Development of an imaging x-ray detector for high- altitude balloon-borne astronomy

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Aug 2000

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Thesis (PhD). UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE, Source DAI-B 61/02, p. 892, Aug 2000, 145 pages.

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The development of an imaging X-ray detector (the second generation of the Marshall Imaging X-ray Experiment; MIXE2) used with a coded aperture imaging system for high-altitude balloon-borne hard X-ray astronomy is discussed in this dissertation. The design of a microstrip proportional counter and its fabrication, the calibration of the detector system, observations during a high-altitude balloon flight from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, a performance analysis of the telescope, and preliminary data analysis for black hole candidate, Cygnus X-1 are all reviewed. Finally proposals for further improvement on the MIXE2 and for a future balloon-borne experiment are made.

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