• Title of article

    Generalizations of Rubyʹs formula for the geometric efficiency of a parallel-disk source and detector system

  • Author/Authors

    Conway، نويسنده , , John T.، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    146
  • To page
    153
  • Abstract
    Rubyʹs formula for a parallel-disk source and detector system has been generalized to include non-coaxial disks and a source disk with an arbitrary radial distribution of surface emissivity. The results in all cases are given as one-dimensional integrals of products of Bessel functions and exponentials. For the case of coaxial disks, the solution can always be expressed in closed form as a sum of complete elliptic integrals. For the coaxial case with constant emissivity treated by Ruby, the solution is also given as a simple numerically friendly angular integral.
  • Keywords
    Rubyיs formula , Detectors , Solid angle , Bessel functions , Radiating disks
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2028649