Dr. Keisuke Tamura

Research Associate · Non-Tenure Track

Center for Space Science and Technology

About

Majors are X-ray astronomy and X-ray optics
I involved in the development of the XRISM satellite.
XRISM was launched in September 2023.
After launch, in-orbit satellite observation data is used to calibrate the onboard instruments.

Research interests

X-ray Pulsars
Supernova remnants
X-ray Optics

Education

  • Ph D, Physics — Osaka University (1994)
    ASCA observation of Puppis-A supernova remnant
  • MS, Physics — Osaka University (1991)
    The X-ray outburst from X0115+634 in 1990 February
  • BS, Physics — Kwansei Gakuin University (1989)
    Derivation of Lorentz transformation formula from spatial uniformity

Presentations

  • Ground calibration of the X-ray Mirror Assembly for the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) I - Measurement setup and effective area 2022 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022 · SPIE · Oral Presentation Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin (Author), Keisuke Tamura (Author & Presenter), Takayuki Hayashi (Author), Takashi Okajima (Author), Toshiki Sato (Author), Lawrence Olsen (Author), Richard Koenecke (Author), Wilson Lara (Author), Leor Bleier (Author), Megan E Eckart (Author), Maurice Leutenegger (Author), Tahir Yaqoob (Author), Meng Chiao (Author)
  • Ground calibration of the X-ray Mirror Assembly for the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) II - Imaging performance and stray light 2022 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022 · SPIE · Oral Presentation Keisuke Tamura (Author & Presenter), Takayuki Hayashi (Author), Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin (Author), Takashi Okajima (Author), Toshiki Sato (Author), Lawrence Olsen (Author), Richard Koenecke (Author), Wilson Lala (Author), Leor Bleier (Author), Megan E Eckart (Author), Maurice Leutenegger (Author), Tahir Yaqoob (Author), Meng Chiao (Author)
  • Ground calibration of the X-ray Mirror Assembly for the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) III - performance variation across the aperture 2022 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022 · SPIE · Poster Takayuki Hayashi (Author), Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin (Author), Keisuke Tamura (Author & Presenter), Takashi Okajima (Author), Toshiki Sato (Author), Lawrence Olsen (Author), Richard Koenecke (Author), Wilson Lara (Author), Leor Bleier (Author), Megan E Eckart (Author), Maurice Leutenegger (Author), Tahir Yaqoob (Author), Meng Chiao (Author)