4 papers
Importance and Science Outcomes from the first XSPECT/XPoSat Workshop
Anuj Nandi, Rwitika Chatterjee, V. P. Shyam Prakash +49
This paper summarizes the science outcomes of the first Workshop on Data Analysis using observations from the XSPECT payload onboard the XPoSat, which brought together early-career…
XSPECT on-board XPoSat: Calibration and First Results
Rwitika Chatterjee, Koushal Vadodariya, Radhakrishna Vatedka +6
XPoSat is India's first X-ray spectro-polarimetry mission, consisting of two co-aligned instruments, a polarimeter (POLIX) and a spectrometer (XSPECT), to study the X-ray emission…
Spectral nature of Sco X-1 observed using the X-ray SPECtroscopy and Timing (XSPECT) payload on-board XPoSat
V. P. Shyam Prakash, Vivek K. Agrawal, Rwitika Chatterjee +3
Scorpius X-1 is the brightest and first discovered X-ray source in the sky. Studying this source in the low-energy band has been challenging in the past due to its high brightness.…
X-Ray spectroscopy and timing (XSPECT) experiment on XPoSat -- instrument configuration and science prospects
Radhakrishna V, Anurag Tyagi, Koushal Vadodariya +11
X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) with POLarimeter Instrument in X-rays (POLIX), is India's first spacecraft dedicated to study medium energy X-ray polarisation from celestial o…