3 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
In-flight performance of the MXT Camera
M. Moita, A. Meuris, P. Ferrando +8
On-board the SVOM mission, the Microchannel X-ray Telescope observes the soft X-ray band of the gamma-ray bursts afterglows. The so-called lobster-eye optics focuses X-rays to the…
astro-ph.IM2026
The Microchannel X-ray Telescope on board the SVOM mission: in-flight scientific performance
D. Götz, S. Crepaldi, E. Doumayrou +14
The Microchannel X-ray Telescope (MXT) is a compact and lightweight focusing X-ray telescope, which is part of the space payload of the SVOM mission. The main goal of the MXT instr…
astro-ph.HE2023
Gamma rays from a reverse shock with turbulent magnetic fields in GRB 180720B
Makoto Arimoto, Katsuaki Asano, Koji S. Kawabata +14
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most electromagnetically luminous cosmic explosions. They are powered by collimated streams of plasma (jets) ejected by a newborn stellar-mass black…