SWIFT XRT Point Spread Function measured at the Panter end-to-end tests

A. Moretti; S. Campana; G. Tagliaferri; A. F. Abbey; R. M. Ambrosi; L. Angelini; A. Beardmore; H. W. Bräuninger; W. Burkert; D. N. Burrows; M. Capalbi; G. Chincarini; O. Citterio; G. Cusumano; M. J. Freyberg; P. Giommi; G. D. Hartner; J. E. Hill; K. Mori; D. Morris; K. Mukerjee; J. A. Nousek; J. Osborne; A. D.T. Short; F. Tamburelli; D. J. Watson; A. Wells

doi:10.1117/12.504857

SWIFT XRT Point Spread Function measured at the Panter end-to-end tests

A. Moretti, S. Campana, G. Tagliaferri, A. F. Abbey, R. M. Ambrosi, L. Angelini, A. Beardmore, H. W. Bräuninger, W. Burkert, D. N. Burrows, M. Capalbi, G. Chincarini, O. Citterio, G. Cusumano, M. J. Freyberg, P. Giommi, G. D. Hartner, J. E. Hill, K. Mori, D. MorrisK. Mukerjee, J. A. Nousek, J. Osborne, A. D.T. Short, F. Tamburelli, D. J. Watson, 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 energy band 0.2-10 keV. Here we report the results of the analysis of SWIFT XRT Point Spread Function (PSF) as measured during the end-to-end calibration campaign at the Panter X-Ray beam line facility. The analysis comprises the study of the PSF both on-axis and off-axis. We compare the laboratory results with the expectations from the ray-tracing software and from the mirror module tested as a single unit. We show that the measured HEW meets the mission scientific requirements. On the basis of the calibration data we build an analytical model which is able to reproduce the PSF as a function of the energy and the position within the detector.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	232-240
Number of pages	9
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5165
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504857
State	Published - 2004
Event	X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 3 2003 → Aug 5 2003

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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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Moretti, A., Campana, S., Tagliaferri, G., Abbey, A. F., Ambrosi, R. M., Angelini, L., Beardmore, A., Bräuninger, H. W., Burkert, W., Burrows, D. N., Capalbi, M., Chincarini, G., Citterio, O., Cusumano, G., Freyberg, M. J., Giommi, P., Hartner, G. D., Hill, J. E., Mori, K., ... Wells, A. (2004). SWIFT XRT Point Spread Function measured at the Panter end-to-end tests. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5165, 232-240. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504857

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SWIFT XRT Point Spread Function measured at the Panter end-to-end tests

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