Paper 13093-260
Paper 13093-260
Development of the end-to-end simulator of the WFM camera
On demand | Presenting live 19 June 2024 
Abstract
The Wide-Field Monitor is an array of coded-mask aperture cameras based on large-area linear Silicon Drift Detectors, operating in the 2-50 keV range. Each camera is designed to feature an instantaneous field of view of ~1 sr, a source location accuracy of ~1 arcmin, and a sensitivity (5σ) better than 5 mCrab in 50 ks. This instrument is currently part of the design of the eXTP, STROBE-X and LEM-X space missions. We are currently developing an end-to-end simulator to assess the scientific performances of the instrument as well as the algorithms for image reconstruction. Firmly rooted in the physics of photon-matter interactions, via both analytic and Monte Carlo algorithms, it is built according to a modular architecture to account for every subsystem involved in the generation of the signal. We present a detailed description of the code, highlighting its strengths and current limitations, as well as listing a few possible applications.
Presenter
Francesco Ceraudo
INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (Italy)
Francesco Ceraudo is a researcher at the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics. His main field of research is the characterization of state-of-the-art instrumentation for X-ray space astronomy, especially Silicon Drift Detectors and Micro-Pore Optics. He has worked on such projects as the Pixelated Silicon Drift Detector (PixDD), the Large Area Detector (LAD) of the eXTP mission, and the Wide Field Monitor of the eXTP, STROBE-X and LEM-X missions. He has a long experience in the development of software for instrumentation control, data analysis, radiation campaign, and simulation of instrument performances under various conditions and at different phases of the life of the mission.
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