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Development and characterization of a millimeter-wave cold load prototype
Ruya Cong, Junjie Zhou, Yu Xu +7
Superconducting transition-edge sensors (TESs) are crucial detectors for cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations and require stable and tunable millimeter-wave cold loads fo…
A New Method for Identifying Contaminating Sources and Locating Target Sources through the Cross-Arm Features of Micro Pore Optics
Yiming Huang, Lian Tao, Jin-Yuan Liao +15
The Pathfinder of the Type-A satellites in the Chasing All Transients Constellation Hunters (CATCH) space mission is equipped with Micro-Pore Optics (MPOs) and four single-pixel Si…
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,…
Design and characterization of W-band and D-band calibration sources for the AliCPT-1 experiment
Xu-Fang Li, Cong-Zhan Liu, Ai-Mei Zhang +11
Ali Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Telescope (AliCPT-1) is the first Chinese cosmic microwave background experiment aiming to make sensitive polarization maps of the pote…
Development of 6-inch 80-170 GHz broadband silicon plated horn antenna arrays for primordial gravitational wave search
Yuanhang He, Shibo Shu, Yaqiong Li +18
Searching for primordial gravitational wave in cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization signal is one of the key topics in modern cosmology. Cutting-edge CMB telescopes requi…
Performance Analysis of Digital Flux-locked Loop Circuit with Different SQUID - Transfer Curves for TES Readout System
Nan Li, Xiang-xiang Ren, Le-peng Li +11
A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), functioning as a nonlinear response device, typically requires the incorporation of a flux-locked loop (FLL) circuit to facil…
Ground calibration and network of the first CATCH pathfinder
Yiming Huang, Jingyu Xiao, Lian Tao +53
The Chasing All Transients Constellation Hunters (CATCH) space mission is focused on exploring the dynamic universe via X-ray follow-up observations of various transients. The firs…
Simulation Studies for the First Pathfinder of the CATCH Space Mission
Yiming Huang, Juan Zhang, Lian Tao +42
The Chasing All Transients Constellation Hunters (CATCH) space mission is an intelligent constellation consisting of 126 micro-satellites in three types (A, B, and C), designed for…
A ThermalKinetic Inductance Detectors Pixel Design for Cosmic Microwave Background Observations at 90/150 GHz bands
Ye Chai, Shibo Shu, Yongping Li +10
The highly sensitive millimeter-wave telescope is an important tool for accurate measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation, and its core component is a detector ar…
Insight-HXMT on-orbit thermal control status and thermal deformation impact analysis
Aimei Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Jinyuan Liao +23
Purpose: The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope is China's first X-ray astronomy satellite launched on June 15th, 2017, dubbed Insight-HXMT. Active and passive thermal control measure…
In-orbit background simulation of a type-B CATCH satellite
Jingyu Xiao, Liqiang Qi, Shuang-Nan Zhang +23
The Chasing All Transients Constellation Hunters (CATCH) space mission plans to launch three types of micro-satellites (A, B, and C). The type-B CATCH satellites are dedicated to l…
Five-year in-orbit background of Insight-HXMT
Jin-Yuan Liao, Shu Zhang, Juan Zhang +24
Purpose: We present the five-year in-orbit background evolution of Insight-HXMT since the launch, as well as the effects of the background model in data analysis. Methods: The back…
In-orbit performance of HE onboard Insight-HXMT in the first 5 years
Xu-Fang Li, Cong-Zhan Liu, Yi-Fei Zhang +10
Purpose: The High-Energy X-ray telescope (HE), one of the three main payloads of the \textit{Insight}-HXMT mission, is composed of eighteen NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) phoswich detectors, wher…
CATCH: Chasing All Transients Constellation Hunters Space Mission
Panping Li, Qian-Qing Yin, Zhengwei Li +34
In time-domain astronomy, a substantial number of transients will be discovered by multi-wavelength and multi-messenger observatories, posing a great challenge for follow-up capabi…
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…
Calibration of the Instrumental Response of Insight-HXMT/HE CsI Detectors for Gamma-Ray Monitoring
Qi Luo, Jin-Yuan Liao, Xu-Fang Li +17
The CsI detectors of the High Energy X-ray Telescope of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT/CsI) can be used for gamma-ray all sky monitoring and searching for the electromag…
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…
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 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…
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…