Speaker
Prof.
Shuang-Nan Zhang
(Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Description
Insight-HXMT is China’s first X-ray astronomy satellite and was successfully launched on June 15th, 2017. It carries three sets of collimated X-ray instruments with large effective areas in 1-250 keV. In addition, it can also serve as a nearly all-sky monitor for high energy sources between 0.2 to 3 MeV, such as bright pulsars and gamma-ray bursts. I will review some highlights of the scientific results of Insight-HXMT. I will also briefly introduce the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission, a large China-Europe collaboration, currently in Phase B and planned for launch in around 2027.eXTP will open a new era in exploring the extreme universe.
Primary author
Prof.
Shuang-Nan Zhang
(Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
