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AOTF based spectro-polarimeter for observing Earth as an Exoplanet
Bhavesh Jaiswal, Swapnil Singh, Anand Jain +2
Earth is the only known habitable planet and it serves as a testbed to benchmark the observations of temperate and more Earth-like exoplanets. It is required to observe the disc-in…
Instruments of RT-2 Experiment onboard CORONAS-PHOTON and their test and evaluation V: Onboard software, Data Structure, Telemetry and Telecommand
S. Sreekumar, P. Vinod, Essy Samuel +9
The onboard software and data communication in the RT-2 Experiment onboard the Coronas-Photon satellite is organized in a hierarchical way to effectively handle and communicate asy…
Instruments of RT-2 Experiment onboard CORONAS-PHOTON and their test and evaluation IV: Background Simulations using GEANT-4 Toolkit
Ritabrata Sarkar, Samir Mandal, Dipak Debnath +4
Hard X-ray detectors in space are prone to background signals due to the ubiquitous cosmic rays and cosmic diffuse background radiation that continuously bombards the satellites wh…
Instruments of RT-2 Experiment onboard CORONAS-PHOTON and their test and evaluation III: Coded Aperture Mask and Fresnel Zone Plates in RT-2/CZT Payload
Anuj Nandi, S. Palit, D. Debnath +7
Imaging in hard X-rays of any astrophysical source with high angular resolution is a challenging job. Shadow-casting technique is one of the most viable options for imaging in hard…
Instruments of RT-2 Experiment onboard CORONAS-PHOTON and their test and evaluation II: RT-2/CZT payload
Tilak B. Kotoch, Anuj Nandi, D. Debnath +6
Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) detectors are high sensitivity and high resolution devices for hard X-ray imaging and spectroscopic studies. The new series of CZT detector modules (OM…
Instruments of RT-2 Experiment onboard CORONAS-PHOTON and their test and evaluation I: Ground calibration of RT-2/S and RT-2/G
Dipak Debnath, Anuj Nandi, A. R. Rao +6
Phoswich detectors (RT-2/S & RT-2/G) are major scientific payloads of the RT-2 Experiment onboard the CORONAS-PHOTON mission, which was launched into a polar Low Earth Orbit of aro…
X-ray experiments for Space applications in intermediate energy range
Vipin K. Yadav, Sandip K. Chakrabarti, Anuj Nandi +1
X-ray experiments in the intermediate energy range (1-50 keV) are carried out at the Indian Centre for Space Physics (ICSP), Kolkata for space application. The purpose is to carry…
Fresnel Zone Plate Telescopes as high resolution imaging devices
Sandip K. Chakrabarti, Sourav Palit, Anuj Nandi +2
Combination of Fresnel Zone Plates (FZP) can make excellent telescopes for imaging in X-rays. We present the results of our experiments with such telescopes with an X-ray source ke…
Indian Payloads (RT-2 Experiment) Onboard CORONAS-PHOTON Mission
Anuj Nandi, A. R. Rao, Sandip K. Chakrabarti +7
RT-2 Experiment (RT - Roentgen Telescope) is a low energy gamma-ray instrument which is designed and developed as a part of Indo-Russian collaborative project of CORONAS-PHOTON Mis…
Fresnel zone plate telescopes for X-ray imaging II: numerical simulations with parallel and diverging beams
S. Palit, Sandip K. Chakrabarti, D. Debnath +4
We present the results of simulations of shadows cast by a zone plate telescope which may have one to four pairs of zone plates. From the shadows we reconstruct the images under va…
Fresnel zone plate telescopes for X-ray imaging I: experiments with a quasi-parallel beam
Sandip K. Chakrabarti, S. Palit, D. Debnath +3
Combination of Fresnel Zone Plates (FZP) can make an excellent telescope for imaging in X-rays. We present here the results of our experiments with several pairs of tungsten made F…
Fresnel zone plates for Achromatic Imaging Survey of X-ray sources
S. Palit, S. K. Chakrabarti, D. Debnath +2
A telescope with Fresnel Zone Plates has been contemplated to be an excellent imaging mask in X-rays and gamma-rays for quite some time. With a proper choice of zone plate material…