Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989spie.1159..372w&link_type=abstract
IN: EUV, X-ray, and gamma-ray instrumentation for astronomy and atomic physics; Proceedings of the Meeting, San Diego, CA, Aug.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Charge Coupled Devices, Focal Plane Devices, Spaceborne Astronomy, Spacecraft Configurations, X Ray Spectroscopy, Field Effect Transistors, Metal Oxide Semiconductors, Pixels, Quantum Efficiency
Scientific paper
The instrument performance characteristics of JET-X (Joint European Telescope) and EPIC (European Photon Imaging Camera) with particular reference to the CCD detector systems are discussed. The CCD's for future X-ray astronomy are believed to hold great promise because of the capability of coupling imaging, based on single photon counting, with the energy resolution typical of silicon solid state detectors. The CCD instruments utilize the high throughput of large collecting area multimirror telescopes, combined with the high spatial resolution, good spectral resolution, and efficient background rejection offered by X-ray enhanced CCD's, to undertake detailed X-ray astrophysics investigations on all known classes of X-ray source through the study of temperatures, elemental abundances, and emission mechanisms of a wide range of astronomical objects.
Lumb David H.
Wells Alan A.
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