We are developing monolithic active pixel sensors, x-ray SOIPIXs based on a Silicon-On-Insulator CMOS technology. Its event trigger output function offers a high time resolution better than ~10 usec. (1) In 2022-23, we and evaluated large sensors, XRPIX-X, with a pixel array size of 14mm x 22mm. We report its design and the results of the performance evaluation. (2) We are developing "Digital X-ray SOIPIXs" for satellite use, featuring on-chip ADCs, DACs, and BGRs for noise robustness. An on-chip clock pattern generator is also included to simplify the readout digital circuits. (3) XRPIXs are increasingly being utilized in various scientific applications beyond x-ray astronomy, and a brief introduction will be provided.
CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) is a project for the next generation of the ground-based gamma-ray observatory. CTA will cover a wide energy range, 20 GeV and 300 TeV, by 3 types of the telescopes whose diameters are different. The Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) of the CTA are designed to cover the lowest energy range. We are working on mirrors for 4 LSTs which will be built at La Palma, Spain. The parabolic primary mirror of CTA-LST is 23 m diameter and its focal length is 28 m. The primary mirror consists of 198 segmented mirrors. Total effective reflective area is about 370 m2. Each mirror has a hexagonal shape of 1.51 m side-by-side size. It has a sandwich structure which consists of aluminum honeycomb (60 mm thickness) and two glass surfaces (2.7 mm) and the total weight is about 47 kg. We used a sputtering deposition technique to coat in the surface with 5 layer. The coated layers protect the surface for long operation such as 10 years at outside with a reflectance degradation of less than 1 % a year. The reflectance of the mirror reaches about 92 % at 400 nm and its resolution is 0.5 mrad in diameter that contains the 80 % light reflected by the mirror. The production technique based on cold slumping gave us the stable its production. We report on the design of the segment mirror and the production of about 950 hexagonal 2 m2 mirrors to achieve the parabolic shape of the optical system for 4 LSTs.
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