SIGHT - A balloon borne hard X-ray telescope

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Apr 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991itns...38..580w&link_type=abstract

(1990 Nuclear Science Symposium, Arlington, VA, Oct. 23-26, 1990, Proceedings. A91-42475 17-35) IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Sci

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Balloon-Borne Instruments, Scintillation Counters, X Ray Telescopes, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Fluorescence, X Ray Spectra, Xenon

Scientific paper

The authors report on progress toward developing a large-area, high-pressure xenon gas scintillator for use in hard X-ray astrophysics. Proof test results for a low-mass pressure vessel are presented. The design of a high-voltage multiplier board operating inside the scintillation chamber is discussed. The development of tetrakis-dimethylamine-thylene (TMAE)-based proportional tubes for detecting primary scintillation in the xenon is described. Finally, Monte Carlo tests of a scheme to use conventional photomultiplier tubes are discussed.

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