Performances of the pulse shape electronics of the high energy experiment PDS on board the X-ray astronomy satellite SAX

Author

Frontera, F. ; Dal Fiume, D. ; Landini, G. ; Artina, E. ; Biserni, M. ; Chiaverini, V. ; Monzani, F. ; Costa, E. ; Butler, R.C.

Author_Institution

Istituto TESRE, CNR, Bologna, Italy

Volume

40

Issue

4

fYear

1993

fDate

8/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

899

Lastpage

904

Abstract

The high energy (15-300 keV) experiment PDS is one of the four narrow field instruments on board the Italian-Dutch SAX satellite. The PDS detector is composed of four actively shielded NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) phoswich scintillators, and has a field of view of 1.4° full width half maximum (FWHM). The total geometric area is 795 cm². A description is presented of the instrument and its development status, with particular emphasis on the performance of the pulse shape analysis electronics

Keywords

X-ray astronomy; artificial satellites; nuclear electronics; pulse shaping circuits; scintillation counters; 15 to 300 keV; CsI:Na; FWHM; NaI:Tl; PDS; SAX; X-ray astronomy satellite; actively shielded; field of view; full width half maximum; high energy experiment; narrow field instruments; phoswich scintillators; pulse shape analysis; pulse shape electronics; total geometric area; Astronomy; Collimators; Instruments; Payloads; Pulse shaping methods; Satellites; Shape; Spectroscopy; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.256680

Filename

256680