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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…
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…
Insight-HXMT and GECAM-C observations of the brightest-of-all-time GRB 221009A
Zheng-Hua An, S. Antier, Xing-Zi Bi +174
GRB 221009A is the brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected since the discovery of this kind of energetic explosions. However, an accurate measurement of the prompt emission propert…
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…
Burst phase distribution of SGR J1935+2154 based on Insight-HXMT
Xuefeng Lu, Liming Song, Mingyu Ge +10
On April 27, 2020, the soft gamma ray repeater SGR J1935+2154 entered its intense outburst episode again. Insight-HXMT carried out about one month observation of the source. A tota…
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…
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…
The First Insight-HXMT Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog: The First Four Years
Xin-Ying Song, Shao-Lin Xiong, Shuang-Nan Zhang +40
The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT), is China's first X-ray astronomy satellite launched on June 15, 2017. The anti-coincidence CsI detectors of the High Energy X-ra…
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…
The design of the Ali CMB Polarization Telescope receiver
Maria Salatino, Jason E. Austermann, Keith L. Thompson +72
Ali CMB Polarization Telescope (AliCPT-1) is the first CMB degree-scale polarimeter to be deployed on the Tibetan plateau at 5,250m above sea level. AliCPT-1 is a 90/150 GHz 72 cm…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A study of raining influence on the environmental radiation background spectra with HXMT/HE
Xu-Fang Li, Cong-Zhan Liu, Yi-Fei Zhang +6
Full functional and performance tests were performed many times before the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) launch. During one of the tests, the count rate curves of the 18 H…
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…