GRB observations with the HETE soft X-ray cameras

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Sep 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999a%26as..138..565v&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, v.138, p.565-566

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Gamma-Ray: Bursts, Instrumentation

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The High Energy Transient Explorer, scheduled to be launched in late 1999 or early 2000, will carry a pair of Soft X-ray Cameras (SXC), capable of localizing the X-ray counterparts of GRBs with unprecedented precision. Each SXC consists of a pair of large-format CCDs behind a 1-D coded aperture: the two SXCs are oriented orthogonal to each other to permit two-dimensional image reconstruction. The SXCs on HETE will be able to localize bright X-ray afterglows to <20'' precision within seconds of burst onset. The coordinates of detected bursts will be distributed immediately to ground-based observers and to the GCN via the HETE Burst Alert System.

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