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A. F. Abbey
Researcher at University of Leicester
Publications - 31
Citations - 3040
A. F. Abbey is an academic researcher from University of Leicester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gamma-ray burst & X-ray telescope. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 31 publications receiving 2967 citations.
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The European Photon Imaging Camera on XMM-Newton: The MOS cameras
Martin J. L. Turner,A. F. Abbey,M. Arnaud,M. Balasini,Marco Barbera,Elena Belsole,P. J. Bennie,J. P. Bernard,Giovanni F. Bignami,M. Boer,Ulrich G. Briel,I. Butler,C. Cara,C. Chabaud,Richard E. Cole,Alfonso Collura,M. Conte,A. Cros,M. Denby,P. Dhez,G. Di Coco,J. Dowson,P. Ferrando,Simona Ghizzardi,Fulvio Gianotti,C. V. Goodall,L. Gretton,R. G. Griffiths,O. Hainaut,Jean-François Hochedez,Andrew D. Holland,E. Jourdain,E. Kendziorra,A. Lagostina,R. Lainé,N. La Palombara,M. Lortholary,David H. Lumb,P. Marty,S. Molendi,C. Pigot,E. Poindron,Ken Pounds,James Reeves,Claus Reppin,R. Rothenflug,P. Salvetat,J. L. Sauvageot,D. Schmitt,Steve Sembay,A.D. Short,J. Spragg,J. Stephen,Lothar Strüder,Andrea Tiengo,M. Trifoglio,Joachim Trümper,S. Vercellone,L. Vigroux,Gabriele E. Villa,Martin Ward,S. Whitehead,E. Zonca +62 more
TL;DR: The EPIC focal plane imaging spectrometers on XMM-Newton use CCDs to record the images and spectra of celestial X-ray sources focused by the three Xray mirrors as discussed by the authors.
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Readout Modes and Automated Operation of the Swift X-Ray Telescope
Joanne E. Hill,David N. Burrows,John A. Nousek,A. F. Abbey,Richard M. Ambrosi,Heinrich Bräuninger,Wolfgang Burkert,Sergio Campana,Chaitanya Cheruvu,Giancarlo Cusumano,Michael Freyberg,Gisela Hartner,Robert Klar,C. Mangels,Alberto Moretti,Koji Mori,D. C. Morris,A. Short,Gianpiero Tagliaferri,Darach Watson,Paul Wood,Alan A. Wells +21 more
TL;DR: The Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) as mentioned in this paper is designed to make astrometric, spectroscopic, and photometric observations of Xray emission from Gamma-ray Bursts and their afterglows in the energy band 0.2-10 keV.
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A new measurement of the cosmic X-ray background
Alberto Moretti,C. Pagani,Giancarlo Cusumano,Sergio Campana,M. Perri,A. F. Abbey,Marco Ajello,A. P. Beardmore,David N. Burrows,G. Chincarini,G. Chincarini,Olivier Godet,C. Guidorzi,C. Guidorzi,J. E. Hill,J. E. Hill,J. A. Kennea,J. A. Nousek,J. P. Osborne,Gianpiero Tagliaferri +19 more
TL;DR: In this article, a new measurement of the cosmic X-ray background (CXRB) in the 1.5-7-keV energy band was performed by exploiting the Swift X-Ray telescope (XRT) data archive.
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SWIFT XRT point spread function measured at the Panter end-to-end tests
Alberto Moretti,Sergio Campana,Gianpiero Tagliaferri,A. F. Abbey,Richard M. Ambrosi,Lorella Angelini,Andrew P. Beardmore,Heinrich Bräuninger,Wolfgang Burkert,David N. Burrows,M. Capalbi,Guido Chincarini,Oberto Citterio,Giancarlo Cusumano,Michael Freyberg,Paolo Giommi,Gisela Hartner,Joanne E. Hill,Koji Mori,D. C. Morris,K. Mukerjee,John A. Nousek,J. P. Osborne,A. Short,F. Tamburelli,Darach Watson,Alan A. Wells +26 more
TL;DR: Moretti et al. as discussed by the authors measured the PSF of the SWIFTX-RTPoint Spread Function (PSF) as measured during the end-to-end calibration campaign at the Panter X-Ray b eam line facility.
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Modelling the spectral response of the Swift-XRT CCD camera: Experience learnt from in-flight calibration
Olivier Godet,Andrew P. Beardmore,A. F. Abbey,J. P. Osborne,G. Cusumano,C. Pagani,Milvia Capalbi,M. Perri,K. L. Page,David N. Burrows,Sergio Campana,Joanne E. Hill,Joanne E. Hill,J. A. Kennea,Alessia Moretti +14 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed description of the CCD response model used to compute the XRT RMFs (redistribution matrix files), the changes implemented to it based on measurements of celestial and on-board calibration sources, and current caveats in the RMFs for the spectral analysis of XRT data.