Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980itns...27..196d&link_type=abstract
(IEEE, DOE, and NASA, Nuclear Science Symposium, 26th, San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 17-19, 1979.) IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Sc
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Proportional Counters, Radiation Detectors, Scintillation, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Telescopes, Broadband, Design Analysis, Focal Plane Devices, Galactic Clusters, Photomapping
Scientific paper
A position sensitive gas scintillation proportional counter is presented for use as a broad band spectrometer in the focal plane of an imaging X-ray telescope. The 7 cm diameter detector has an on-axis position of approximately 2.5 mm and an energy resolution of approximately 10% for 6 keV X-rays. Design improvements are outlined which should provide a position resolution below approximately 1 mm at 6 keV over a useful aperture of approximately 8 cm. Such a detector, can, in conjunction with a suitable telescope, perform a spectral mapping in the range 0.1-6 keV of extended objects such as clusters of galaxies and supernova remnants with medium spatial resolution.
Bleeker Johan A. M.
Davelaar Jacob
Manzo Giuseppe
Peacock Aaron
Taylor Greg B.
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