DocumentCode
905527
Title
The in-Orbit Performance of the Exosat Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter
Author
Peacock, A. ; Taylor, B.G. ; White, N. ; Courvoisier, T. ; Manzo, G.
Author_Institution
Space Science Department of ESA, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Volume
32
Issue
1
fYear
1985
Firstpage
108
Lastpage
111
Abstract
The in-orbit performance of the EXOSAT gas scintillation proportional counter spectrometer is presented. The background rejection capability in the EXOSAT deep orbit is examined as well as the overall detectors response. Typical examples of the spectra from cosmic X-ray sources show that this new type of detector will make a significant advance to the field of medium energy broad band X-ray spectroscopy.
Keywords
Earth; Energy resolution; Instruments; Observatories; Radiation detectors; Satellites; Solid scintillation detectors; 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.1985.4336803
Filename
4336803
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