Absolute timing with the SWIFT X-ray telescope (XRT)

G. Cusumano; V. Mangano; T. Mineo; V. La Parola; A. La Barbera; S. Campana; G. Chincarini; G. Tagliaferri; A. Moretti; P. Romano; M. Capalbi; M. Perri; P. Giommi; D. Burrows; D. Morris; J. E. Hill; J. Kennea; J. A. Nousek; C. Pagani; L. Angelini; J. P. Osborne; A. F. Abbey; A. Beardmore; M. R. Goad; K. Page; A. Wells

doi:10.1117/12.616603

Absolute timing with the SWIFT X-ray telescope (XRT)

G. Cusumano, V. Mangano, T. Mineo, V. La Parola, A. La Barbera, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, G. Tagliaferri, A. Moretti, P. Romano, M. Capalbi, M. Perri, P. Giommi, D. Burrows, D. Morris, J. E. Hill, J. Kennea, J. A. Nousek, C. Pagani, L. AngeliniJ. P. Osborne, A. F. Abbey, A. Beardmore, M. R. Goad, K. Page, A. Wells

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The X-ray telescope (XRT) on board Swift, launched on 2004 Nov 20, is performing astrometric, spectroscopic and photometric observations of the X-ray emission from Gamma-ray burst afterglows in the energy band 0.2-10 keV. In this paper, we describe the results of the in-flight calibration relative to the XRT timing resolution and absolute timing capabilities. The timing calibration has been performed comparing the main pulse phases of the Crab profile obtained from several XRT observations in Low Rate Photodiode and Windowed Timing mode with those from contemporaneous RXTE observations. The XRT absolute timing is well reproduced with an accuracy of 200 μs for the Low Rate Photodiode and 300 μs for the Windowed Timing mode.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	58981A
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5898
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616603
State	Published - Dec 1 2005
Event	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 1 2005 → Aug 3 2005

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Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
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Cusumano, G., Mangano, V., Mineo, T., La Parola, V., La Barbera, A., Campana, S., Chincarini, G., Tagliaferri, G., Moretti, A., Romano, P., Capalbi, M., Perri, M., Giommi, P., Burrows, D., Morris, D., Hill, J. E., Kennea, J., Nousek, J. A., Pagani, C., ... Wells, A. (2005). Absolute timing with the SWIFT X-ray telescope (XRT). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5898, 1-6. [58981A]. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616603

Cusumano, G. ; Mangano, V. ; Mineo, T. ; La Parola, V. ; La Barbera, A. ; Campana, S. ; Chincarini, G. ; Tagliaferri, G. ; Moretti, A. ; Romano, P. ; Capalbi, M. ; Perri, M. ; Giommi, P. ; Burrows, D. ; Morris, D. ; Hill, J. E. ; Kennea, J. ; Nousek, J. A. ; Pagani, C. ; Angelini, L. ; Osborne, J. P. ; Abbey, A. F. ; Beardmore, A. ; Goad, M. R. ; Page, K. ; Wells, A. / Absolute timing with the SWIFT X-ray telescope (XRT). In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2005 ; Vol. 5898. pp. 1-6.

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In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 5898, 58981A, 01.12.2005, p. 1-6.

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