A concept for a lightweight, low-power and sensitive Silicon-based All Sky Monitor for transient sources and Gamma Ray Bursts

Details A concept for a lightweight, low-power and sensitive Silicon-based All Sky Monitor for transient sources and Gamma Ray Bursts A concept for a lightweight, low-power and sensitive Silicon-based All Sky Monitor for transient sources and Gamma Ray Bursts

Jul 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aipc.1248..577c&link_type=abstract

X-RAY ASTRONOMY 2009; PRESENT STATUS, MULTI-WAVELENGTH APPROACH AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES: Proceedings of the International Confer

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Gamma-Ray Sources (Astronomical), Sensors, X-Ray Binary Stars, X-Ray Spectroscopy, Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Photoconductors And Bolometers, X-Ray Binaries, X-Ray

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We present a concept for a coded-mask All Sky Monitor based on Silicon Drift Detectors. The current design has a high level of readiness, minimizes the total weight (<10 kg for each 1-D module with a sensitive area of ~500 cm2) and power consumption (<10 W per module). In this configuration it is sensitive in the range 3-60 keV, has a fully coded field of view of >2 steradians and an on-axis sensitivity of ~3 mCrab (5σ, 50 ks). The intrinsic modularity of the detector allows to envisage experiments with different configurations, in terms of field of view, angular resolution or effective area. We show the expected scientific performances of such an experiment, with emphasis on the observations of X-ray Galactic transients and gamma-ray bursts.

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