Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope
Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) also known as Insight is a Chinese X-ray space observatory, launched on June 15, 2017 to observe black holes, neutron stars, active galactic nuclei and other phenomena based on their X-ray and gamma-ray emissions. It is based on the JianBing 3 imagery reconnaissance satellite series platform. The project, a joint collaboration of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Tsinghua University, has been under development since 2000.
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Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) also known as Insight is a Chinese X-ray space observatory, launched on June 15, 2017 to observe black holes, neutron stars, active galactic nuclei and other phenomena based on their X-ray and gamma-ray emissions. It is based on the JianBing 3 imagery reconnaissance satellite series platform. The project, a joint collaboration of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Tsinghua University, has been under development since 2000.
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• Auto — all • Name — Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope • Mission Type — Astronomy • Operator — CAS / IHEP • Satcat — 42758 • Website — http: www.hxmt.org/ • Mission Duration — Elapsed: 14 June 2017 03:00 • Launch Mass — 2800 kg • Dimensions — 2.0 xx • Launch Date — June 14, 2017, 03:00:00 UTC • Launch Rocket — Long March 4B • Launch Site — 603 Launch Pad of the LC43 Launch Complex, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center • Orbit Reference — Geocentric • Orbit Regime — Low Earth • Orbit Semimajor — 6920 km • Orbit Eccentricity — 0.0006597 • Orbit Periapsis — 545 km • Orbit Apoapsis — 554.1 km • Orbit Inclination — 43.0° • Orbit Period — 95.5 minutes • Orbit Mean Motion — 15.079 rev/day • Orbit Epoch — 2017-06-22 11:32:39 UTC • Apsis — gee • Illustration — The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) launch by CZ-4B rocket
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The main scientific instrument is an array of 18 NaI(Tl)/CsI(na) slat-collimated "phoswich" scintillation detectors, collimated to 5.7°×1° overlapping fields of view. The main NaI detectors have an area of 286 cm 2 each, and cover the 20–200 keV energy range. Data analysis is planned to be by a direct algebraic method, "direct demodulation", which has shown promise in de-convolving the raw data into images while preserving excellent angular and energy resolution. The satellite has three payloads, the high energy X-ray Telescope (20–250 keV), the medium energy X-ray telescope (5–30 keV), and the low energy X-ray telescope (1–15 keV)
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2022
The Disk Wind in GRS 1915+105 as Seen by Insight–Hard X-Ray Modulation Telescope digitised by DataCite (American Astronomical Society).
2024
Constraining primordial black hole abundance with Insight-HXMT digitised by DataCite (arXiv).
2026
An Insight-HXMT View of the Evolution of the Type-C Quasiperiodic Oscillation during the Flaring State of Swift J1727.8-1613 digitised by DataCite (arXiv).
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Quasi-periodic Oscillations in GX 339−4 during the 2021 Outburst Observed with Insight-HXMT, The Astrophysical Journal, 2023.
Status of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope Project, Chinese Journal of Space Science, 2014
Status of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope Project, Chinese Journal of Space Science, 2016
The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), Pulsar Astronomy, 2024
Background experiment of the low energy x-ray telescope detectors on insight-HXMT, AIP Advances, 2024
Insight-HXMT Detections of Hard X-Ray Tails in Scorpius X-1, The Astrophysical Journal, 2023
Measurement of the vertical atmospheric density profile from the X-ray Earth occultation of the Crab Nebula with Insight-HXMT, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2022
A Detailed View of Low-frequency Quasi-periodic Oscillation in the Broadband 0.2–200 keV with Insight-HXMT and NICER, The Astrophysical Journal, 2023
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- 1.n2yo.com: HXMT (HUIYAN) Satellite details 2017-034A NORAD 42758, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2021
- 2.SpaceFlight101: , abgerufen am 22. Juni 2017.
- 3.Realization of HXMT's main detector - Design and implementation of the NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) detectors output signal generator
- 4.Strategic Priority Program on Space Science. english.nssc.cas.cn.
- 5.院士专家 李惕碚. sourcedb.ihep.cas.cn. 2009-07-09.
- 6.NASASpaceFlight.com: China launches X-ray telescope via Long March 4B, abgerufen am 22. Juni 2017.
- 7.2017-06-22.
- 8.Diego Torres. Special Issue on Performance and Early Results of China’s 1st X-ray Astronomy Satellite Insight-HXMT. sciencedirect.com. 2020-07-02.
- 9.You Bei et al. Insight-HXMT observations of jet-like corona in a black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070. nature.com. 2021-02-15.
- 10.陆成宽. 慧眼卫星新发现！这个“冕”竟能逃离黑洞. spaceflightfans.cn. 2021-02-15.
- 11.Li Chengkui et al. HXMT identification of a non-thermal X-ray burst from SGR J1935+2154 and with FRB 200428. nature.com. 2021-02-18.
- 12.人类首次，中国慧眼卫星确认快速射电暴来自于磁星. cnsa.gov.cn. 2021-02-20.
- 13.Francis Reddy. NASA’s Swift, Fermi Missions Detect Exceptional Cosmic Blast. nasa.gov. 2022-10-13.
- 14.Insight-HXMT and GECAM-C observations of the brightest-of-all-time GRB 221009A. phys.org. 2023-03-28.
- 15.An Zhenghua et al. Insight-HXMT and GECAM-C observations of the brightest-of-all-time GRB 221009A. arxiv.org. 2023-03-03.
- 16.“慧眼”如炬，我国精确探测迄今最亮伽马射线暴. cnsa.gov.cn. 2023-04-04.
- 17.Kepler Center for Astro and Particle Physics. uni-tuebingen.de.
- 18.Kong Lingda, Victor Doroshenko et al. Insight-HXMT Discovery of the Highest-energy CRSF from the First Galactic Ultraluminous X-Ray Pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124. iopscience.iop.org. 2022-06-28.
- 19.New Record for Strongest Magnetic Field in Universe: More Than 1.6 Billion Tesla. scitechdaily.com. 2022-07-12.
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