which can cause severe damage to both electronics and humans. It is therefore important to understand the interactions of these highly ionizing particles with different materials such as the hull of space vehicles, human organs and electronics. We have used the Particle and Heavy-Ion Transport code System (PHITS), which is a three-dimensional Monte Carlo code able to calculate interactions and transport of particles and heavy ions with energies up to 100 GeV/nucleon in most matter. PHITS is developed and maintained by a collaboration between RIST (Research Organization for Information Science & Technology), JAEA (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), KEK (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Japan and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. For the purpose of examining the applicability of PHITS to the shielding design we have simulated the ESA facility Matroshka (MTR) designed and lead by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Preliminary results are presented and discussed in this paper. |
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