NDLI: Simulation of the in-flight background for HXMT/HE

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Author	Xie, Fei Zhang, Juan Song, Li Ming Xiong, Shao Lin Guan, Ju
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) is a broad-band X-ray astronomical satellite from 1 to 250 keV. Understanding the X-ray background in detail will help to achieve a good performance of the instrument. In this work, we make use of the mass modeling technique to estimate the background of High Energy Telescope (HE) aboard HXMT. It consists of three steps. First, we built a complete geometric model of HXMT. Then based on the investigation about the space environment concerning HXMT low-earth orbit, in our simulation we considered cosmic rays, cosmic X-ray background (CXB), South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) trapped particles, the albedo gamma, and neutrons from interaction of cosmic rays with the Earth’s atmosphere. Finally, the Shielding Physics List supplied by Geant4 collaborations was adopted. According to our simulation, (1) the total background of HXMT/HE is about 540 count/s on average over 20–250 keV energy band after 100 days in orbit; (2) the delayed component caused by cosmic rays and SAA trapped particles dominates the full energy band of HXMT/HE; (3) some emission lines are prominent in the background continuum spectrum and will be used for in-orbit calibration; (4) the estimated sensitivity is ∼0.1 mCrab at 50 keV with an exposure of 106 s.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	7
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0004640X
Journal	Astrophysics and Space Science
Volume Number	360
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	1572946X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-11-10
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	HXMT Geant4 Background Simulation Astrophysics and Astroparticles Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Cosmology Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences Astrobiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science

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