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

33 citations · 117 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Joint Observation of SGR J1935+2154 with \textit{Insight}-HXMT and KM40m during the active episode of October 2022

Wang-Chen Xue, Wen-Jun Tan, Yu-Xiang Huang +32

SGR J1935+2154 is the unique magnetar so far from which fast radio bursts have been detected. In October 2022, it resumed its burst activity, and we implemented a dedicated target-…

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

In-orbit Performance of ME onboard Insight-HXMT in the first 5 years

Ying Tan, Xuelei Cao, Weichun Jiang +16

Introduction: The Medium Energy X-ray telescope (ME) is a collimated X-ray telescope onboard the Insight hard X-ray modulation telescope (Insight-HXMT) satellite. It has 1728 Si-PI…

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★ 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★ 12 cited

GECAM detection of a bright type-I X-ray burst from 4U 0614+09: confirmation its spin frequency at 413 Hz

Y. P. Chen, J. Li, S. L. Xiong +87

One month after launching Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM), a bright thermonuclear X-ray burst from 4U~0614+09, was observed on Ja…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 14 cited

An innovative architecture for a wide band transient monitor on board the HERMES nano-satellite constellation

F. Fuschino, R. Campana, C. Labanti +35

The HERMES-TP/SP mission, based on a nanosatellite constellation, has very stringent constraints of sensitivity and compactness, and requires an innovative wide energy range instru…

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.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.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…

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…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 1 cited

A linear calibration method on DNL error for energy spectrum

Lu Bo, Fu Yan-Hong, Chen Yong +18

A calibration method aimed for the differential nonlinearity (DNL) error of the Low Energy X-ray Instrument (LE) onboard the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) is presented, wh…

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…

astro-ph.IM2013

Measurements of Charge Transfer Efficiency in a Proton-irradiated Swept Charge Device

Wang YuSa, Chen Yong, Liu XiaoYan +15

Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) have been successfully used in several low energy X-ray astronomical satellite over the past two decades. Their high energy resolution and high spatia…