| Name: | Dr. Vivek Kumar Agrawal |
| Affiliation: | U. R. Rao Satellite Centre, Bangalore |
| Conference ID: | ASI2025_658 |
| Title: | Initial science results from X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing (XSPECT) instrument. |
| Authors: | Vivek Kumar Agrawal 1 , Rwitika Chatterjee 1 , Ramadevi M.C 1., Shyam Prakash V.P 1., Ankur Kushwaha 1, Radhakrishna V 1 ., Koushal V 1. , Anurag Tyagi 1 |
| Authors Affiliation: | 1 U. R. Rao Satellite Centre Bangalore |
| Mode of Presentation: | Oral |
| Abstract Category: | High Energy Phenomena, Fundamental Physics and Astronomy |
| Abstract: | XSPECT is an X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing payload, on-board XPoSat, launched in January 2024. XSPECT is sensitive in the energy band 0.8 - 15 keV with moderate spectral resolution (<180 eV at 6 keV) and time resolution ( ~1ms). The instrument is carrying out long duration observation of select bright X-ray sources which includes: Neutron Star low-mass X-ray binaries, X-ray Pulsars and black-hole X-ray binaries. In this talk, I will highlight some initial science results obtained using the data from this payload. |
