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Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 138, Number 3, September 1999
Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era Contents Rome, November 3-6, 1998
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| Page(s) | 563 - 564 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1999353 | |
| Published online | 15 September 1999 | |
Wide-field X-ray Monitor on HETE-2
1
RIKEN, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
2
Miyazaki University, Faculty of Engineering, Gakuen-kihanadai-nishi, Miyazaki 880-2155, Japan
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Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D436, Los Alamos NM87545, U.S.A.
Send offprint request to: N. Kawai
Received:
21
January
1999
Accepted:
10
March
1999
The Wide-field X-ray Monitor on HETE-2 consists of four Xe-filled 1-D
position-sensitive proportional counters. It is sensitive to X-rays between 2 keV and
25 keV, and is designed to localize gamma-ray bursts in real time with
accuracy. The design and basic characteristics of the detectors are
presented.
Key words: instrumentation: detectors / gamma-rays: bursts / X-rays: general
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1999