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| Name: K P Singh Affiliation: T.I.F.R. Conference ID: ASI2015_636 Title : Ground Calibration of the Soft X-ray Telescope for the ASTROSAT. Authors and Co-Authors : I. Mirza, K. Mukerjee, S. Bhattacharyya, H. Shah, V. Navalkar, S. Vishwakarma, N. Kamble (TIFR, Mumbai), and G. C. Stewart (University of Leicester, UK) Abstract Type : Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques Abstract : Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) to be flown on ASTROSAT will provide important low energy (0.3 - 8.0 keV) spectral information for the X-ray sources and locate them to an arcmin accuracy. In addition, it will be able to image diffuse X-ray emission from extended sources. SXT comprising of a grazing incidence telescope with 2m focal length and a Focal Plane Camera with a cooled CCD was calibrated on ground. The results of this calibation - energy resolution, spatial resolution, charge transfer inefficiency, low energy noise and the effect of temperature on these parameters will be presented. |