The Gamma-Ray Burst On-board Trigger ECLAIRs of SVOM
Abstract
SVOM, the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor, is a French-Chinese satellite mission for Gamma-Ray Burst studies. The conclusion of the Phase B studies is scheduled in 2016 and the launch is foreseen in 2021. With its set of 4 on-board instruments as well as dedicated ground instruments, SVOM will study GBRs in great detail, including their temporal and spectral properties from visible to gamma-rays. The coded-mask telescope ECLAIRs on-board SVOM with its Burst On-board Trigger system analyzes in real-time a 2 sr portion of the sky in the 4-120 keV energy range to detect and localize the GRBs. It then requests the spacecraft slew to allow GRB follow-up observations by the on-board narrow field-of-view telescopes MXT in X-rays and VT in the visible, and informs the community of observers via a dedicated ground network. This paper gives an update on the status of ECLAIRs and its Burst On-board Trigger system.
- Publication:
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41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- July 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016cosp...41E1736S