Kai-Wing Chan

Astrophysics Science Division
NASA/GSFC
Code 662, X-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
Greenbelt, MD 20771

tel: 301-286-6238
fax: 301-286-1684
e-mail: Kai-Wing.Chan.1 @ gsfc.nasa.gov

Present Position

Research Scientist
Universities Space Research Association

Brief Bio

A specialist in x-ray optics and light weight mirror, Kai-Wing Chan was a member of the science team at NASA/GSFC, which developed the x-ray telescopes (XRT) for the Japan-U.S. mission Suzaku (formerly Astro-E2). He serves as the U.S. Technical Representative of the Suzaku XRT instrument. Prior to his role in Suzaku , he was also a member of the mirror team which developed the X-Ray Telescopes for the original Astro-E which did not get to orbit; and InFOCuS, a balloon experiment which was first to demonstrate the observation of the high energy x-ray sky with mirrors coated with multilayers for hard x-ray reflection. Kai-Wing Chan current projects include the development of X-ray mirror assembly for the project Constellation-X.

Educational Background

Ph.D. 1990. University of California, San Diego. Physics.
M.S. 1985. University of California, San Diego. Physics.
B.S. 1984. Chinese University of Hong Kong. Physics.

Research Interests

X-Ray Optics. Cosmic Rays. X- and Gamma-rays from supernovae.

Current Projects

Selected Publications

"Production and Performance of the InFOCuS 20-40 keV Graded Multilayer Mirror." F.Berendse, S.M.Owens, P.J.Serlemitsos, J.Tueller, K.W.Chan, Y.Soong, H.Krimm, W.H.Baumgartner, H.Kunieda, K.Misaki, Y.Ogasaka, T.Okajima, K.Tamura, Y.Tawara, K.Yamashita, K.Haga, S.Ichimuru, S.Takahashi, A.Gotou, H.Kitou, S.Fukuda, Y.Kamata, A.Furuzawa, F.Akimoto, T.Yoshioka, K.Kondou, Y.Haba, T.Tanaka. 2002. Appl. Opt. 42 (10), 1856-1866. Publications at the ADS website.

"The X-Ray Mirrors for the Astro-E2 Mission." K.W.Chan, Y.Soong and P.J.Serlemitsos. 2002. Proc. SPIE, 4851, 451-458. X-Ray and Gammar-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy. Eds. J.E.Trumper & H.D.Tanabaum. Publications at the ADS website.

"Hydrodynamic Approach to Cosmic Ray Propagation. I. Non-Linear Test Particle Picture." I.G.Jiang, K.W.Chan and C.M.Ko, 1996. Astron. Astrophys. 307, 903-914. Publications at the ADS website.

"Positrons from Supernovae." K.W.Chan and R.E.Lingenfelter, 1993. Astrophys. J. 405, 614-636. Publications at the ADS website.