The medium-energy concentrator spectrometer on board the BeppoSAX X-ray astronomy satellite

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Apr 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997a%26as..122..327b&link_type=abstract

A & A Supplement series, Vol. 122, April II 1997, 327-340.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Instrumentation: Detectors, X-Rays: General

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The scientific instrumentation on board the X-ray Astronomy Satellite BeppoSAX includes a Medium Energy Concentrator Spectrometer (MECS), operating in the energy range 1.3 - 10 keV, which consists of three units, each composed of a grazing incidence Mirror Unit and of a position sensitive Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter. The design and performance of the MECS instrument are here described, together with its on-ground calibration.

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