Proportional counter windows for the Bragg Crystal Spectrometer on AXAF

Physics – Optics

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Bragg Angle, Crystal Optics, Polypropylene, Proportional Counters, X Ray Astrophysics Facility, Aluminum Coatings, Satellite-Borne Instruments

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A Bragg Crystal Spectrometer (BCS) using a gas flow proportional counter as its primary detector is among the instruments under development for AXAF. The BCS will employ windows of 1-micron-thick polyimide coated on both sides with 200 A of Al; this window composition, while X-ray transmitting, will leak gas at a lower rate than the polypropylene film-based windows formerly employed. Accounts are given of the results obtained with additional innovative X-ray window materials currently under development, including diamond and Si-enriched Si3N4.

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