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

329 citations · 456 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Beyond One-Thousandth Energy Resolution with an AlMn TES Detector

Liangpeng Xie, Yifei Zhang, Zhengwei Li +10

The superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) is a critical technology for next-generation X-ray spectrometers, known for its exceptional energy resolution. In the last decade,…

physics.ins-det2026

Development of Low-Noise Two-stage dc-SQUID for TES Detector Readout

Nan Li, Mengjie Song, Sixiao Hu +9

Direct-current superconducting quantum interference devices (dc-SQUIDs) are one of the most sensitive magnetic detectors. These sensors are extensively used in the readout of super…

physics.ins-det2025

Fabrication and Characterization of X-ray TES Detectors Based on Annular AlMn Alloy Films

Yifei Zhang, Zhengwei Li, Mengxian Zhang +16

AlMn alloy flms are widely fabricated into superconducting transition edge sensors (TESs) for the detection of cosmic microwave background radiation. However, the application in X-…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Fabrication and characterization of AlMn alloy superconducting films for 0vbb experiments

Zhouhui Liu, Yifei Zhang, Yu Xu +13

Neutrinoless double-beta decay (0vbb) experiments constitute a pivotal probe for elucidating the characteristics of neutrinos and further discovering new physics. Compared to the n…

hep-ex2025

The Sliding Flux Ramp Demodulation Algorithm with High Sampling Rate in Microwave SQUID Multiplexer

Guofu Liao, Congzhan Liu, Zhengwei Li +12

Microwave SQUID Multiplexing (uMUX) is a widely used technique in the low temperature detectors community as it offers high capacity of reading out large scale Transition-Edge Sens…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 9 cited

In-flight calibration of the Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope

Xiaobo Li, Xufang Li, Ying Tan +19

We present the calibration of the Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) X-ray satellite, which can be used to perform timing and spectral studies of bright X-ray s…

physics.ins-det2019

Design and Calibration of the High Energy Particle Monitor onboard the Insight-HXMT

Xuefeng Lu, Congzhan Liu, Xiaobo Li +11

Three high energy particle monitors (HPMs) employed onboard the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope Insight-HXMT) can detect the charged particles from South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) and…

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★ 2 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2019

Ground-based calibration and characterization of the HE detectors for Insight-HXMT

XuFang Li, CongZhan Liu, Zhi Chang +29

High energy X-ray telescope (HE) is one of the three instruments of Insight-HXMT(Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope) payload. The HE detector (HED) array is composed of 18 actively Na…

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…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 16 cited

A novel analog power supply for gain control of the Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC)

Zhengwei Li, Congzhan Liu, Yupeng Xu +9

Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPM) are regarded as novel photo-detectors to replace conventional Photo-Multiplier Tubes (PMTs). However, the breakdown voltage dependence on the ambie…