The high energy experiment PDS (=phoswich detection system) on board the X-ray astronomy satellite SAX

Author

Frontera, F. ; Fiume, D. Dal ; Landini, G. ; Artina, E. ; Biserni, M. ; Chiaverini, V. ; Monzani, F. ; Costa, E. ; Butler, R.C.

Author_Institution

Istituto TESRE, Bologna, Italy

fYear

1992

fDate

25-31 Oct 1992

Firstpage

646

Abstract

The high-energy (15-300 keV) experiment PDS is one of the four narrow-field instruments on board the Italian-Dutch SAX satellite. The PDS detector is composed of four actively shielded NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) phoswich scintillators and has a field of view of 1.4° (FWHM). The total geometric area is 795 cm². The authors present a description of the instrument and its development status with particular emphasis on the performance of the pulse shape analysis electronics

Keywords

X-ray astronomy; X-ray detection and measurement; astronomical telescopes; nuclear electronics; pulse analysers; scintillation counters; 15 to 300 keV; Italian-Dutch SAX satellite; NaI:Tl-CsI:Na; narrow-field instruments; phoswich detection system; phoswich scintillators; pulse shape analysis electronics; Astronomy; Collimators; Instruments; Pulse shaping methods; Satellites; Solid scintillation detectors; Spectroscopy; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0884-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301366

Filename

301366