Screening and Calibration of Silicon Drift Detectors for NICER.
Abstract
The NICER X-ray Timing Instrument (XTI) will include 56 Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs). These detectors, and at least eight flight spares, will be characterized prior to launch. Energy scale and spectral response between 0.2 keV and 10 keV as well as timing at those energies are explored using a Modulated X-ray Source (MXS). I will present a summary of the current status of those efforts.
- Publication:
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AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division #14
- Pub Date:
- August 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014HEAD...1430204L