ISSN:
1572-946X
Keywords:
Instruments
;
Gamma-ray bursts
;
X-ray emission
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The High-Energy Transient Experiment (HETE) is designed for the multiwavelengths study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) in UV, X-ray and gamma-ray range with three scientific instruments. The X-ray instrument, Wide-field X-ray Monitor (WXM), consists of four units of one-dimensional position sensitive gas proportional counters and two perpendicularly oriented one-dimensional coded apertures. The WXM has a wide FOV of 1.5 steradian together with the capability to locate GRBs with ∼ 10 arcmin accuracy, and covers photon energies of 2 to 25 keV with an energy resolution of typically ∼ 18 % at 6 keV, measuring wide band spectra together with the gamma-ray spectrometer (FREGATE). The coded X-ray image will be deconvolved on board and the GRB location will be provided to the UV camera within ∼ 1 sec . GRB locations will also be broadcast in “real time” to ground-based observers for follow-up observations.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00658671
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