Gamma-ray burst localization strategies for the SPHiNX hard x-ray polarimeter

Lea Heckmann; Nirmal Kumar Iyer; Mózsi Kiss; Mark Pearce; Fei Xie

doi:10.1117/1.JATIS.5.1.018002

15 February 2019 Gamma-ray burst localization strategies for the SPHiNX hard x-ray polarimeter

Lea Heckmann, Nirmal Kumar Iyer, Mózsi Kiss, Mark Pearce, Fei Xie

Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Vol. 5, Issue 1, 018002 (February 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.5.1.018002

Abstract

SPHiNX is a proposed gamma-ray burst (GRB) polarimeter mission operating in the energy range 50 to 600 keV with the aim of studying the prompt emission phase. The polarization sensitivity of SPHiNX reduces as the uncertainty on the GRB sky position increases. The stand-alone ability of the SPHiNX design to localize GRB positions is explored via Geant4 simulations. Localization at the level of a few degrees is possible using three different routines. This results in a large fraction (>80 % ) of observed GRBs having a negligible (<5 % ) reduction in polarization sensitivity due to the uncertainty in localization.

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Lea Heckmann, Nirmal Kumar Iyer, Mózsi Kiss, Mark Pearce, and Fei Xie "Gamma-ray burst localization strategies for the SPHiNX hard x-ray polarimeter," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 5(1), 018002 (15 February 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.5.1.018002

Received: 5 September 2018; Accepted: 23 January 2019; Published: 15 February 2019

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