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Scientific Contribution of Sharjah-Sat-1 to X-ray Observations
Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC · Ocak 2021
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DergiProceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Yayın TarihiOcak 2021
Cilt / SayfaB4
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85127592792
Özet
Sharjah-Sat-1 is currently being developed as a collaborative research project among the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST), University of Sharjah (UoS), Istanbul Technical University (ITU), and Sabanci University (SU). A 3U CubeSat design has been adopted with a dual payload onboard: (i) an improved X-ray Detector (iXRD) and (ii) a system of two optical cameras. The mission's primary scientific targets are the bright, hard X-ray sources in our Galaxy and the solar coronal holes. A complimentary payload, consisting of the two optical cameras, will serve as a low-resolution remote sensing application. This project's main technological aim is to develop a CubeSat, from A to Z, operational in the electromagnetic spectrum's hard X-ray regime. The Sharjah-Sat-1 would be the first CubeSat mission to be developed by the SAASST team and UoS students to not only design, fabricate, test, and launch the CubeSat itself but also building the capacities and expertise necessary for future CubeSat missions as well. The anticipated launch is planned for late Q2-2022. The primary science payload onboard is the iXRD (developed by Sabanci University) with a pixelated CdZnTe-based crystal as the active material and a Tungsten collimator with a field of view of 4.26 degrees. The energy range is from 20 keV to 200 keV with a target spectral resolution of 6 keV at 60 keV. Its primary science goal is to observe the very bright galactic hard X-ray sources, transient and persistent. Black hole candidates and pulsars can emit radiation up to a few 100 keVs, making them potential targets. Besides, solar observations will be conducted to study hard X-ray spectra of flares and coronal holes. Other opportunity targets are transient bright events, such as gamma-ray bursts (GRB) and magnetar bursts. A complete in-orbit background analysis has been conducted. While the detector's effective area is only 6.5 cm2, it is expected to reach a sensitivity of 60 mCrab in a single day in 20 keV-100 keV band assuming 600s exposure each orbit.
Yazarlar (20)
1
Emrah Kalemci
2
Antonios Manousakis
3
Ilias Fernini
4
Hamid Al Naimiy
5
Ayhan Bozkurt
6
Alim Rüstem Aslan
7
Ali M. Altıngün
8
Kaan Veziroğlu
9
Refik Yalçın
10
Kaya Gökalp
11
Milad Diba
12
Ali Yasar
13
Efe Oztaban
14
Boğaç Karabulut
15
Onur Öztekin
16
Yousuf Farouk
17
Ibrahim Alsabt
18
Tarifa AlKaabi
19
Muhammad Mubasshir Shaikh
20
Sahith Reddy Madara
Anahtar Kelimeler
Compact Objects
High-Energy Astrophysics
Multiwavelength
Observations
Simulations
X-rays
Kurumlar
İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
Istanbul Turkey
Sabancı Üniversitesi
Tuzla Turkey
Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences & Technology
Sharjah United Arab Emirates
Université de Toulouse
Toulouse France
Metrikler
10
Atıf
20
Yazar
6
Anahtar Kelime