In-flight calibration of the SWIFT XRT effective area

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

doi:10.1117/12.616974

In-flight calibration of the SWIFT XRT effective area

P. Romano
, G. Cusumano
, S. Campana
, V. Mangano
, A. Moretti
, A. F. Abbey
, L. Angelini
, A. Beardmore
, D. N. Burrows
, M. Capalbi
, G. Chincarini
, O. Citterio
, P. Giommi
, M. R. Goad
, O. Godet
, G. D. Hartner
, J. E. Hill
, J. Kennea
, V. LaParola
, T. Mineo

D. Morris, J. A. Nousek, J. Osborne, K. Page, C. Pagani, M. Perri, G. Tagliaferri, F. Tamburelli, A. Wells

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The Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) 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 the initial results of the analysis of Swift XRT effective area as measured both on-axis and off-axis during the in-flight calibration phase using the laboratory results and ray-tracing simulations as a starting point. Our analysis includes the study of the effective area at a range of energies, for different event grade selection and operating modes using two astronomical sources characterized by different intrinsic spectra.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	589819
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5898
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616974
State	Published - 2005
Event	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 1 2005 → Aug 3 2005

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Romano, P., Cusumano, G., Campana, S., Mangano, V., Moretti, A., Abbey, A. F., Angelini, L., Beardmore, A., Burrows, D. N., Capalbi, M., Chincarini, G., Citterio, O., Giommi, P., Goad, M. R., Godet, O., Hartner, G. D., Hill, J. E., Kennea, J., LaParola, V., ... Wells, A. (2005). In-flight calibration of the SWIFT XRT effective area. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5898, 1-8. Article 589819. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616974

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In-flight calibration of the SWIFT XRT effective area

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