The Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) on ASTROSAT

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Space Astronomy and Instrumentation Division, ISRO Satellite Centre, Airport Road, Bangalore, 560 017, India [1 ]
机构：
[1] Space Astronomy and Instrumentation Division, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, 560 017, Airport Road
来源：
Adv. Space Res. | 2006年 / 12卷 / 2995-2998期
关键词：
Instrumentation; Position-sensitive proportional counter; Satellite;
D O I：
10.1016/j.asr.2005.09.046
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摘要：
The Scanning Sky Monitor is one of the experiments onboard the ASTROSAT, an Indian multiwavelength astronomy satellite mission. This experiment will detect and monitor X-ray transients in the energy band 2-10 keV. It is similar in design to the ASM on RXTE. It consists of position-sensitive proportional counters with one-dimensional mask. We describe the configuration of the experiment. We also discuss some of the results obtained using a detector which has already been fabricated and tested in our laboratory. © 2006.
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页码：2995 / 2998
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