The scientific performance of the microchannel X-ray telescope on board the 
SVOM mission

Götz, D.; Boutelier, M.; Burwitz, V.; Chipaux, R.; Cordier, B.; Feldman, C.; Ferrando, P.; Fort, A.; Gonzalez, F.; Gros, A.; Hussein, S.; Le Duigou, J.-M.; Meidinger, N.; Mercier, K.; Meuris, A.; Pearson, J.; Renault-Tinacci, N.; Robinet, F.; Schneider, B.; Willingale, R.

doi:10.1007/s10686-022-09881-6

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The scientific performance of the microchannel X-ray telescope on board the SVOM mission

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Meidinger, N.
High Energy Astrophysics, MPI for Extraterrestrial Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Götz, D., Boutelier, M., Burwitz, V., Chipaux, R., Cordier, B., Feldman, C., et al. (2023). The scientific performance of the microchannel X-ray telescope on board the SVOM mission. Experimental Astronomy, (55), 487-519. doi:10.1007/s10686-022-09881-6.

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The Microchannel X-ray Telescope (MXT) will be the first focusing X-ray telescope based on a narrow field “Lobster-Eye” optical design to be flown on a satellite, namely the Sino-French mission SVOM. SVOM will be dedicated to the study of Gamma-Ray Bursts and more generally time-domain astrophysics. The MXT telescope is a compact (focal length ∼ 1.15 m) and light (< 42 kg) instrument, sensitive in the 0.2–10 keV energy range. It is composed of an optical system, based on micro-pore optics (MPOs) of 40 μ m pore size, coupled to a low-noise pnCDD X-ray detector. In this paper we describe the expected scientific performance of the MXT telescope, based on the End-to-End calibration campaign performed in fall 2021, before the integration of the SVOM payload on the satellite.