The Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) on ASTROSAT

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

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2005.09.046

The Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) on ASTROSAT

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

^*Corresponding author for this work

Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2995-2998
Number of pages	4
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	38
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2005.09.046
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Aerospace Engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Space and Planetary Science
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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