Readout modes and automated operation of the Swift x-ray telescope

被引：207

作者：

Hill, JE ^{[1
]}

Burrows, DN ^{[1
]}

Nousek, JA ^{[1
]}

Abbey, AF ^{[1
]}

Ambrosi, RM ^{[1
]}

Bräuninger, H ^{[1
]}

Burkert, W ^{[1
]}

Campana, S ^{[1
]}

Cheruvu, C ^{[1
]}

Cusumano, G ^{[1
]}

Freyberg, MJ ^{[1
]}

Hartner, GD ^{[1
]}

Klar, R ^{[1
]}

Mangels, C ^{[1
]}

Moretti, A ^{[1
]}

Mori, K ^{[1
]}

Morris, DC ^{[1
]}

Short, ADT ^{[1
]}

Tagliaferri, G ^{[1
]}

Watson, DJ ^{[1
]}

Wood, P ^{[1
]}

Wells, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, State Coll, PA 16801 USA

来源：

X-RAY AND GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY XIII | 2004年 / 5165卷

关键词：

CCDs; gamma-ray bursts; x-rays; Swift; x-ray telescope; centroiding; readout modes;

D O I：

10.1117/12.505728

中图分类号：

V [航空、航天];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0825 ;

摘要：

The Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) is designed to make astrometric, spectroscopic, and photometric observations of Xray emission from Gamma-ray Bursts and their afterglows in the energy band 0.2-10 keV. In order to provide rapid-response, automated observations of these randomly occurring objects without ground intervention, the XRT must be able to observe objects covering some seven orders of magnitude in flux, extracting the maximum possible science from each one. This requires a variety of readout modes designed to optimise the information collected in response to shifting scientific priorities as the flux from the burst diminishes. The XRT will support four major readout modes: imaging, two timing modes and photon-counting, with several submodes. We describe in detail the readout modes of the XRT. We describe the flux ranges over which each mode will operate, the automated mode switching that will occur and the methods used for collection of bias information for this instrument. We also discuss the data products produced from each mode.

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页码：217 / 231

页数：15

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