@inproceedings{bde85187441f4ed48ed3b31b8b9ed19c,
title = "Ground Calibration of the BlackCAT CubeSat X-Ray Coded Aperture Telescope",
abstract = "BlackCAT is a NASA-funded 6U CubeSat mission planned to be launch-ready in 2025. BlackCAT will use its wide field-of-view and arcminute-scale localization to identify gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), gravitational-wave counterparts, and other high-energy transient events. The mission will send rapid alerts after detection of a transient event, enabling prompt follow-up from other ground- and space-based observatories. The science instrument is a coded aperture telescope, using a focal plane with four Speedster-EXD550 event-driven X-ray hybrid CMOS detectors (HCDs) and a gold-plated nickel coded mask to localize source positions. We describe methods for the calibration of the detectors and the assembled coded-aperture instrument. We also briefly discuss plans for in-flight commissioning and calibration.",
author = "Colosimo, \{Joseph M.\} and Falcone, \{Abraham D.\} and Mitchell Wages and Timothy Emeigh and Stone, \{Lukas R.\} and Palmer, \{David M.\} and Zachary Catlin and Nizam, \{Kadri M.\} and Hossen, \{Md Arman\} and Michael Betts and Bevidas, \{William A.\} and Brynn Bortree and Buffington, \{Jacob C.\} and Burrows, \{David Nelson\} and Thomas Forstmeier and Fox, \{Derek B.\} and Gremling, \{Killian M.\} and Collin Reichard and Scigliani, \{Ana C.\} and Tavana, \{Anthony J.\} and Ian Thornton and Daniel Washington and Zugger, \{Michael E.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 SPIE.; Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray ; Conference date: 16-06-2024 Through 21-06-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1117/12.3017588",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "\{den Herder\}, \{Jan-Willem A.\} and Shouleh Nikzad and Kazuhiro Nakazawa",
booktitle = "Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024",
address = "United States",
}