HaloSat Results

Refereed papers

  1. Asking a big question with a small satellite
    Kaaret, P, NatAs, 2, 755 (2018)
  2. HaloSat: A CubeSat to Study the Hot Galactic Halo
    Kaaret, P et al., ApJ, 884, 162 (2019)
  3. Design and construction of the x-ray instrumentation onboard the HaloSat CubeSat
    LaRocca, D et al., JATIS, 6, 014003 (2020)
  4. Global X-Ray Properties of the Vela and Puppis A Supernova Remnants
    Silich, E et al., AJ, 160, 20 (2020)
  5. A disk-dominated and clumpy circumgalactic medium of the Milky Way seen in X-ray emission
    Kaaret, P et al., NatAs, 4, 1072 (2020)
  6. An Analysis of the North Polar Spur Using HaloSat
    LaRocca, D et al., ApJ, 904, 54 (2020)
  7. A HaloSat Analysis of the Cygnus Superbubble
    Bluem, J et al., ApJ, 905, 91 (2020)
  8. On-ground calibration of the HaloSat science instrument
    Zajczyk, A et al., JATIS, 6, 044005 (2020)
  9. Total X-Ray Emission from the LMC Observed with HaloSat
    Gulick, H et al., AJ, 161, 57 (2021)
  10. A Search for the 3.5 keV Line from the Milky Way's Dark Matter Halo with HaloSat
    Silich,E.M.et al., ApJ, 916, 2S(2021)
  11. HaloSat Observations of Heliospheric Solar Wind Charge Exchange
    Ringuetta,R. et al., ApJ, 918, 41R(2021)
  12. Widespread Detection of Two Components in the Hot Circumgalactic Medium of the Milky Way
    Bluem,J. et al., ApJ, 936, 72B(2022)
  13. The Orion OB Association as a Generator for the Hot Circumgalactic Medium
    Fuller,Chase A. et al., ApJ, 943, 61F(2023)

Other Publications

  1. HaloSat- A CubeSat to Study the Hot Galactic Halo
    Kaaret, P., 2014, NASA Proposal APRA14-10
  2. HaloSat - A CubeSat to Study the Hot Galactic Halo
    Kaaret, P., Jahoda, K., and Dingwall, B., 2014, HEAD 14 116.21
  3. HaloSat: A CubeSat to Map the Distribution of Baryonic Matter in the Galactic Halo
    Miles, D., 2016, HEAD 15 116.22
  4. New Missions and the Future of Solar Wind Charge Exchange Studies
    Kuntz, K. D., 2016, HEAD 15 200.06
  5. HaloSat - A CubeSat to Study the Hot Galactic Halo
    Kaaret, P., 2016, HEAD 15 203.05
  6. Soft X-Ray Polarimetry with a CubeSat
    Kaaret, P, 2016, 41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 910
  7. CubeSats for Astrophysics: The Current Perspective
    Ardila, D., Shkolnik, E., and Gorjian, V., 2017, AAS 229 206.05
  8. HaloSat - A CubeSat to Study the Hot Galactic Halo
    Kaaret, P., 2017, AAS 229 328.03
  9. HaloSat - A CubeSat to Study the Hot Galactic Halo
    Kaaret, P., 2017, HEAD 16 103.25
  10. HaloSat: a search for missing baryons with a CubeSat
    Zajczyk et al., 2018, 32nd Annual AIAA/USUConference on Small Satellites, SSC18-WKIX-01

  11. HaloSat: Observation Scheduling and the Cygnus Superbubble
    Fuelberth, W., 2019, AAS 233 157.24
  12. HaloSat: X-Ray Calibration and Spectral Analysis for a NASA CubeSat
    Gulick, H., 2019, AAS 233 158.02
  13. HaloSat: Early results on the mass of the Milkyway halo
    Jahoda, K., et al, 2019 AAS 233 462.06
  14. First Results from HaloSat
    Kaaret, P., 2019, HEAD 17 203.06
  15. HaloSat: The Case of the Missing Baryons
    Ringuette, R., 2019, AAS 234 301.03
  16. Science Results from the HaloSat CubeSat
    LaRocca, D., 2020, AAS 235 259.04
  17. Observing the Galactic Halo with HaloSat
    Kaaret, P., et al, 2020, AAS 235 271.02
  18. Observing the Galactic Halo with HaloSat
    Kaaret, P & HaloSat Team, 2020, AAS 236 116.03
  19. A HaloSat Analysis of the Cygnus Superbubble
    Bluem, J & HaloSat Team, 2020, AAS 236 144.01
  20. HaloSat Observations of Solar Wind Charge Exchange
    Ringuette, R & HaloSat Team, 2020, AAS 236 144.02
  21. An X-ray Analysis of the North Polar Spur with HaloSat
    LaRocca, D & HaloSat Team, 2020 AAS 236 144.03
  22. An Analysis of the North Polar Spur with HaloSat
    LaRocca, D, 2020 AAS 236 306.03
  23. VizieR Online Data Catalog: HaloSat survey of southern Galactic halo (Kaaret+, 2020)
    Kaaret, P et al., yCatp, 0610, 00404 (2020)
  24. A Search for Dark Matter with HaloSat
    Silich, E & HaloSat Team, AAS, 237, 14904 (2021)
  25. Comparing A Heliospheric SWCX Model's Predictions To HaloSat Observations
    Ringuette, R et al., AAS, 238, 11314 (2021)
  26. A HaloSat Analysis of the Eridanus X-ray Enhancement
    Fuller, C & HaloSat Team, AAS, 238, 31505 (2021)
  27. HaloSat Observation of the Virgo Intracluster Medium
    Hewitt, N, Kaaret, P & Fuller, C, RNAAS, 5, 185 (2021)
  28. Final Archive of the HaloSat data
    Kaaret, P, NASA ADAP Proposal, 75 (2021)
  29. VizieR Online Data Catalog: HaloSat targets to study the hot Galactic halo (Kaaret+, 2019)
    Kaaret, P et al., yCat, 188, 40162 (2021)
  30. Separating Magnetospheric and Heliospheric SWCX in X-ray Spectra
    Ringuette, R et al., AAS, 240, 35016 (2022)
  31. Halosat - A Cubesat That Studied The Hot Galactic Halo
    Kaaret, P & HaloSat Team Team, APS April Meeting Abstracts, 03006 (2022)
  32. Analysis of the Orion-Eridanus Superbubble's X-ray Emission Using HaloSat
    Fuller, C & Kaaret, P, HEAD, 19, 10714 (2022)
  33. Halosat — A Cubesat That Studied The Hot Galactic Halo
    Kaaret, P & HaloSat Team, HEAD, 19, 10823 (2022)
  34. An X-ray Emission Study of the Milky Way Halo's Clumpy Distribution
    Bluem, J et al., HEAD, 19, 40002 (2022)
  35. North Polar Spur/Loop I: gigantic outskirt of the Northern Fermi bubble or nearby hot gas cavity blown by supernovae?
    Lallement, R, arXiv, 2203, 01312 (2022)
  36. The HaloSat and PolarLight CubeSat Missions for X-Ray Astrophysics
    Feng, H & Kaaret, P, Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics. Edited by Cosimo Bambi and Andrea Santangelo, 87 (2022)
  37. VizieR Online Data Catalog: HaloSat survey of the Galactic CGM (Bluem+, 2022)
    Bluem, J et al., yCat, 193, 60072 (2022)

Latest News

May 23, 2023

The catalog with the fitting results of the HaloSat Circumgalactic Medium (CGM) fields is now available in the archive.

May 1, 2023

All Halosat data collected during the science operations from Oct 15, 2018 and Sep 29, 2020 were reprocessed (version hsuf_20221026) and are now available from the HEASARC archive. More details are available in the reprocessing page

Dec 14 2022

Release of a report on the Halosat background and an update of the data analysis guide

Feb 14, 2022

Release of a report on the in-flight calibration and an update of the data analysis guide

Feb 12, 2021

The complete HaloSat data archive is now available from the HEASARC. This release includes all data collected during the science operations from Oct 15, 2018 and Sep 29, 2020. The observations include 415 fields covering all the sky.

Jan 4, 2021.

HaloSat reentered Earth's atmosphere on January 4, 2021 marking the end of the satellites nearly two and a half year orbit. More on HaloSat

Apr 15, 2020.

HaloSat archive opens