Web-based approach to the INTEGRAL data

0356614 - ASÚ 2011 RIV LT eng J - Journal Article
Münz, F. - Kocka, Matúš
Web-based approach to the INTEGRAL data.
Baltic Astronomy. Roč. 18, 3-4 (2009), s. 379-382. ISSN 1392-0049.
[INTEGRAL/BART workshop 2009. Karlovy Vary, 26.03.2009-29.03.2009]
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA3003206
Grant - others:ESA(XE) ESA-PECS project No. 98023
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10030501
Keywords : gamma rays * gursts * INTEGRAL
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics
Impact factor: 1.032, year: 2009

The lobster-eye type of reflective X-ray optics provides a wide field of view and for this reason it can be a convenient approach for the construction of space all-sky X-ray monitors. The hybrid semiconductor pixel device Medipix2 is a single-particle counting detector of ionizing radiation with the photon energy above 3.5 keV. It has small dimensions (256 x 256 square pixels with a pitch of 55 mu m) and low power consumption. The results of preliminary experiments with the Medipix2 detector and the lobster-eye optics are presented and discussed. Tests are performed with X-rays having a photon energy of about 8 keV. The field of view and the spatial resolution are determined. The dependence of the image distortion and the intensity on the source position is investigated.
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