In-flight calibration of the Swift XRT effective area

G. Cusumano; S. Campana; P. Romano; V. Mangano; A. Moretti; A. F. Abbey; L. Angelini; A. P. Beardmore; D. N. Burrows; M. Capalbi; G. Chincarini; O. Citterio; P. Giommi; M. R. Goad; O. Godet; G. D. Hartner; J. E. Hill; J. A. Kennea; V. La Parola; T. Mineo; D. Morris; J. A. Nousek; J. P. Osborne; K. Page; C. Pagani; M. Perri; G. Tagliaferri; F. Tamburelli; A. Wells

doi:10.1063/1.2207972

In-flight calibration of the Swift XRT effective area

G. Cusumano, S. Campana, P. Romano, V. Mangano, A. Moretti, A. F. Abbey, L. Angelini, A. P. Beardmore, D. N. Burrows, M. Capalbi, G. Chincarini, O. Citterio, P. Giommi, M. R. Goad, O. Godet, G. D. Hartner, J. E. Hill, J. A. Kennea, V. La Parola, T. MineoD. Morris, J. A. Nousek, J. P. Osborne, K. Page, C. Pagani, M. Perri, G. Tagliaferri, F. Tamburelli, A. Wells

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Abstract

The Swift X-ray Telescope is designed to make astrometric, spectroscopic and photometric observations of the X-ray emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts and their afterglows in the 0.2-10 keV energy band. Here we report some results on the in-flight calibration of the Swift XRT effective area obtained analyzing observations of cosmic sources with different the analysis of cosmic sources intrinsic spectra and using the on-ground calibration and ray-tracing simulations as a starting point Our analysis includes the study of the effective area for different XRT operating modes.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA
Subtitle of host publication	Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference
Pages	664-667
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2207972
State	Published - May 19 2006
Event	GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: 16th Maryland Astrophysics Conference - Washington, D.C., United States Duration: Nov 29 2005 → Dec 2 2005

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	836
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Other	GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: 16th Maryland Astrophysics Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington, D.C.
Period	11/29/05 → 12/2/05

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Cusumano, G., Campana, S., Romano, P., Mangano, V., Moretti, A., Abbey, A. F., Angelini, L., Beardmore, A. P., Burrows, D. N., Capalbi, M., Chincarini, G., Citterio, O., Giommi, P., Goad, M. R., Godet, O., Hartner, G. D., Hill, J. E., Kennea, J. A., La Parola, V., ... Wells, A. (2006). In-flight calibration of the Swift XRT effective area. In GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference (pp. 664-667). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 836). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2207972

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Cusumano, G, Campana, S, Romano, P, Mangano, V, Moretti, A, Abbey, AF, Angelini, L, Beardmore, AP, Burrows, DN, Capalbi, M, Chincarini, G, Citterio, O, Giommi, P, Goad, MR, Godet, O, Hartner, GD, Hill, JE, Kennea, JA, La Parola, V, Mineo, T, Morris, D, Nousek, JA, Osborne, JP, Page, K, Pagani, C, Perri, M, Tagliaferri, G, Tamburelli, F & Wells, A 2006, In-flight calibration of the Swift XRT effective area. in GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 836, pp. 664-667, GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: 16th Maryland Astrophysics Conference, Washington, D.C., United States, 11/29/05. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2207972

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