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Inflight performance of the GECAM Gamma-ray and Charge particle Detectors
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The GECAM mission consists of two identical microsatellites (GECAM-A and GECAM-B). Each satellite is equipped with 25 gamma-ray detectors (GRD) and 8 charged particle detectors (CPD). The main scientific objective of the GECAM mission is to detect gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) associated with the gravitational wave events produced by the merging of binary compact stars. After the launch on Dec. 10, 2020 , we carried out a series of on orbit tests. This paper introduces the test results of the GECAM-B satellite. According to the in-flight performance, the energy band for gamma-ray detection of GECAM-B is from about 7 keV to 3.5 MeV. GECAM-B can achieve prompt localization of GRBs. For the first time, GECAM-B realized a quasi-real-time transmission of trigger information using Beidou-3 RDSS. Keywords GECAM, gamma-ray burst, gravitational wave, GRD, CPD<br />Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures
- Subjects :
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2112.04772
- Document Type :
- Working Paper