Speaker
Dr
DONGHUA ZHAO
(NAOC, CAS,CHINA)
Description
Einstein Probe (EP) is a proposed small scientific satellite dedicated to time-domain astrophysics working in the soft X-ray band. It will discover transients and monitor variable objects in 0.5-4 keV, for which it will employ a very large instantaneous field-of-view (60o × 60o). Gravitational Waves will be its one of the important objectives. EP has two kinds of payloads including a Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) and a Follow-up X-ray Telescope (FXT). Its wide-field imaging capability will be achieved by using micro-pore lobster-eye optics on WXT. We built a Monte Carlo model of EP satellite based on Geant4 and investigated its scientific performance. Here, we will introduce the EP mission and present some simulations of WXT about X-ray tracing and the instrumental background.
Primary author
Dr
DONGHUA ZHAO
(NAOC, CAS,CHINA)
Co-authors
Dr
CHEN ZHANG
(NAOC,CAS,CHINA)
Prof.
WEIMIN YUAN
(NAOC.CAS,CHINA)
