Journal
SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2020: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY
Volume 11444, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
DOI: 10.1117/12.2561739
Keywords
X-ray astronomy; X-ray telescope; X-ray optics; Lobster eye optic; Micro Pore Optics
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The SVOM is a joint Chinese-French satellite mission with the goal of detecting X-ray and gamma-ray transients. The mission consists of four instruments, with the MXT being the main instrument for localizing and spectrally characterizing X-ray afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts. Results from calibration tests show that the optic is performing as expected, with effective area and PSF in good agreement with the modeling.
The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a Chinese {French satellite mission due to be launched in the summer of 2022. It is composed of four instruments: ECLAIRs, for detecting X-ray and gamma-ray transients (4-250 keV); GRM, a gamma-ray spectrometer (15 keV-5 MeV); VT, a visible telescope and the Microchannel X-ray Telescope (MXT). The MXT's main goal is to precisely localize, and spectrally characterize X-ray afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts. The MXT is a narrow-field-optimised lobster eye X-ray focusing telescope comprising an array of 25 square Micro Pore Optics (MPOs), with a detector-limited field of view of similar to 1 square degree, working in the energy band 0.2-10 keV. The SVOM qualification model (QM) MXT optic (MOP) was designed and built at the University of Leicester, and is the first complete, lobster eye optic to be X-ray tested. We present results from the PANTER facility (MPE), where a full calibration of the QM MOP was carried out. The response of the optic was studied at seven energies from C-K to Cu-K, and the effective area at multiple off-axis angles at each energy was measured. The focal length of the MOP was confirmed and the PSF was studied on and off-axis. In addition, we present details of the modelling and analysis, which was used to calculate the results from the test campaign. The effective area and PSF are in good agreement with the modelling, indicating that the optic is performing as expected.
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