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most citedOverview to the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) Satellite

329 citations · 932 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

astro-ph.SR2022★ 14 cited

First report of a solar energetic particle event observed by China's Tianwen-1 mission in transit to Mars

Shuai Fu, Zheyi Ding, Yongjie Zhang +15

Solar energetic particles (SEPs) associated with flares and/or coronal mass ejection (CME)-driven shocks can impose acute radiation hazards to space explorations. To measure energe…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 22 cited

Observations of Forbush Decreases of cosmic ray electrons and positrons with the Dark Matter Particle Explorer

Francesca Alemanno, Qi An, Philipp Azzarello +146

The Forbush Decrease (FD) represents the rapid decrease of the intensities of charged particles accompanied with the coronal mass ejections (CMEs) or high-speed streams from corona…

physics.ins-det2021★ 1 cited

Improving the particle identification of radioactive isotope beams at the RIBLL2 separator

Fang Fang, Shuwen Tang, Shitao Wang +8

To improve the ability of particle identification of the RIBLL2 separator at the HIRFL-CSR complex, a new high-performance detector for measuring fragment starting time and positio…

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.IM2019★ 329 cited

Overview to the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) Satellite

ShuangNan Zhang, TiPei Li, FangJun Lu +127

As China's first X-ray astronomical satellite, the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), which was dubbed as Insight-HXMT after the launch on June 15, 2017, is a wide-band (1-250…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 2 cited

The High Energy X-ray telescope (HE) onboard the Insight-HXMT astronomy satellite

C. Z. Liu, Y. F. Zhang, X. F. Li +29

The Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) is a broad band X-ray and gamma-ray (1-3000 keV) astronomy satellite. The High Energy X-ray telescope (HE) is one of its…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 172 cited

The Medium Energy (ME) X-ray telescope onboard the Insight-HXMT astronomy satellite

Xuelei Cao, Weichun Jiang, Bin Meng +34

The Medium Energy X-ray telescope (ME) is one of the three main telescopes on board the Insight Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) astronomy satellite. ME contains 1728…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 35 cited

Insight-HXMT observations of Swift J0243.6+6124 during its 2017-2018 outburst

Yue Zhang, Mingyu Ge, Liming Song +107

The recently discovered neutron star transient Swift J0243.6+6124 has been monitored by {\it the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope} ({\it Insight-\rm HXMT). Based on the obtained dat…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 89 cited

Detailed polarization measurements of the prompt emission of five Gamma-Ray Bursts

Shuang-Nan Zhang, Merlin Kole, Tian-Wei Bao +37

Gamma-ray bursts are the strongest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang, believed to be produced either in forming black holes at the end of massive star evolution or merg…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 45 cited

Charge Measurement of Cosmic Ray Nuclei with the Plastic Scintillator Detector of DAMPE

Tiekuang Dong, Yapeng Zhang, Pengxiong Ma +20

One of the main purposes of the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is to measure the cosmic ray nuclei up to several tens of TeV or beyond, whose origin and propagation remains…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 20 cited

In-Orbit Instrument Performance Study and Calibration for POLAR Polarization Measurements

Zhengheng Li, Merlin Kole, Jianchao Sun +30

POLAR is a compact space-borne detector designed to perform reliable measurements of the polarization for transient sources like Gamma-Ray Bursts in the energy range 50-500keV. The…

physics.ins-det2017★ 13 cited

In-flight energy calibration of the space-borne Compton polarimeter POLAR

Hualin Xiao, Wojtek Hajdas, Bobing Wu +39

POLAR is a compact wide-field space-borne detector for precise measurements of the linear polarisation of hard X-rays emitted by transient sources in the energy range from 50 keV t…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 87 cited

The Plastic Scintillator Detector at DAMPE

Yuhong Yu, Zhiyu Sun, Hong Su +22

he DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a general purposed satellite-borne high energy ray and cosmic ray detector, and among the scientific objectives of DAMPE are the sea…

physics.ins-det2016

Design of a large dynamic range readout unit for the PSD detector of DAMPE

Yong Zhou, Yuhong Yu, Zhiyu Sun +4

A large dynamic range is required by the Plastic Scintillator Detector (PSD) of DArk Matter Paricle Explorer (DAMPE), and a double-dynode readout has been developed. To verify this…

physics.ins-det2015

A versatile PMT test bench and its application in the DAMPE-PSD

Yong Zhou, Zhiyu Sun, Yuhong Yu +4

A versatile test bench system, dedicated for massive PMT characterization, is developed at the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. It can perform many test co…

physics.ins-det2015★ 14 cited

A crosstalk and non-uniformity correction method for the Compact Space-borne Compton Polarimeter POLAR

Hualin Xiao, Wojtek Hajdas, Bobing Wu +33

In spite of extensive observations and numerous theoretical studies in the past decades several key questions related with Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) emission mechanisms are still to b…

astro-ph.IM2009

Light collection of POLAR detector

Yongwei Dong, Yanguo Li, Bobing Wu +2

POLAR is a compact polarimeter dedicated to measure the polarization of GRBs between 50-300 keV. The light collection of 200*6*6mm3 plastic bars has been simulated and optimized in…

astro-ph.IM2009

SVOM Gamma Ray Monitor

Yongwei Dong, Bobing Wu, Yanguo Li +2

The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Object Monitor (SVOM) mission is dedicated to the detection, localization and broad-band study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and other…