The MXT is composed by an optical module based on 40 mm sized micro-channel plates, making a so-called micro-pore optics (MPO), coupled to a focal plane camera equipped with an X-ray sensitive pnCCD. 2 and 10 KeV), from the very beginning of their afterglow emission. The main goal of the MXT instrument is to precisely localize and physically characterize the early phases of the X-ray afterglows detected by the. The Microchannel X-ray Telescope is a small and compact focusing instrument that will be flown on the Sino-French mission SVOM (to be launched in 2021) dedicated to Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) studies, time domain and multi-messenger astronomy. This research addresses the critical. The X-ray telescope MXT, one of the two instruments under French responsibility onboard the SVOM Chinese-French satellite payload, has just completed an important step in the project's progress, the calibration of the complete flying instrument. The launch is planned in 2021 by a LM-2C rocket. The main SVOM general objective is the survey of Gamma Ray Bursts, in coordination with ground telescopes. The other main on board instruments.
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