Reconstructing light curves from HXMT imaging observations

TL;DR

This paper proposes a method to reconstruct light curves from HXMT imaging data, enabling monitoring of time-varying objects like GRBs and magnetars in the hard X-ray band.

Contribution

It introduces a novel conceptual approach for directly reconstructing light curves from HXMT imaging observations, facilitating real-time monitoring of transient phenomena.

Findings

Method enables reconstruction of light curves from HXMT data

Allows monitoring of transient X-ray sources in hard X-ray band

Enhances the scientific utility of HXMT observations

Abstract

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) is a Chinese space telescope mission. It is scheduled for launch in 2015. The telescope will perform an all-sky survey in hard X-ray band (1 - 250 keV), a series of deep imaging observations of small sky regions as well as pointed observations. In this work we present a conceptual method to reconstruct light curves from HXMT imaging observation directly, in order to monitor time-varying objects such as GRB, AXP and SGR in hard X-ray band with HXMT imaging observations.