Test of an actively screened proportional counter for a rocket measurement in the soft X-ray region
Abstract
An investigation is conducted of a detector system consisting of a proportional counter and a crystal-anticoincidence device. The investigation is carried out in connection with the planned study of the emission characteristics of the Cygnus Loop in the soft X-ray region. The prototype of a proportional counter is tested together with two scintillators which were obtained from different suppliers. The tests show that the proportional counter can be employed for the study of Fe-55 gamma rays if an anode operational range from 1150 to 1900 V is used.
- Publication:
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Ph.D. Thesis
- Pub Date:
- August 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975PhDT........44L
- Keywords:
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- Proportional Counters;
- Rocket-Borne Instruments;
- Scintillation Counters;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- Compton Effect;
- Gamma Rays;
- Performance Tests;
- Photomultiplier Tubes;
- Radiant Flux Density;
- Signal To Noise Ratios;
- Instrumentation and Photography