Astro-E Hard X-ray Detector

Details Astro-E Hard X-ray Detector Astro-E Hard X-ray Detector

Dec 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998aas...193.8006k&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 193rd AAS Meeting, #80.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 30, p.1374

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

Astro-E HXD consists of 16 well-type GSO/BGO phoswich counters with imbedded thick silicon PIN diodes, 20 BGO anti-coincidence counters, analog electronic circuitry for signal amplification and filtering, and data acquisition and control electronics. The PIN diodes record hard X-rays in the lower energy range ( ~ 10 - 50 keV) and the well-type phoswich counters in the higher energy range ( ~ 40 - 600 keV). The anti-counters serve to reduce background and also as a monitor for gamma -ray bursts and X-ray transiens. The HXD is characterized by a wide energy range coverage (10--600 keV), a collimated narrow field of view ( ~ 0.(deg) 5 up to 200 keV, ~ 4.(deg) 5 above 200 keV) and a very low background of ~ (1-5) x 10(-5) cm(-2) s(-1) keV(-1) . We expect the HXD to become the most sensitive cosmic hard X-ray detector ever put into orbit.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Astro-E Hard X-ray Detector does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Astro-E Hard X-ray Detector, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Astro-E Hard X-ray Detector will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-996918