Title :
A Gas Scintilltation Camera for X-Ray Astronomy
Author :
Davelaar, J. ; Peacock, A. ; Taylor, B.G.
Author_Institution :
Space Science Department of the European Space Agency, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Keplerlaan 1, 2200AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Abstract :
Results are presented on the development of a Xenon-filled gas scintillation proportional counter camera for application in X-ray astronomy. The camera, with a seven photormultiplier readout system in its basic form, features a bandwidth spanning two decades in energy from about 0.2 keV to 20 keV and exibits spatial and energy resolutions of about 1.7 mm and 9% EWHM at 6 keV respectively. The camera when coupled to a grazing-incidence irraging or coded mask telescope will provide data, as a function of energy on the X-ray morphology of extended X-ray sources such as clusters of galaxies and supernova remnants.
Keywords :
Apertures; Astronomy; Cameras; Electrons; Energy resolution; Iron; Photomultipliers; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1982.4335814
