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Diagnostic of the spectral properties of Aquila X-1 by Insight-HXMT snapshots during the early propeller phase
C. Güngör, M. Y. Ge, S. Zhang +108
We study the 2018 outburst of Aql X-1 via the monitor of all sky X-ray image (MAXI) data. We show that the outburst starting in February 2018 is a member of short-low class in the…
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…
-HXMT study of the timing properties of Sco X-1
S. M. Jia, Q. C. Bu, J. L. Qu +106
We present a detailed timing study of the brightest persistent X-ray source Sco X-1 using the data collected by the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (-HXMT) from July 2017…
The Low Energy X-ray telescope (LE) onboard the Insight-HXMT astronomy satellite
Yong Chen, WeiWei Cui, Wei Li +24
The low energy (LE) X-ray telescope is one of the three main instruments of the Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT). It is equipped with Swept Charge Device (SCD…
Insight-HXMT observation on 4U~1608--52: evolving spectral properties of a bright type-I X-ray burst
Y. P. Chen, S. Zhang, S. N. Zhang +109
The evidences for the influence of thermonuclear (type-I) X-ray bursts upon the surrounding environments in neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB) were detected previously via…
Phase-resolved gamma-ray spectroscopy of the Crab pulsar observed by POLAR
Han-Cheng Li, Neal Gauvin, Ming-Yu Ge +15
The POLAR detector is a space based Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) polarimeter sensitive in the 15-500 keV energy range. Apart from its main scientific goal as a Gamma-Ray Burst polarimeter…
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…
Studies on the time response distribution of Insigh}-HXMT/LE
Xiao-Fan Zhao, Yu-Xuan Zhu, Da-Wei Han +105
The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) named Insight is China's first X-ray astronomical satellite. The Low Energy X-ray Telescope (LE) is one of its main payloads onboard. The…
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…
The Insight-HXMT mission and its recent progresses
S. Zhang, S. N. Zhang, F. J. Lu +26
The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope HXMT or also dubbed as Insight HXMT is China s first astronomical satellite . It was launched on 15 th June 2017 in JiuQuan, China and is curren…
Timing analysis of 2S 1417-624 observed with NICER and Insight-HXMT
L. Ji, V. Doroshenko, A. Santangelo +112
We present a study of timing properties of the accreting pulsar 2S 1417-624 observed during its 2018 outburst, based on Swift/BAT, Fermi/GBM, Insight-HXMT and NICER observations. W…
Constant cyclotron line energy in Hercules X-1 -- Joint Insight-HXMT and NuSTAR observations
G. C. Xiao, L. Ji, R. Staubert +108
The long-term evolution of the centroid energy of the CRSF in Her X-1 is still a mystery. We report a new measurement from a campaign between {\sl Insight}-HXMT and {\sl NuSTAR} pe…
Hot disk of the Swift J0243.6+6124 revealed by Insight-HXMT
V. Doroshenko, S. N. Zhang, A. Santangelo +113
We report on analysis of observations of the bright transient X-ray pulsar \src obtained during its 2017-2018 giant outburst with Insight-HXMT, \emph{NuSTAR}, and \textit{Swift} ob…
GRID: a Student Project to Monitor the Transient Gamma-Ray Sky in the Multi-Messenger Astronomy Era
Jiaxing Wen, Xiangyun Long, Xutao Zheng +139
The Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) is a space mission concept dedicated to monitoring the transient gamma-ray sky in the energy range from 10 keV to 2 MeV using scintillatio…
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…
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…
Observation data pre-processing and scientific data products generation of POLAR
Zheng-Heng Li, Jian-Chao Sun, Li-Ming Song +8
POLAR is a compact space-borne detector initially designed to measure the polarization of hard X-rays emitted from Gamma-Ray Bursts in the energy range 50-500keV. This instrument w…