MXT instrument on-board the French-Chinese SVOM mission

Karine Mercier; François Gonzalez; Diego Götz; Martin Boutelier; Narjiss Boufracha; Vadim Burwitz; Marie Claire Charmeau; Paul Drumm; Charlotte Feldman; Albert Gomes; Jean Michel Le Duigou; Norbert Meidinger; Aline Meuris; Paul O'Brien; Julian Osborne; Pierre Pasqier; Laurent Perraud; James F. Pearson; Frédéric Pinsard; Estelle Raynal; Richard Willingale

doi:10.1117/12.2313561

6 July 2018 MXT instrument on-board the French-Chinese SVOM mission

Karine Mercier, François Gonzalez, Diego Götz, Martin Boutelier, Narjiss Boufracha, Vadim Burwitz, Marie Claire Charmeau, Paul Drumm, Charlotte Feldman, Albert Gomes, Jean Michel Le Duigou, Norbert Meidinger, Aline Meuris, Paul O'Brien, Julian Osborne, Pierre Pasqier, Laurent Perraud, James F. Pearson, Frédéric Pinsard, Estelle Raynal, Richard Willingale

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Proceedings Volume 10699, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 1069921 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313561
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

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The SVOM (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor) French-Chinese mission is dedicated to the detection, localization and study of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) and other high-energy transient phenomena. We first present the general description of the French payload composed of the ECLAIRs instrument, dedicated to GRB detection and localization and the MXT instrument, dedicated to GRB follow-up observation in soft X-ray band. Then the paper describes more in detail the design and the performances of the MXT instrument, finally a status of MXT development will be given.

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Karine Mercier, François Gonzalez, Diego Götz, Martin Boutelier, Narjiss Boufracha, Vadim Burwitz, Marie Claire Charmeau, Paul Drumm, Charlotte Feldman, Albert Gomes, Jean Michel Le Duigou, Norbert Meidinger, Aline Meuris, Paul O'Brien, Julian Osborne, Pierre Pasqier, Laurent Perraud, James F. Pearson, Frédéric Pinsard, Estelle Raynal, and Richard Willingale "MXT instrument on-board the French-Chinese SVOM mission", Proc. SPIE 10699, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 1069921 (6 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313561

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