DocumentCode
836191
Title
Performance of a Flight Model Gas Scintillaticn Counter Spectrometer for X-Ray Astronomy
Author
Peacock, A. ; Andresen, R.D. ; van Dordrecht, A. ; Leimann, E.-A. ; Manzo, G. ; Taylor, B.G. ; Berthelsdorf, R. ; Culhane, J.L. ; Ives, J.C. ; Sanford, P.W.
Author_Institution
Space Science Department of the European Space Agency, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Volume
26
Issue
1
fYear
1979
Firstpage
486
Lastpage
489
Abstract
Results are presented on the performance of a large area gas scintillation proportional counter (GSPC) experiment for application as a spectrometer in X-ray astronomy. Two such counters will be launched on an Aries sounding rocket in 1979. This experiment has a total collecting area of 630 cm2, and an energy resolution of 11% for 6 keV X-rays. The intrinsic background rejection capability with the aid of burst length discrimination was ~ 80% for an X-ray acceptance of 80% at 6 keV.
Keywords
Astronomy; Collimators; Energy resolution; Iron; Radiation detectors; Rockets; Space technology; 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.1979.4329678
Filename
4329678
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