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The Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) on ASTROSAT |
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| Authors: | S. Seetha M.C. Ramadevi V.C. Babu M.R. Sharma N.S.R. Murthy B.N. Ashoka K.C. Shyama R. Kulkarni G. Meena P. Sreekumar |
| Affiliation: | aSpace Astronomy and Instrumentation Division, ISRO Satellite Centre, Airport Road, Bangalore 560 017, India |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Instrumentation Satellite Position-sensitive proportional counter |
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