X-Ray and Gamma Ray Astronomy

Present Experimental Programmes

• The first Indian Multi-wavelength Astronomy Satellite ASTROSAT Instruments:

  • Large Area Xenon Proportional Counters (LAXPC)
  • Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT)
  • CZT hard X-ray Imaging Spectroscopy instrument
• The Solar X-ray Spectroscopy mission onboard GSAT-2
• Large Area Scintillation counter Experiment: (LASE)

Experimental Programmes in the Recent Past

• Balloon-borne Hard X-ray Astronomy with Xenon filled Multi wire Proportional Counters (XMPC)
• The Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment (IXAE) on-board the Satellite IRS-P3
  • The Pointed Proportional Counters (PPC)
  • The X-ray Sky Monitor (XSM)