XCAT: The JANUS X-Ray Coded Aperture Telescope

A. D. Falcone; D. N. Burrows; S. Barthelmy; W. Chang; D. Fox; J. Fredley; N. Gehrels; M. Kelly; R. Klar; D. Palmer; S. Persyn; K. Reichard; P. Roming; E. Seifert; R. W.M. Smith; P. Wood; M. Zugger

doi:10.1117/12.857300

XCAT: The JANUS X-Ray Coded Aperture Telescope

A. D. Falcone, D. N. Burrows, S. Barthelmy, W. Chang, D. Fox, J. Fredley, N. Gehrels, M. Kelly, R. Klar, D. Palmer, S. Persyn, K. Reichard, P. Roming, E. Seifert, R. W.M. Smith, P. Wood, M. Zugger

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Abstract

The JANUS mission concept is designed to study the high redshift universe using a small, agile Explorer class observatory. The primary science goals of JANUS are to use high redshift (6<z<12) gamma ray bursts and quasars to explore the formation history of the first stars in the early universe and to study contributions to reionization. The X-Ray Coded Aperture Telescope (XCAT) and the Near-IR Telescope (NIRT) are the two primary instruments on JANUS. XCAT has been designed to detect bright X-ray flashes (XRFs) and gamma ray bursts (GRBs) in the 1-20 keV energy band over a wide field of view (4 steradians), thus facilitating the detection of z>6 XRFs/GRBs, which can be further studied by other instruments. XCAT would use a coded mask aperture design with hybrid CMOS Si detectors. It would be sensitive to XRFs and GRBs with flux in excess of approximately 240 mCrab. In order to obtain redshift measurements and accurate positions from the NIRT, the spacecraft is designed to rapidly slew to source positions following a GRB trigger from XCAT. XCAT instrument design parameters and science goals are presented in this paper.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857300
State	Published - 2010
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Jun 28 2010 → Jul 2 2010

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7732
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	6/28/10 → 7/2/10

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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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Falcone, A. D., Burrows, D. N., Barthelmy, S., Chang, W., Fox, D., Fredley, J., Gehrels, N., Kelly, M., Klar, R., Palmer, D., Persyn, S., Reichard, K., Roming, P., Seifert, E., Smith, R. W. M., Wood, P., & Zugger, M. (2010). XCAT: The JANUS X-Ray Coded Aperture Telescope. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray Article 77324F (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7732). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857300

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