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| Name: RAMADEVI M C Affiliation: ISRO Conference ID: ASI2015_775 Title : Calibration of Scanning Sky Monitor on ASTROSAT Authors and Co-Authors : BrajpalSingh, ISAC Anand Jain, ISAC Ravishankar B.T., ISAC D. Radhika, ISAC S. Seetha, ISRO-HQ Dipankar Bhattacharya, IUCAA Abstract Type : Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques Abstract : Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) on ASTROSAT is an X-ray sky monitor to detect and locate transient X-ray sources in the energy band 2.5 to 10 keV. It comprises three almost identical units of position sensitive proportional counters with a one-dimensional coded maskon each to do the imaging of the sky. All three units are mounted on a platform capable of rotation and SSM will scan the X-ray sky in step and stare mode. The information about the transients detected will be provided to other observatories to do a detailed study of the source. This paper discusses the calibration of SSM with the details of the experiments carried out and the results. |