Title :
The in-Orbit Performance of the Exosat Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter
Author :
Peacock, A. ; Taylor, B.G. ; White, N. ; Courvoisier, T. ; Manzo, G.
Author_Institution :
Space Science Department of ESA, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
The in-orbit performance of the EXOSAT gas scintillation proportional counter spectrometer is presented. The background rejection capability in the EXOSAT deep orbit is examined as well as the overall detectors response. Typical examples of the spectra from cosmic X-ray sources show that this new type of detector will make a significant advance to the field of medium energy broad band X-ray spectroscopy.
Keywords :
Earth; Energy resolution; Instruments; Observatories; Radiation detectors; Satellites; Solid scintillation detectors; Spectroscopy; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1985.4336803
