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most citedAn exceptionally bright flare from SGR1806-20 and the origins of short-duration gamma-ray bursts

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23 papers

astro-ph.SR2025★ 13 cited

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.IM2023

STIX imaging I -- Concept

Paolo Massa, Gordon. J. Hurford, Anna Volpara +17

Aims. To provide a schematic mathematical description of the imaging concept of the Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on board Solar Orbiter. The derived model is th…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 5 cited

Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI)

Brian R. Dennis, Albert Y. Shih, Gordon J. Hurford +1

This paper describes the X-ray and gamma-ray imaging spectroscopy capabilities of the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI). It also outlines RHESSI's major scient…

astro-ph.SR2022

First hard X-ray imaging results by Solar Orbiter STIX

Paolo Massa, Andrea F. Battaglia, Anna Volpara +15

Context. The Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) is one of 6 remote sensing instruments on-board Solar Orbiter. It provides hard X-ray imaging spectroscopy of solar fl…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 15 cited

Multi-instrument STIX microflare study

J. Saqri, A. M. Veronig, A. Warmuth +7

During its commissioning phase in 2020, the Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on board the Solar Orbiter spacecraft observed 69 microflares. The two most significant…

astro-ph.SR2021

Imaging from STIX visibility amplitudes

Paolo Massa, Emma Perracchione, Sara Garbarino +5

Aims: To provide the first demonstration of STIX Fourier-transform X-ray imaging using semi-calibrated (amplitude-only) visibility data acquired during the Solar Orbiter's cruise p…