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most citedCalibration of the Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) instrument on-board AstroSat

197 citations · 337 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.IM2023

A compact cryogenic configurable slit unit for a multi-object infrared spectrograph:Design and Development of a prototype at TIFR

P. P. Madhwani, A. P. K. Kutty, B. Mookerjea +5

We present a cryogenic configurable slit unit (CSU) for a multi object infrared spectrograph with an effective field of view of 9.1 arcmin x 9.1 arcmin that was completely conceive…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 105 cited

Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) Instrument on AstroSat and Some Preliminary Results from its performance in the orbit

P. C. Agrawal, J. S. Yadav, H. M. Antia +25

Large Area X-ray Propositional Counter (LAXPC) instrument on AstroSat is aimed at providing high time resolution X-ray observations in 3 to 80 keV energy band with moderate energy…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 24 cited

Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) Instrument on AstroSat

J. S. Yadav, P. C. Agrawal, H. M. Antia +3

Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) is one of the major AstroSat payloads. LAXPC instrument will provide high time resolution X-ray observations in 3 to 80 keV energy ban…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 197 cited

Calibration of the Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) instrument on-board AstroSat

H. M. Antia, J. S. Yadav, P. C. Agrawal +21

We present the calibration and background model for the Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) detectors on-board AstroSat. LAXPC instrument has three nominally identical de…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 11 cited

Performance of Large Area X-ray Proportional Counters in a Balloon Experiment

J. Roy, P. C. Agrawal, D. K. Dedhia +7

ASTROSAT is India's first satellite fully devoted to astronomical observations covering a wide spectral band from optical to hard X-rays by a complement of 4 co-aligned instruments…