The wide band spectrometer for the solar flare satellite SOLAR-A
Abstract
The Wide Band Spectrometer (WBS) for the solar flare satellite SOLAR-A scheduled for launch in 1991 consists of three kinds of detectors to observe the wide band spectrum from soft X-rays to gamma-rays. The soft X-ray spectrometer (gas proportional counter), hard X-ray spectrometer (NaI scintillation counter and gamma-ray spectrometer (two BGO scintillation counters) cover the 2-30 keV, 20-400 keV and 0.2-100 MeV bands, respectively. Further, the WBS contains a radiation belt monitor consisting of a NaI scintillation counter which is capable of detecting cosmic gamma-ray bursts. The details of these detectors, electronics systems and data collection are described.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- February 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0168-9002(88)90937-0
- Bibcode:
- 1988NIMPA.264..436Y