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

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astro-ph.IM2025

Observatory Science with eXTP

Ping Zhou, Jirong Mao, Liang Zhang +97

Scheduled for launch in 2030, the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarization (eXTP) telescope is a Chinese space-based mission aimed at studying extreme conditions and phenomena in ast…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 4 cited

The Wide Field Monitor (WFM) of the China-Europe eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission

Margarita Hernanz, Marco Feroci, Yuri Evangelista +58

The eXTP mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with a large involvement of Europe. Its scientific payload includes four instruments: SFA, PFA, LAD an…

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.IM2022★ 26 cited

The 100-m X-ray Test Facility at IHEP

Yusa Wang, Zijian Zhao, Dongjie Hou +14

The 100-m X-ray Test Facility of the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) was initially proposed in 2012 for the test and calibration of the X-ray detectors of the Hard X-ray Mo…

astro-ph.IM2022

Design, integration, and test of the scientific payloads on-board the HERMES constellation and the SpIRIT mission

Y. Evangelista, F. Fiore, R. Campana +41

HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) is a space-borne mission based on a constellation of nano-satellites flying in a low-Earth orbit (LEO). The six 3U CubeSat…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 28 cited

The scientific payload on-board the HERMES-TP and HERMES-SP CubeSat missions

Y. Evangelista, F. Fiore, F. Fuschino +22

HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Technological and Scientific pathfinder is a space borne mission based on a LEO constellation of nano-satellites. The 3U C…

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…

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★ 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…

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.IM2018★ 10 cited

The Large Area Detector onboard the eXTP mission

Marco Feroci, Mahdi Ahangarianabhari, Giovanni Ambrosi +68

The eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and China National Space Administration (CNSA) currently perfor…