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Overview to the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) Satellite

As China's first X-ray astronomical satellite, the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), which was dubbed as Insight-HXMT after the launch on June 15, 2017, is a wide-band (1-250 keV) slat-collimator-based X-ray astronomy satellite with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-17 ShuangNan Zhang , TiPei Li , FangJun Lu , LiMing Song , YuPeng Xu , CongZhan Liu , Yong Chen , XueLei Cao , QingCui Bu , Ce Cai , Zhi Chang , Gang Chen , Li Chen , TianXiang Chen , Wei Chen , YiBao Chen , YuPeng Chen , Wei Cui , WeiWei Cui , JingKang Deng , YongWei Dong , YuanYuan Du , MinXue Fu , GuanHua Gao , He Gao , Min Gao , MingYu Ge , YuDong Gu , Ju Guan , Can Gungor , ChengCheng Guo , DaWei Han , Wei Hu , Yan Huang , Yue Huang , Jia Huo , ShuMei Jia , LuHua Jiang , WeiChun Jiang , Jing Jin , YongJie Jin , Lingda Kong , Bing Li , ChengKui Li , Gang Li , MaoShun Li , Wei Li , Xian Li , XiaoBo Li , XuFang Li , YanGuo Li , ZiJian Li , ZhengWei Li , XiaoHua Liang , JinYuan Liao , Baisheng Liu , GuoQing Liu , HongWei Liu , ShaoZhen Liu , XiaoJing Liu , Yuan Liu , YiNong Liu , Bo Lu , XueFeng Lu , Qi Luo , Tao Luo , Xiang Ma , Bin Meng , Yi Nang , JianYin Nie , Ge Ou , JinLu Qu , Na Sai , RenCheng Shang , GuoHong Shen , XinYing Song , Liang Sun , Ying Tan , Lian Tao , WenHui Tao , YouLi Tuo , ChunQin Wang , GuoFeng Wang , HuanYu Wang , Juan Wang , WenShuai Wang , YuSa Wang , XiangYang Wen , BoBing Wu , Mei Wu , GuangCheng Xiao , Shuo Xiao , ShaoLin Xiong , He Xu , LinLi Yan , JiaWei Yang , Sheng Yang , YanJi Yang , Qibin Yi , JiaXi Yu , Bin Yuan , AiMei Zhang , ChunLei Zhang , ChengMo Zhang , Fan Zhang , HongMei Zhang , Juan Zhang , Liang Zhang , Qiang Zhang , ShenYi Zhang , Shu Zhang , Tong Zhang , Wei Zhang , WanChang Zhang , WenZhao Zhang , Yi Zhang , Yue Zhang , YiFei Zhang , YongJie Zhang , Zhao Zhang , Zhi Zhang , ZiLiang Zhang , HaiSheng Zhao , JianLing Zhao , XiaoFan Zhao , ShiJie Zheng , Yue Zhu , YuXuan Zhu , Renlin Zhuang , ChangLin Zou

The Insight-HXMT mission and its recent progresses

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope HXMT or also dubbed as Insight HXMT is China s first astronomical satellite . It was launched on 15 th June 2017 in JiuQuan, China and is currently in service smoothly. It was designed to perform point…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-11 S. Zhang , S. N. Zhang , F. J. Lu , T. P. Li , L. M. Song , Y. P. Xu , H. Y. Wang , J. L. Qu , C. Z. Liu , Y. Chen , X. L. Cao , F. Zhang , S. L. Xiong , M. Y. Ge , Y. P. Chen , J. Y. Liao , J. Y. Nie , H. S. Zhao , S. M. Jia , X. B. Li , J. Guan , C. K. Li , J. Zhang , J. Jin , G. F. Wang , S. J. Zheng , X. Ma , L. Tao , Y. Huang

Introducing a special collection of papers in the Journal of High Energy Astrophysics on the Early Results of China's 1st X-ray Astronomy Satellite: Insight-HXMT

Insight-HXMT is the first Chinese X-ray astronomical mission, launched successfully on June 15, 2017, from China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Insight-HXMT was designed to have a broad energy coverage in X-rays, from 1-250 keV, with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-01 Diego F. Torres , Shuang-Nan Zhang

In-orbit calibration status of the Insight-HXMT

As China's first X-ray astronomical satellite, Insight-HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope) successfully launched on Jun 15, 2017. It performs timing and spectral studies of bright sources to determine their physical parameters. HXMT…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-03 Xiaobo Li , Liming Song , Xufang Li , Ying Tan , Yanji Yang

Insight-HXMT on-orbit thermal control status and thermal deformation impact analysis

Purpose: The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope is China's first X-ray astronomy satellite launched on June 15th, 2017, dubbed Insight-HXMT. Active and passive thermal control measures are employed to keep devices at suitable temperatures. In…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-14 Aimei Zhang , Yifan Zhang , Jinyuan Liao , Yupeng Xu , Yusa Wang , Wenbo Luo , Yupeng Zhou , Zhiying Qian , Xiaobo Li , Fangjun Lu , Shuangnan Zhang , Liming Song , Congzhan Liu , Fan Zhang , Jianyin Nie , Juan Wang , Sheng Yang , Tong Zhang , Xiaojing Liu , Ruijie Wang , Xufang Li , Yifei Zhang , Zhengwei Li , Xuefeng Lu , He Xu , Di Wu

$Insight$-HXMT Science Operations

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope ($Insight$-HXMT) was successfully launched on June 15th, 2017. It performs broad band X-ray scan survey of the Galactic Plane to detect new black holes and other objects in active states. It also observes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-03 S. M. Jia , X. Ma , Y. Huang , W. Z. Zhang , G. Ou , L. M. Song , J. L. Qu , S. Zhang , L. Chen

Comparison of simulated backgrounds with in-orbit observations for HE, ME and LE onboard Insight-HXMT

Insight-HXMT, the first X-ray astronomical satellite in China, aims to reveal new sources in the Galaxy and to study fundamental physics of X-ray binaries from 1\,keV to 250\,keV. It has three collimated telescopes, the High Energy X-ray…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-01 Juan Zhang , Xiaobo Li , Mingyu Ge , Haisheng Zhao , Youli Tuo , Fei Xie , Gang Li , Shijie Zheng , Jianyin Nie , Liming Song , Aimei Zhang , Yanji Yang , Yong Chen

The Gamma-Ray Monitor onboard the SVOM satellite

The Gamma-Ray Monitor (GRM) is a key scientific payload onboard the Space-based Multi-band Variable Object Monitor (SVOM) satellite, designed specifically for the detection and study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Launched into a 625 km…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-28 Jian-Chao Sun , Yong-Wei Dong , Jiang He , Jiang-Tao Liu , Lu Li , Rui-Jie Wang , Xin Liu , Li Zhang , Min Gao , Yue Huang , Hao-Li Shi , Li-Ming Song , Wen-Jun Tan , Chen-Wei Wang , Jin Wang , Jin-Zhou Wang , Ping Wang , Xing Wen , Bo-Bing Wu , Shao-Lin Xiong , Juan Zhang , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Xiao-Yun Zhao , Shi-Jie Zheng

Reconstructing light curves from HXMT imaging observations

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) is a Chinese space telescope mission. It is scheduled for launch in 2015. The telescope will perform an all-sky survey in hard X-ray band (1 - 250 keV), a series of deep imaging observations of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-01 Zhuo-Xi Huo , Juan Zhang , Yi-Ming Li , Jian-Feng Zhou

The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

The Swift mission, scheduled for launch in early 2004, is a multiwavelength observatory for gamma-ray burst (GRB) astronomy. It is the first-of-its-kind autonomous rapid-slewing satellite for transient astronomy and pioneers the way for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-19 N. Gehrels , G Chincarini , P. Giommi , K. O. Mason , J. A. Nousek , A. A. Wells , N. E. White , S. D. Barthelmy , D. N. Burrows , L. R. Cominsky , K. C. Hurley , F. E. Marshall , P. Meszaros , P. W. A. Roming , Swift Science Team

The High Energy X-ray telescope (HE) onboard the Insight-HXMT astronomy satellite

The Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) is a broad band X-ray and gamma-ray (1-3000 keV) astronomy satellite. The High Energy X-ray telescope (HE) is one of its three main telescopes. The main detector plane of HE is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-14 C. Z. Liu , Y. F. Zhang , X. F. Li , X. F. Lu , Z. Chang , Z. W. Li , A. Z. Zhang , Y. J. Jin , H. M. Yu , Z. Zhang , M. X. Fu , Y. B. Chen , J. F. Ji , Y. P. Xu , J. K. Deng , R. C. Shang , G. Q. Liu , F. J. Lu , S. N. Zhang , Y. W. Dong , T. P. Li , M. Wu , Y. G. Li , H. Y. Wang , B. B. Wu , Y. J. Zhang , Z. Zhang , S. L. Xiong , Y. Liu , S. Zhang , H. W. Liu , Y. R. Yang , F. Zhang

The Long-term Monitoring Results of Insight-HXMT in the First 4 Yr Galactic Plane Scanning Survey

The first X-ray source catalog of Insight-HXMT Galactic Plane (|b|<10deg) Scanning Survey (GPSS) is presented based on the data accumulated from June 2017 to August 2021. The 4 yr limit sensitivities at main energy bands can reach…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-12 Chen Wang , Jin-Yuan Liao , Ju Guan , Yuan Liu , Cheng-Kui Li , Na Sai , Qi Luo , Jing Jin , Yi Nang , Shuang-Nan Zhang

Insight-HXMT observations of the first binary neutron star merger GW170817

Finding the electromagnetic (EM) counterpart of binary compact star merger, especially the binary neutron star (BNS) merger, is critically important for gravitational wave (GW) astronomy, cosmology and fundamental physics. On Aug. 17, 2017,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-18 TiPei Li , ShaoLin Xiong , ShuangNan Zhang , FangJun Lu , LiMing Song , XueLei Cao , Zhi Chang , Gang Chen , Li Chen , TianXiang Chen , Yong Chen , YiBao Chen , YuPeng Chen , Wei Cui , WeiWei Cui , JingKang Deng , YongWei Dong , YuanYuan Du , MinXue Fu , GuanHua Gao , He Gao , Min Gao , MingYu Ge , YuDong Gu , Ju Guan , ChengCheng Guo , DaWei Han , Wei Hu , Yue Huang , Jia Huo , ShuMei Jia , LuHua Jiang , WeiChun Jiang , Jing Jin , YongJie Jin , Bing Li , ChengKui Li , Gang Li , MaoShun Li , Wei Li , Xian Li , XiaoBo Li , XuFang Li , YanGuo Li , ZiJian Li , ZhengWei Li , XiaoHua Liang , JinYuan Liao , CongZhan Liu , GuoQing Liu , HongWei Liu , ShaoZhen Liu , XiaoJing Liu , Yuan Liu , YiNong Liu , Bo Lu , XueFeng Lu , Tao Luo , Xiang Ma , Bin Meng , Yi Nang , JianYin Nie , Ge Ou , JinLu Qu , Na Sai , Liang Sun , Yin Tan , Lian Tao , WenHui Tao , YouLi Tuo , GuoFeng Wang , HuanYu Wang , Juan Wang , WenShuai Wang , YuSa Wang , XiangYang Wen , BoBing Wu , Mei Wu , GuangCheng Xiao , He Xu , YuPeng Xu , LinLi Yan , JiaWei Yang , Sheng Yang , YanJi Yang , AiMei Zhang , ChunLei Zhang , ChengMo Zhang , Fan Zhang , HongMei Zhang , Juan Zhang , Qiang Zhang , Shu Zhang , Tong Zhang , Wei Zhang , WanChang Zhang , WenZhao Zhang , Yi Zhang , Yue Zhang , YiFei Zhang , YongJie Zhang , Zhao Zhang , ZiLiang Zhang , HaiSheng Zhao , JianLing Zhao , XiaoFan Zhao , ShiJie Zheng , Yue Zhu , YuXuan Zhu , ChangLin Zou

The Chinese-French SVOM mission for Gamma-Ray Burst studies

We present the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor mission (SVOM) decided by the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) and the French Space Agency (CNES). The mission which is designed to detect about 80 Gamma-Ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 S. Basa , J. Wei , J. Paul , S. N. Zhang

A search for prompt gamma-ray counterparts to fast radio bursts in the Insight-HXMT data

No robust detection of prompt electromagnetic counterparts to fast radio bursts (FRBs) has yet been obtained, in spite of several multi-wavelength searches carried out so far. Specifically, X/gamma-ray counterparts are predicted by some…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-20 C. Guidorzi , M. Marongiu , R. Martone , L. Nicastro , S. L. Xiong , J. Y. Liao , G. Li , S. N. Zhang , L. Amati , F. Frontera , M. Orlandini , P. Rosati , E. Virgilli , S. Zhang , Q. C. Bu , C. Cai , X. L. Cao , Z. Chang , G. Chen , L. Chen , T. X. Chen , Y. B. Chen , Y. P. Chen , W. Cui , W. W. Cui , J. K. Deng , Y. W. Dong , Y. Y. Du , M. X. Fu , G. H. Gao , H. Gao , M. Gao , M. Y. Ge , Y. D. Gu , J. Guan , C. C. Guo , D. W. Han , Y. Huang , J. Huo , S. M. Jia , L. H. Jiang , W. C. Jiang , J. Jin , Y. J. Jin , L. D. Kong , B. Li , C. K. Li , M. S. Li , T. P. Li , W. Li , X. Li , X. B. Li , X. F. Li , Y. G. Li , Z. W. Li , X. H. Liang , B. S. Liu , C. Z. Liu , G. Q. Liu , H. W. Liu , X. J. Liu , Y. N. Liu , B. Lu , F. J. Lu , X. F. Lu , Q. Luo , T. Luo , R. C. Ma , X. Ma , B. Meng , Y. Nang , J. Y. Nie , G. Oui , J. L Qu , N. Sai , R. C. Shang , L. M. Song , X. Y. Song , L. Sun , Y. Tani , L. Tao , Y. L. Tuo , C. Wang , G. F. Wang , J. Wang , W. S. Wang , Y. S. Wang , X. Y. Wen , B. Y. Wu , B. B. Wu , M. Wu , G. C. Xiao , S. Xiao , Y. P. Xu , J. W. Yang , S. Yang , Y. J. Yang , Q. B. Yi , Q. Q. Yin , Y. You , A. M. Zhang C. M. Zhang , F. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , J. Zhang , T. Zhang , W. C. Zhang , W. Zhang , W. Z. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. F. Zhang , Y. J. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. L. Zhang , H. S. Zhang , X. F. Zhang , S. J. Zheng , D. K. Zhou , J. F. Zhou , Y. X. Zhu , Y. Zhu , R. L. Zhuang

Search for Gamma-Ray Bursts and Gravitational Wave Electromagnetic Counterparts with High Energy X-ray Telescope of \textit{Insight}-HXMT

The High Energy X-ray telescope (HE) on-board the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (\textit{Insight}-HXMT) can serve as a wide Field of View (FOV) gamma-ray monitor with high time resolution ($\mu$s) and large effective area (up to thousands…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-04 C. Cai , S. L. Xiong , C. K. Li , C. Z. Liu , S. N. Zhang , X. B. Li , L. M. Song , B. Li , S. Xiao , Q. B. Yi , Y. Zhu , Y. G. Zheng , W. Chen , Q. Luo , Y. Huang , X. Y. Song , H. S. Zhao , Y. Zhao , Z. Zhang , Q. C. Bu , X. L. Cao , Z. Chang , L. Chen , T. X. Chen , Y. B. Chen , Y. Chen , Y. P. Chen , W. W. Cui , Y. Y. Du , G. H. Gao , H. Gao , M. Y. Ge , Y. D. Gu , J. Guan , C. C. Guo , D. W. Han , J. Huo , S. M. Jia , W. C. Jiang , J. Jin , L. D. Kong , G. Li , T. P. Li , W. Li , X. Li , X. F. Li , Z. W. Li , X. H. Liang , J. Y. Liao , B. S. Liu , H. W. Liu , H. X. Liu , X. J. Liu , F. J. Lu , X. F. Lu , T. Luo , R. C. Ma , X. Ma , B. Meng , Y. Nang , J. Y. Nie , G. Ou , J. L. Qu , X. Q. Ren , N. Sai , L. Sun , Y. Tan , L. Tao , Y. L. Tuo , C. Wang , L. J. Wang , P. J. Wang , W. S. Wang , Y. S. Wang , X. Y. Wen , B. B. Wu , B. Y. Wu , M. Wu , G. C. Xiao , Y. P. Xu , R. J. Yang , S. Yang , Y. J. Yang , Y. R. Yang , X. J. Yang , Q. Q. Yin , Y. You , F. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , J. Zhang , P. Zhang , S. Zhang , W. C. Zhang , W. Zhang , Y. F. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , X. F. Zhao , S. J. Zheng , D. K. Zhou

In-orbit demonstration of X-ray pulsar navigation with the Insight-HXMT satellite

In this work, we report the in-orbit demonstration of X-ray pulsar navigation with Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT), which was launched on Jun. 15th, 2017. The new pulsar navigation method 'Significance Enhancement of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-04 S. J. Zheng , S. N. Zhang , F. J. Lu , W. B. Wang , Y. Gao , T. P. Li , L. M. Song , M. Y. Ge , D. W. Han , Y. Chen , Y. P. Xu , X. L. Cao , C. Z. Liu , S. Zhang , J. L. Qu , Z. Chang , G. Chen , L. Chen , T. X. Chen , Y. B. Chen , Y. P. Chen , W. Cui , W. W. Cui , J. K. Deng , Y. W. Dong , Y. Y. Du , M. X. Fu , G. H. Gao , H. Gao , M. Gao , Y. D. Gu , J. Guan , C. Gungor , C. C. Guo , D. W. Han , W. Hu , Y. Huang , J. Huo , J. F. Ji , S. M. Jia , L. H. Jiang , W. C. Jiang , J. Jin , Y. J. Jin , B. Li , C. K. Li , G. Li , M. S. Li , W. Li , X. Li , X. B. Li , X. F. Li , Y. G. Li , Z. J. Li , Z. W. Li , X. H. Liang , J. Y. Liao , G. Q. Liu , H. W. Liu , S. Z. Liu , X. J. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. N. Liu , B. Lu , X. F. Lu , T. Luo , X. Ma , B. Meng , Y. Nang , J. Y. Nie , G Ou , N. Sai , R. C. Shang , L. Sun , Y. Tan , L. Tao , W. Tao , Y. L. Tuo , G. F. Wang , J. Wang , W. S. Wang , Y. S. Wang , X. Y. Wen , B. B. Wu , M. Wu , G. C. Xiao , S. L. Xiong , H. Xu , L. L. Yan , J. W. Yang , S. Yang , Y. J. Yang , A. M. Zhang , C. L. Zhang , C. M. Zhang , F. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , J. Zhang , Q. Zhang , T. Zhang , W. Zhang , W. C. Zhang , W. Z. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. F. Zhang , Y. J. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. L. Zhang , H. S. Zhao , J. L. Zhao , X. F. Zhao , Y. Zhu , Y. X. Zhu , C. L. Zou

The INTEGRAL view of Gamma-Ray Bursts

After more than six and half years in orbit, the ESA space observatory INTEGRAL has provided new, exciting results in the soft gamma-ray energy range (from a few keV to a few MeV). With the discovery of about 700 hard X-Ray sources, it has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-28 P. Ubertini , A. Corsi , S. Foley , S. McGlynn , G. De Cesare , A. Bazzano

Calibration of the Instrumental Response of Insight-HXMT/HE CsI Detectors for Gamma-Ray Monitoring

The CsI detectors of the High Energy X-ray Telescope of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT/CsI) can be used for gamma-ray all sky monitoring and searching for the electromagnetic counterpart of gravitational wave source. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-05 Qi Luo , Jin-Yuan Liao , Xu-Fang Li , Gang Li , Juan Zhang , Cong-Zhan Liu , Xiao-Bo Li , Yue Zhu , Cheng-Kui Li , Yue Huang , Ming-Yu Ge , Yu-Peng Xu , Zheng-Wei Li , Ce Cai , Shuo Xiao , Qi-Bin Yi , Yi-Fei Zhang , Shao-Lin Xiong , Shu Zhang , Shuang-Nan Zhang

The future Gamma-Ray Burst Mission SVOM

We present the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Object Monitor (SVOM), a future satellite mission for Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) studies, developed in cooperation between the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA), the Chinese Academy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-31 S. Schanne , J. Paul , J. Wei , S. -N. Zhang , S. Basa , J. -L. Atteia , D. Barret , A. Claret , B. Cordier , F. Daigne , P. Evans , G. Fraser , O. Godet , D. Götz , P. Mandrou , J. Osborne