3 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
Responses of the X-ray spectrometer/imager STIX onboard Solar Orbiter
Hualin Xiao, Olivier Limousin, Ewan Dickson +1
Solar flares are explosive events that release X-rays from hot plasma and accelerated electrons. The STIX instrument on the Solar Orbiter provides imaging spectroscopy of solar X-r…
astro-ph.SR2025
Using the STIX background detector as a proxy for GOES
Muriel Zoë Stiefel, Matej Kuhar, Olivier Limousin +4
Context. The Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-Rays (STIX) onboard Solar Orbiter was designed to observe solar flares in the X-ray range of 4-150 keV, providing spectral, tempor…
astro-ph.IM2024
The Wide Field Monitor (WFM) of the China-Europe eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission
Margarita Hernanz, Marco Feroci, Yuri Evangelista +58
The eXTP mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with a large involvement of Europe. Its scientific payload includes four instruments: SFA, PFA, LAD an…