Performance of a flight model gas scintillation counter spectrometer for X-ray astronomy.
Abstract
Results are presented on the performance of a large area gas scintillation proportional counter (GSPC) experiment for application as a spectrometer in X-ray astronomy. Two such counters will be launched on an Aries sounding rocket in 1979. This experiment has a total collecting area of 630 sq cm, and an energy resolution of 11% for 6 keV X-rays. The intrinsic background rejection capability with the aid of burst length discrimination was approximately 80% for an X-ray acceptance of 80% at 6 keV.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Pub Date:
- February 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TNS.1979.4329678
- Bibcode:
- 1979ITNS...26..486P
- Keywords:
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- Rocket-Borne Instruments;
- Scintillation Counters;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- Radiation Detectors;
- Sounding Rockets;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation;
- Spectrographs:X Rays