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most citedOverview to the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) Satellite

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astro-ph.HE2023★ 4 cited

Diverse origins for non-repeating fast radio bursts: Rotational radio transient sources and cosmological compact binary merger remnants

Zi-Liang Zhang, Yun-Wei Yu, Xiao-Feng Cao

A large number of fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected with the CHIME telescope have enabled investigations of their energy distributions in different redshift intervals, incorporatin…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 4 cited

In-orbit performance of LE onboard Insight-HXMT in the first 5 years

Xiaobo Li, Yong Chen, Liming Song +18

Purpose: The Low-Energy X-ray telescope (LE) is a main instrument of the Insight-HXMT mission and consists of 96 Swept Charge Devices (SCD) covering the 1-10 keV energy band. The e…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 89 cited

Insight-HXMT observations of jet-like corona in a black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070

Bei You, Yuoli Tuo, Chengzhe Li +123

A black hole X-ray binary produces hard X-ray radiation from its corona and disk when the accreting matter heats up. During an outburst, the disk and corona co-evolves with each ot…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 18 cited

Timing analysis of the black hole candidate EXO 1846-031 with Insight-HXMT monitoring

He-Xin Liu, Yue Huang, Guang-Cheng Xiao +118

We present the observational results from a detailed timing analysis of the black hole candidate EXO 1846-031 during its outburst in 2019 with the observations of Insight-HXMT, NIC…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 129 cited

Discovery of oscillations above 200 keV in a black hole X-ray binary with Insight-HXMT

Xiang Ma, Lian Tao, Shuang-Nan Zhang +119

Low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (LFQPOs) are commonly found in black hole X-ray binaries, and their origin is still under debate. The properties of LFQPOs at high energie…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 4 cited

The influence of the Insight-HXMT/LE time response on timing analysis

Deng-Ke Zhou, Shi-Jie Zheng, Li-Ming Song +28

LE is the low energy telescope of Insight-HXMT. It uses swept charge devices (SCDs) to detect soft X-ray photons. The time response of LE is caused by the structure of SCDs. With t…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 329 cited

Overview to the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) Satellite

ShuangNan Zhang, TiPei Li, FangJun Lu +127

As China's first X-ray astronomical satellite, the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), which was dubbed as Insight-HXMT after the launch on June 15, 2017, is a wide-band (1-250…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 3 cited

The Low Energy X-ray telescope (LE) onboard the Insight-HXMT astronomy satellite

Yong Chen, WeiWei Cui, Wei Li +24

The low energy (LE) X-ray telescope is one of the three main instruments of the Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT). It is equipped with Swept Charge Device (SCD…

astro-ph.IM2019

Studies on the time response distribution of Insigh}-HXMT/LE

Xiao-Fan Zhao, Yu-Xuan Zhu, Da-Wei Han +105

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) named Insight is China's first X-ray astronomical satellite. The Low Energy X-ray Telescope (LE) is one of its main payloads onboard. The…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 35 cited

Insight-HXMT observations of Swift J0243.6+6124 during its 2017-2018 outburst

Yue Zhang, Mingyu Ge, Liming Song +107

The recently discovered neutron star transient Swift J0243.6+6124 has been monitored by {\it the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope} ({\it Insight-\rm HXMT). Based on the obtained dat…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 329 cited

The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP

ShuangNan Zhang, Andrea Santangelo, Marco Feroci +146

In this paper we present the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP. eXTP is a space science mission designed to study fundamental physics under extreme conditions of…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 26 cited

Parsec-scale jet properties of the gamma-ray quasar 3C 286

T. An, B. -Q. Lao, W. Zhao +4

The quasar 3C~286 is one of two compact steep spectrum sources detected by the {\it Fermi}/LAT. Here, we investigate the radio properties of the parsec(pc)-scale jet and its (possi…

physics.ins-det2014★ 3 cited

Proton irradiation effect on SCDs

Yan-Ji Yang, Jing-Bin Lu, Yu-Sa Wang +22

The Low Energy X-ray Telescope is a main payload on the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope satellite. The swept charge device is selected for the Low Energy X-ray Telescope. As swept…