تقرير
Analysis methods to localize and characterize X-ray sources with the Micro-channel X-ray Telescope on board the SVOM satellite
العنوان: | Analysis methods to localize and characterize X-ray sources with the Micro-channel X-ray Telescope on board the SVOM satellite |
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المؤلفون: | Hussein, Shaymaa, Robinet, Florent, Boutelier, Martin, Götz, Diego, Gros, Aleksandra, Schneider, Benjamin |
سنة النشر: | 2022 |
المجموعة: | Astrophysics |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
الوصف: | SVOM is a Sino-French space mission targeting high-energy transient astrophysical objects such as gamma-ray bursts. The soft X-ray part of the spectrum is covered by the Micro-channel X-ray Telescope (MXT) which is a narrow field telescope designed to precisely localize X-ray sources. This paper presents the method implemented on-board to characterize and localize X-ray sources with the MXT. A specific localization method was developed to accommodate the optical system of the MXT, which is based on "Lobster-Eye" grazing incidence micro-pore optics. For the first time, the algorithm takes advantage of cross-correlation techniques to achieve a localization accuracy down to 2 arcmin with less than 200 photons, which guarantees a rapid follow-up for most of the gamma-ray bursts that SVOM will observe. In this paper, we also study the limitations of the algorithm and characterize its performance. Comment: Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal |
نوع الوثيقة: | Working Paper |
DOI: | 10.3847/1538-4357/acb539 |
URL الوصول: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.13330 |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsarx.2209.13330 |
قاعدة البيانات: | arXiv |
DOI: | 10.3847/1538-4357/acb539 |
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