The swift-XRT imaging performances and serendipitous survey

A. Moretti; M. Perri; M. Capalbi; A. F. Abbey; L. Angelini; A. Beardmore; D. N. Burrows; S. Campana; G. Chincarini; O. Citterio; G. Cusumano; P. A. Evans; P. Giommi; M. R. Goad; O. Godet; C. Guidorzi; D. Grupe; J. E. Hill; J. A. Kennea; V. La Parola; V. Mangano; T. Mineo; D. C. Morris; J. A. Nousek; J. P. Osborne; K. L. Page; C. Pagani; J. Racusin; P. Romano; G. Tagliaferri; F. Tamburelli

doi:10.1117/12.734087

20 September 2007 The swift-XRT imaging performances and serendipitous survey

A. Moretti, M. Perri, M. Capalbi, A. F. Abbey, L. Angelini, A. Beardmore, D. N. Burrows, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, O. Citterio, G. Cusumano, P. A. Evans, P. Giommi, M. R. Goad, O. Godet, C. Guidorzi, D. Grupe, J. E. Hill, J. A. Kennea, V. La Parola, V. Mangano, T. Mineo, D. C. Morris, J. A. Nousek, J. P. Osborne, K. L. Page, C. Pagani, J. Racusin, P. Romano, G. Tagliaferri, F. Tamburelli

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Proceedings Volume 6688, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy III; 66880G (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734087
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We are exploiting the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) deepest GRB follow-up observations to study the cosmic X-Ray Background (XRB) population in the 0.2-10 keV energy band. We present some preliminary results of a serendipitous survey performed on 221 fields observed with exposure longer than 10 ks. We show that the XRT is a profitable instrument for surveys and that it is particularly suitable for the search and observation of extended objects like clusters of galaxies. We used the brightest serendipitous sources and the longest observations to test the XRT optics performance and the background characteristics all over the field of view, in different energy bands during the first 2.5 years of fully operational mission.

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A. Moretti, M. Perri, M. Capalbi, A. F. Abbey, L. Angelini, A. Beardmore, D. N. Burrows, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, O. Citterio, G. Cusumano, P. A. Evans, P. Giommi, M. R. Goad, O. Godet, C. Guidorzi, D. Grupe, J. E. Hill, J. A. Kennea, V. La Parola, V. Mangano, T. Mineo, D. C. Morris, J. A. Nousek, J. P. Osborne, K. L. Page, C. Pagani, J. Racusin, P. Romano, G. Tagliaferri, and F. Tamburelli "The swift-XRT imaging performances and serendipitous survey", Proc. SPIE 6688, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy III, 66880G (20 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734087

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