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

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astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

Ground calibration of Gamma-Ray Detectors of GECAM-C

Chao Zheng, Zheng-Hua An, Wen-Xi Peng +35

As a new member of GECAM mission, GECAM-C (also named High Energy Burst Searcher, HEBS) was launched onboard the SATech-01 satellite on July 27th, 2022, which is capable to monitor…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 4 cited

In-orbit performance of LE onboard Insight-HXMT in the first 5 years

Xiaobo Li, Yong Chen, Liming Song +18

Purpose: The Low-Energy X-ray telescope (LE) is a main instrument of the Insight-HXMT mission and consists of 96 Swept Charge Devices (SCD) covering the 1-10 keV energy band. The e…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 6 cited

The In-Flight Realtime Trigger and Localization Software of GECAM

Xiao-Yun Zhao, Shao-Lin Xiong, Xiang-Yang Wen +86

Realtime trigger and localization of bursts are the key functions of GECAM, which is an all-sky gamma-ray monitor launched in Dec 10, 2020. We developed a multifunctional trigger a…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 4 cited

The influence of the Insight-HXMT/LE time response on timing analysis

Deng-Ke Zhou, Shi-Jie Zheng, Li-Ming Song +28

LE is the low energy telescope of Insight-HXMT. It uses swept charge devices (SCDs) to detect soft X-ray photons. The time response of LE is caused by the structure of SCDs. With t…

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★ 3 cited

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…

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.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.IM2018★ 329 cited

The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP

ShuangNan Zhang, Andrea Santangelo, Marco Feroci +146

In this paper we present the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP. eXTP is a space science mission designed to study fundamental physics under extreme conditions of…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 1 cited

A linear calibration method on DNL error for energy spectrum

Lu Bo, Fu Yan-Hong, Chen Yong +18

A calibration method aimed for the differential nonlinearity (DNL) error of the Low Energy X-ray Instrument (LE) onboard the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) is presented, wh…

astro-ph.IM2013

Measurements of Charge Transfer Efficiency in a Proton-irradiated Swept Charge Device

Wang YuSa, Chen Yong, Liu XiaoYan +15

Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) have been successfully used in several low energy X-ray astronomical satellite over the past two decades. Their high energy resolution and high spatia…