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20172023
most citedOverview to the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) Satellite

329 citations · 632 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

astro-ph.HE2023★ 2 cited

Insight-HXMT Measurements of the Diffuse X-ray Background

Rui Huang, Wei Cui, Jin-Yuan Liao +8

We present an X-ray spectrum of the diffuse X-ray background (DXRB) between 1.5 and 120 keV, as measured with the Low-Energy Detector (LE) and the High-Energy Detector (HE) aboard…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 10 cited

An Insight-HXMT view of the mHz quasi-regular modulation phenomenon in the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630-47

Zi-Xu Yang, Liang Zhang, Yue Huang +97

Here we report the spectral-timing results of the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630-47 during its 2021 outburst using observations from the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope. Type-C qu…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 46 cited

Quasi-periodic oscillations of the X-ray burst from the magnetar SGR J1935+2154 and associated with the fast radio burst FRB 200428

Xiaobo Li, Mingyu Ge, Lin Lin +92

The origin(s) and mechanism(s) of fast radio bursts (FRBs), which are short radio pulses from cosmological distances, have remained a major puzzle since their discovery. We report…

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.HE2020★ 18 cited

Timing analysis of the black hole candidate EXO 1846-031 with Insight-HXMT monitoring

He-Xin Liu, Yue Huang, Guang-Cheng Xiao +118

We present the observational results from a detailed timing analysis of the black hole candidate EXO 1846-031 during its outburst in 2019 with the observations of Insight-HXMT, NIC…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 3 cited

Background Model for the High-Energy Telescope of Insight-HXMT

Jin-Yuan Liao, Shu Zhang, Xue-Feng Lu +20

Accurate background estimation is essential for spectral and temporal analysis in astrophysics. In this work, we construct the in-orbit background model for the High-Energy Telesco…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 4 cited

Background Model for the Low-Energy Telescope of Insight-HXMT

Jin-Yuan Liao, Shu Zhang, Yong Chen +16

With more than 150 blank sky observations at high Galactic latitude, we make a systematic study to the background of the Low Energy Telescope (LE) of the Hard X-ray Modulation Tele…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 11 cited

Methodology and Performance of the Two-Year Galactic Plane Scanning Survey of Insight-HXMT

Na Sai, JinYuan Liao, ChengKui Li +7

The Galactic plane scanning survey is one of the main scientific objectives of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (known as Insight-HXMT). During the two-year operation of Insight…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 5 cited

The Background Model of the Medium Energy X-ray telescope of Insight-HXMT

Cheng-Cheng Guo, Jin-Yuan Liao, Shu Zhang +26

The Medium Energy X-ray Telescope (ME) is one of the main payloads of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (dubbed as Insight-HXMT). The background of Insight-HXMT/ME is mainly caus…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 16 cited

In-orbit Calibration to the Point-Spread Function of Insight-HXMT

Yi Nang, Jin-Yuan Liao, Na Sai +9

We make the in-orbit calibration to the point-spread functions (PSFs) of the collimators of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope with the scanning observation of the Crab. We constr…

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

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…

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.HE2017★ 64 cited

Insight-HXMT observations of the first binary neutron star merger GW170817

TiPei Li, ShaoLin Xiong, ShuangNan Zhang +107

Finding the electromagnetic (EM) counterpart of binary compact star merger, especially the binary neutron star (BNS) merger, is critically important for gravitational wave (GW) ast…