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BlackCAT Non-refereed Publications


  1. The BlackCAT CubeSat Wide-Field X-Ray Transient Monitor
    Colosimo, J, Falcone, A & The BlackCAT Team, AAS, 245, 14401 (2025)
  2. The BlackCAT CubeSat X-ray Observatory
    Falcone, A et al., HEAD, 22, 10206 (2025)
  3. Calibration measurements for the BlackCAT CubeSat x-ray coded aperture telescope
    Emeigh, T et al., HEAD, 22, 11137 (2025)
  4. The BlackCAT CubeSat: a soft x-ray coded aperture telescope
    Falcone, A D et al, SPIE, 13625, 0E (2025)
  5. Quantum efficiency measurements of the Speedster-EXD550 hybrid CMOS detectors at the Mn Kα and Kβ energies
    Hossen, M et al., SPIE, 13625, 0W (2025)
  6. Mechanical design and implementation of the BlackCAT payload
    Wages, M et al., SPIE, 13625, 12 (2025)
  7. Calibration measurements for the BlackCAT CubeSat x-ray coded aperture telescope
    Emeigh, T et al., SPIE, 13625, 1R (2025)
  8. BlackCAT: an upcoming soft x-ray coded aperture telescope on a 6U CubeSat
    Falcone, A et al., SPIE, 13093, 17 (2024)
  9. Ground calibration of the BlackCAT CubeSat x-ray Coded Aperture Telescope
    Colosimo, J et al., SPIE, 13093, 76 (2024)
  10. Status of x-ray hybrid CMOS detector development efforts at PSU
    Stone, L et al., SPIE, 13103, 0M (2024)
  11. Planned Observations and Science with the BlackCAT CubeSat X-Ray Observatory and Transient Monitor
    Colosimo, J et al., HEAD, 20, 10313 (2023)
  12. The BlackCAT CubeSat
    Falcone, A et al., HEAD, 20, 10335 (2023)
  13. Status of testing and characterization of the Speedster-EXD550 x-ray hybrid CMOS detector
    Stone, L et al., SPIE, 12678, 0O (2023)
  14. Current status of the BlackCAT CubeSat
    Colosimo, J et al., SPIE, 12678, 11 (2023)
  15. A Soft X-ray Sky Monitor, Transient Finder, and Burst Detector for High-energy and Multimessenger Astrophysics
    Falcone, A et al., HEAD, 19, 10838 (2022)
  16. Characterizing the Speedster-EXD 550 X-ray Hybrid CMOS Detectors for the BlackCAT CubeSat
    LaRocca, D et al., HEAD, 19, 10839 (2022)
  17. Planned Observations and Science with the BlackCAT CubeSat X-Ray Transient Monitor
    Colosimo, J et al., HEAD, 19, 10840 (2022)
  18. Searching for High Redshift Gamma Ray Bursts and X-ray transient events with the BlackCAT CubeSat
    Falcone, A et al., HEAD, 19, 30504 (2022)
  19. Mechanical and thermal design of the BlackCAT CubeSat
    Baker, L et al., SPIE, 12181, 58 (2022)
  20. Estimating the background of the BlackCAT CubeSat and its impact on science observations
    Colosimo, J et al., SPIE, 12181, 59 (2022)
  21. Developing Next-Generation X-Ray Hybrid CMOS Detectors for Future Observatories and Investigating Their Low-Energy Response
    Falcone, A, NASA FINESST proposal, 83 (2019)
  22. BlackCAT CubeSat: a soft x-ray sky monitor, transient finder, and burst detector for high-energy and multimessenger astophysics
    Chattopadhyay, T et al., SPIE, 10699, 5S (2018)
  23. BlackCAT CubeSat: A Soft X-ray Sky Monitor, Transient Finder, and Burst Detector for High-Energy and Multimessenger Astrophysics
    Falcone, A, NASA APRA Proposal, 72 (2018)
  24. VizieR Online Data Catalog: BlackCAT, stellar-mass BH in X-ray trans. (Corral-Santana+, 2016)
    Corral-Santana, J et al., yCat, 358, 70061 (2015)