Future Semiconductor Detectors for X-ray Astronomy

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Jan 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997ngxo.conf...99h&link_type=abstract

The Next Generation of X-Ray Observatories, p. 99

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Semiconductors (Materials), X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Detectors, Charge Coupled Devices, Imaging Techniques, X Ray Spectroscopy, Astronomical Polarimetry, X Ray Spectrometers, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Space Missions

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Current missions for X-ray astronomy, both in-orbit and in production rely heavily on solid state detectors in the instrument payloads. In particular, we are seeing the heyday of the charge coupled device (CCD) as the current generation "ideal detector", which provides imaging and timing information, combined with "Fano-limited" X ray spectroscopic resolution. This "workhorse" detector will provide data from currently planned missions up to the end of the next decade. This paper reviews some solid state detector developments targeted at the needs of future instrumentation for X ray astronomy and indicates the development goals together with current state-of-the-art performance measurements.

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