Speaker
Description
The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) mission, a joint Sino-French collaboration launched in 2024, is designed to detect, localize, and study gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and other high-energy transients. Among its onboard instruments, the Microchannel X-ray Telescope (MXT) plays a central role by providing follow-up X-ray observations of GRB afterglows and other transient phenomena with high sensitivity in the 0.2–10 keV range.
To ensure timely and accurate scientific exploitation of MXT observations, a dedicated ground processing pipeline has been developed. This pipeline automatically ingests raw event lists, performs calibration, background and time filtering, and corrects instrumental effects, produces science-ready data products such as images and light curves and spectra of detected sources.
On this poster, we will describe the architecture and key components of the MXT data processing pipeline, highlighting its modular design and integration with the broader SVOM ground segment. We will also show results from real datasets, demonstrating the pipeline’s ability to meet the performance requirements of the mission.
| Affiliation of the submitter | Strasbourg Observatory - SSC XMM |
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| Attendance | in-person |
