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LOFT大面积探测器的机载数据处理概念

The on-board data handling concept for the LOFT Large Area Detector

S. Suchy, P. Uter, C. Tenzer, A. Santangelo, A. Argan, M. Feroci, T. E. Kennedy, P. J. Smith, D. Walton, S. Zane, J. Portell, E. García-Berro

摘要:

X射线定时大型天文台(LOFT)是考虑在2022年发射的四个候选欧空局M3任务之一。它是专门设计来执行快速X射线计时和探测黑洞和中子星附近物质的状态。LOFT科学有效载荷由一个大面积探测器和一个宽视场监测器组成。LAD是一种10 m^2级的尖端仪器,在2-80 keV范围内具有高光谱(200 eV@6 keV)和定时(< 10 μs)分辨率。它的目的是观察持久和瞬态X射线源具有非常大的动态范围,从几个mCrab到15 Crab的强度。使用分段检测器实现了前所未有的大吞吐量(Crab约为280.000 cts/s),使堆积和死区时间成为次要问题,这些问题通常令人担忧或限制重点实验。我们提出了板上数据处理的概念,遵循高度分段和层次结构的仪器从前端电子到板上软件。该系统具有可定制的观测模式,从0.5克拉布以下的源的逐事件数据到较亮源的单独可调时间分辨光谱。在将数据传输到地面之前,将应用机载无损数据压缩。

英文摘要:

The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) is one of the four candidate ESA M3 missions considered for launch in the time-frame of 2022. It is specifically designed to perform fast X-ray timing and probe the status of the matter near black holes and neutron stars. The LOFT scientific payload consists of a Large Area Detector and a Wide Field Monitor. The LAD is a 10 m^2-class pointed instrument with high spectral (200 eV @ 6 keV) and timing (< 10 μs) resolution over the 2-80 keV range. It is designed to observe persistent and transient X-ray sources with a very large dynamic range from a few mCrab up to an intensity of 15 Crab. An unprecedented large throughput (~280.000 cts/s from the Crab) is achieved with a segmented detector, making pile-up and dead-time, often worrying or limiting focused experiments, secondary issues. We present the on-board data handling concept that follows the highly segmented and hierarchical structure of the instrument from the front-end electronics to the on-board software. The system features customizable observation modes ranging from event-by-event data for sources below 0.5 Crab to individually adjustable time resolved spectra for the brighter sources. On-board lossless data compression will be applied before transmitting the data to ground.

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