• DocumentCode
    804857
  • Title

    SHIRX--A High-Resolution Rocket-Borne X-Ray Spectrometer

  • Author

    Singer, S. ; Aiello, W.P. ; Bergey, J.A. ; Edeskuty, F.J. ; Williamson, K.D.

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1972
  • Firstpage
    626
  • Lastpage
    631
  • Abstract
    A rocket-borne x-ray spectrometer is described which used cooled lithium-drifted semiconductor detectors to measure the differential x-ray energy spectrum of Sco XR-1 in the range 0.6-20 keV.
  • Keywords
    Counting circuits; Delay effects; Energy resolution; Instruments; Jupiter; Resonance light scattering; Semiconductor device noise; Spectroscopy; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1972.4326568
  • Filename
    4326568