Swift XRT effective area measured at the Panter end-to-end tests

Gianpiero Tagliaferri; Alberto Moretti; Sergio Campana; Anthony F. Abbey; Richard M. Ambrosi; Lorella Angelini; Andrew P. Beardmore; Heinrich W. Brauninger; Wolfgang Burkert; David N. Burrows; Milvia Capalbi; Guido Chincarini; Oberto Citterio; Giancarlo Cusumano; Michael J. Freyberg; Paolo Giommi; Gisela D. Hartner; Joanne E. Hill; Koji Mori; Dave C. Morris; Kallol Mukerjee; John A. Nousek; Julian P. Osborne; Alexander D. T. Short; F. Tamburelli; D. J. Watson; Alan A. Wells

doi:10.1117/12.504835

3 February 2004 Swift XRT effective area measured at the Panter end-to-end tests

Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Alberto Moretti, Sergio Campana, Anthony F. Abbey, Richard M. Ambrosi, Lorella Angelini, Andrew P. Beardmore, Heinrich W. Brauninger, Wolfgang Burkert, David N. Burrows, Milvia Capalbi, Guido Chincarini, Oberto Citterio, Giancarlo Cusumano, Michael J. Freyberg, Paolo Giommi, Gisela D. Hartner, Joanne E. Hill, Koji Mori, Dave C. Morris, Kallol Mukerjee, John A. Nousek, Julian P. Osborne, Alexander D. T. Short, F. Tamburelli, D. J. Watson, Alan A. Wells

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Proceedings Volume 5165, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504835
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

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 first results of the analysis of Swift XRT effective area at five different energies as measured during the end-to-end calibration campaign at the Panter X-ray beam line facility. The analysis comprises the study of the effective area both on-axis and off-axis for different event grade selection. We compare the laboratory results with the expectations and show that the measured effective area meets the mission scientific requirements.

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Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Alberto Moretti, Sergio Campana, Anthony F. Abbey, Richard M. Ambrosi, Lorella Angelini, Andrew P. Beardmore, Heinrich W. Brauninger, Wolfgang Burkert, David N. Burrows, Milvia Capalbi, Guido Chincarini, Oberto Citterio, Giancarlo Cusumano, Michael J. Freyberg, Paolo Giommi, Gisela D. Hartner, Joanne E. Hill, Koji Mori, Dave C. Morris, Kallol Mukerjee, John A. Nousek, Julian P. Osborne, Alexander D. T. Short, F. Tamburelli, D. J. Watson, and Alan A. Wells "Swift XRT effective area measured at the Panter end-to-end tests", Proc. SPIE 5165, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII, (3 February 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504835

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