Ground calibration result of the Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy

• Published in: Experimental astronomy Vol. 57; no. 2
• Main Authors: Cheng, Huaqing, Ling, Zhixing, Zhang, Chen, Sun, Xiaojin, Sun, Shengli, Liu, Yuan, Dai, Yanfeng, Jia, Zhenqing, Pan, Haiwu, Wang, Wenxin, Zhao, Donghua, Chen, Yifan, Cheng, Zhiwei, Fu, Wei, Han, Yixiao, Li, Junfei, Li, Zhengda, Ma, Xiaohao, Xue, Yulong, Yan, Ailiang, Zhang, Qiang, Wang, Yusa, Yang, Xiongtao, Zhao, Zijian, Yuan, Weimin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Astronomy; Calibration; Characteristic X rays; Chemistry and Earth Sciences; CMOS; Computer Science; Data acquisition; Modules; Monte Carlo simulation; Observations and Techniques; Photons; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Point spread functions; Spatial resolution; Statistics for Engineering; Test facilities; X ray telescopes; X-ray astronomy; X-ray telescopes; X-ray astronomy; Time domain astronomy; Calibration

We report on results of the on-ground X-ray calibration of the Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy (LEIA), an experimental space wide-field (18.6 × 18.6 square degrees) X-ray telescope built from novel lobster eye micro-pore optics. LEIA was successfully launched on July 27, 2022 onboard the SATech-01...