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

129 citations · 404 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

astro-ph.IM2026★ 1 cited

Design and characterization of W-band and D-band calibration sources for the AliCPT-1 experiment

Xu-Fang Li, Cong-Zhan Liu, Ai-Mei Zhang +11

Ali Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Telescope (AliCPT-1) is the first Chinese cosmic microwave background experiment aiming to make sensitive polarization maps of the pote…

astro-ph.IM2025

Development of 6-inch 80-170 GHz broadband silicon plated horn antenna arrays for primordial gravitational wave search

Yuanhang He, Shibo Shu, Yaqiong Li +18

Searching for primordial gravitational wave in cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization signal is one of the key topics in modern cosmology. Cutting-edge CMB telescopes requi…

astro-ph.IM2025

Performance Analysis of Digital Flux-locked Loop Circuit with Different SQUID - Transfer Curves for TES Readout System

Nan Li, Xiang-xiang Ren, Le-peng Li +11

A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), functioning as a nonlinear response device, typically requires the incorporation of a flux-locked loop (FLL) circuit to facil…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

Insight-HXMT on-orbit thermal control status and thermal deformation impact analysis

Aimei Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Jinyuan Liao +23

Purpose: The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope is China's first X-ray astronomy satellite launched on June 15th, 2017, dubbed Insight-HXMT. Active and passive thermal control measure…

astro-ph.HE2023

Observation of GRB 221009A early afterglow in X/-ray energy band

Chao Zheng, Yan-Qiu Zhang, Shao-Lin Xiong +45

The early afterglow of a Gamma-ray burst (GRB) can provide critical information on the jet and progenitor of the GRB. The extreme brightness of GRB 221009A allows us to probe its e…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 33 cited

Insight-HXMT and GECAM-C observations of the brightest-of-all-time GRB 221009A

Zheng-Hua An, S. Antier, Xing-Zi Bi +174

GRB 221009A is the brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected since the discovery of this kind of energetic explosions. However, an accurate measurement of the prompt emission propert…

astro-ph.IM2023

Five-year in-orbit background of Insight-HXMT

Jin-Yuan Liao, Shu Zhang, Juan Zhang +24

Purpose: We present the five-year in-orbit background evolution of Insight-HXMT since the launch, as well as the effects of the background model in data analysis. Methods: The back…

astro-ph.IM2023

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

Xu-Fang Li, Cong-Zhan Liu, Yi-Fei Zhang +10

Purpose: The High-Energy X-ray telescope (HE), one of the three main payloads of the \textit{Insight}-HXMT mission, is composed of eighteen NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) phoswich detectors, wher…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 36 cited

The Peculiar Precursor of a Gamma-Ray Burst from a Binary Merger Involving a Magnetar

Shuo Xiao, Yan-Qiu Zhang, Zi-Pei Zhu +42

The milestone discovery of GW 170817-GRB 170817A-AT 2017gfo has shown that gravitational wave (GW) could be produced during the merger of neutron star-neutron star/black hole and t…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 46 cited

Quasi-periodic oscillations of the X-ray burst from the magnetar SGR J1935+2154 and associated with the fast radio burst FRB 200428

Xiaobo Li, Mingyu Ge, Lin Lin +92

The origin(s) and mechanism(s) of fast radio bursts (FRBs), which are short radio pulses from cosmological distances, have remained a major puzzle since their discovery. We report…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 22 cited

The First Insight-HXMT Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog: The First Four Years

Xin-Ying Song, Shao-Lin Xiong, Shuang-Nan Zhang +40

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT), is China's first X-ray astronomy satellite launched on June 15, 2017. The anti-coincidence CsI detectors of the High Energy X-ra…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 6 cited

The In-Flight Realtime Trigger and Localization Software of GECAM

Xiao-Yun Zhao, Shao-Lin Xiong, Xiang-Yang Wen +86

Realtime trigger and localization of bursts are the key functions of GECAM, which is an all-sky gamma-ray monitor launched in Dec 10, 2020. We developed a multifunctional trigger a…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 21 cited

In-orbit timing calibration of the Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope

Youli Tuo, Xiaobo Li, Mingyu Ge +24

We describe the timing system and the timing calibration results of the three payloads on-board the Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT). These three payloads are…

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★ 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★ 3 cited

Background Model for the High-Energy Telescope of Insight-HXMT

Jin-Yuan Liao, Shu Zhang, Xue-Feng Lu +20

Accurate background estimation is essential for spectral and temporal analysis in astrophysics. In this work, we construct the in-orbit background model for the High-Energy Telesco…

astro-ph.IM2020

Calibration of the Instrumental Response of Insight-HXMT/HE CsI Detectors for Gamma-Ray Monitoring

Qi Luo, Jin-Yuan Liao, Xu-Fang Li +17

The CsI detectors of the High Energy X-ray Telescope of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT/CsI) can be used for gamma-ray all sky monitoring and searching for the electromag…

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.IM2019★ 14 cited

In-orbit calibration status of the Insight-HXMT

Xiaobo Li, Liming Song, Xufang Li +2

As China's first X-ray astronomical satellite, Insight-HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope) successfully launched on Jun 15, 2017. It performs timing and spectral studies of brig…

physics.ins-det2016

A study of raining influence on the environmental radiation background spectra with HXMT/HE

Xu-Fang Li, Cong-Zhan Liu, Yi-Fei Zhang +6

Full functional and performance tests were performed many times before the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) launch. During one of the tests, the count rate curves of the 18 H…

physics.ins-det2016

Study on temperature coefficient of CdTe detector used for X-rays detection

Si-Ming Guo, Jin-Jie Wu, Jian Zhang +6

The temperature of the working environment is a key factor in determining the properties of semiconductor detectors, and it affects the absolute accuracy and stability of the stand…

hep-ex2013★ 1 cited

Design and implementation of the NaI (Tl)CsI (Na) detectors output signal generator

Xu Zhou, Cong-Zhan Liu, Jian-Ling Zhao +8

We designed and implemented a signal generator that can simulate the output of the NaI (Tl)CsI (Na) detectors pre amplifier onboard the Hard X ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT). Usin…