Course
In
this course, we will learn the principles of the hard X-ray imaging and
its specificities when imaging by focusing X-rays with a mirror is no
longer possible. We will see the principle of collimators and of
different coded mask imaging technics, their performance and also
caveat. We will understand how to design a coded mask system optimized
for given scientific goals. We will also present the main present and
future space missions (Integral, SWIFT, SVOM, …) where these technics
are/will be intensively used. In particular, specific coded mask data
analysis will be approach using the Integral/IBIS example. Then, we
will describe the present/future all-sky monitors, mostly based on this
imaging technics, and understand how they can complement the scientific
throughput of big X-ray observatories. |
Outline
- hard X-ray imaging
principles: collimators and coded masks
Objective: To
understand how we can make hard X-ray images when
focusing with mirrors is no longer possible. To compute the performance
of this kind of imaging technics and understand how we can optimize it.
- Coded mask present and
future missions; example of Integral/IBIS
Objective: To
discover the main present and future missions using coded
mask technics. To understand in details this imaging process using the
Integral/IBIS specific case
- All-sky monitors
Objective: To
discover the main specificities of all-sky monitors; to
see how they can complement the science of present/future big X-ray
space observatories.
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