2 papers
astro-ph.IM2015
The Microchannel X-ray Telescope on Board the SVOM Satellite
D. Gotz, C. Adami, S. Basa +18
We present the Micro-channel X-ray Telescope (MXT), a new narrow-field (about 1°) telescope that will be flying on the Sino-French SVOM mission dedicated to Gamma-Ray Burst science…
astro-ph2007
Automatic analysis of Swift-XRT data
P. A. Evans, L. G. Tyler, A. P. Beardmore +1
The Swift spacecraft detects and autonomously observes ~100 Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) per year, ~96% of which are detected by the X-ray telescope (XRT). GRBs are accompanied by optic…