The UV cameras on the High Energy Transient Experiment (HETE) |
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| Authors: | Roland Vanderspek Alia Atlas Tye M. Brady Geoffrey B. Crew John P. Doty Steven E. Kissel George R. Ricker Peter C. Tappan Francois Martel M. Tim Jones |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Center for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA;(2) AeroAstro Corporation, Herndon, VA, USA |
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| Abstract: | The High Energy Transient Experiment (HETE), scheduled for launch this year, is a small satellite dedicated to multiwavelength observations of  -ray and X-ray bursts. The HETE spacecraft will be equipped with gamma-ray detectors, X-ray detectors with a coded mask, and ultraviolet-sensitive CCD cameras. The UV cameras on HETE are wide-field imagers which will a) provide UV images of the regions in which -ray or X-ray bursts are detected, before, duringand after the burst, b) detect UV transients, whether associated with a high-energy transient or not, c) monitor the brightnesses of field stars for variability over a wide range of timescales, and d) serve as star trackers for HETE. In this poster, we describe the HETE UV instrumentation, control software, and data products. |
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| Keywords: | Gamma-Ray Bursts UV Satellites |
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