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Calibration of Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) onboard AstroSat

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dc.contributor.authorSarwade, Abhilash R
dc.contributor.authorRamadevi, M C
dc.contributor.authorRavishankar, B T
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Brajpal
dc.contributor.authorBaby, Blessy Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorBhattacharya, Dipankar
dc.contributor.authorSeetha, S
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-22T04:25:11Z
dc.date.available2021-07-22T04:25:11Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.descriptionOpen-access - from Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, Indiaen_US
dc.description.abstractSSM onboard AstroSat is designed to monitor X-ray sky in the energy range 2.5–10 keV to detect and locate X-ray sources in outburst. SSM with its three almost identical 1D-proportional counters mounted on a rotating platform, scans the sky in step and stare mode of operation. It observes the X-ray sky and generates light curves for X-ray sources detected. Here, we discuss the positional calibration to carry out imaging with SSM. Onboard calibration of SSM has been carried out with Crab, the standard X-ray source. SSM observations of Crab are compared with that of MAXI on ISS for cross calibration of the instrument.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 2021, Vol. 42, p70en_US
dc.identifier.issn0250-6335
dc.identifier.issn0973-7758 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/7795
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer for Indian Academy of Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-021-09765-9en_US
dc.rights2021 Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, Indiaen_US
dc.subjectProportional counteren_US
dc.subjectposition sensitive X-ray detectoren_US
dc.subjectsky monitoren_US
dc.subjectX-ray skyen_US
dc.subjectcodedmasken_US
dc.subjectX-ray transient.en_US
dc.titleCalibration of Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) onboard AstroSaten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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