Abstract
The Science Products Module (SPM), a US contribution to the Athena Wide Field Imager, is a highly capable secondary CPU that performs special processing on the science data stream. The SPM will have access to both accepted X-ray events and those that were rejected by the on-board event recognition processing. It will include two software modules. The Transient Analysis Module will perform on-board processing of the science images to identify and characterize variability of the prime target and/or detection of serendipitous transient X-ray sources in the field of view. The Background Analysis Module will perform more sophisticated flagging of potential background events as well as improved background characterization, making use of data that are not telemetered to the ground, to provide improved background maps and spectra. We present the preliminary design of the SPM hardware as well as a brief overview of the software algorithms under development.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray |
| Editors | Shouleh Nikzad, Jan-Willem A. Den Herder, Kazuhiro Nakazawa |
| Publisher | SPIE |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781510619517 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
| Event | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Austin, United States Duration: Jun 10 2018 → Jun 15 2018 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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| Volume | 10699 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1996-756X |
Other
| Other | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Austin |
| Period | 6/10/18 → 6/15/18 |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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The ATHENA WFI science products module. / Burrows, David Nelson; Allen, Steven; Bautz, Marshall; Bulbul, Esra; Erdley, Julia; Falcone, Abraham David; Fort, Stanislav; Grant, Catherine E.; Herrmann, Sven; Kennea, Jamie A.; Klar, Robert; Kraft, Ralph; Mantz, Adam; Miller, Eric D.; Nulsen, Paul; Persyn, Steve; Pradhan, Pragati; Wilkins, Dan.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. ed. / Shouleh Nikzad; Jan-Willem A. Den Herder; Kazuhiro Nakazawa. SPIE, 2018. 106991J (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10699).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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AU - Bulbul, Esra
AU - Erdley, Julia
AU - Falcone, Abraham David
AU - Fort, Stanislav
AU - Grant, Catherine E.
AU - Herrmann, Sven
AU - Kennea, Jamie A.
AU - Klar, Robert
AU - Kraft, Ralph
AU - Mantz, Adam
AU - Miller, Eric D.
AU - Nulsen, Paul
AU - Persyn, Steve
AU - Pradhan, Pragati
AU - Wilkins, Dan
PY - 2018/1/1
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