Thin scintillators and position sensitive photomultiplier tubes for hard X-ray imaging in space

Author

Kroeger, R.A. ; Grove, J.E. ; Inderhees, S.E. ; Johnson, W.N. ; Kinzer, R.L. ; Kurfess, J.D. ; Phlips, B.P.

Author_Institution

Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

44

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

881

Lastpage

884

Abstract

Monolithic and segmented CsI(Tl) scintillators coupled to a position sensitive photomultiplier tube (PSPMT) have been tested for imaging and environmental performance necessary for hard X-ray astrophysics missions. Using a crossed-wire PSPMT and individual anode-wire readout, spatial resolution of 1-2 mm rms at 60 keV over the entire photo-cathode imaging surface is obtained out to near the edges of the scintillator. A PSPMT mapping correction was used to obtain energy resolution close to what is expected from CsI(Tl) scintillators

Keywords

X-ray astronomy; X-ray detection; astronomical instruments; photomultipliers; position sensitive particle detectors; solid scintillation detectors; space research; 60 keV; crossed-wire PSPMT; environmental performance; hard X-ray astrophysics; hard X-ray imaging; individual anode-wire readout; monolithic CsI(Tl) scintillators; position sensitive photomultiplier tube; segmented CsI(Tl) scintillators; space; spatial resolution; Anodes; Apertures; Energy resolution; Image resolution; Optical imaging; Photomultipliers; Spatial resolution; Testing; Wires; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.603770

Filename

603770