Title :
A Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter for the X-Ray Astronomy Satellite SAX
Author :
Smith, A. ; Peacock, A. ; Kowalski, T.Z.
Author_Institution :
Space Science Department of the European Space Agency, ESTEC, Postbus 229, Noordwijk 2200 AG, The Netherlands
Abstract :
A driftless gas scintillation proportional counter is described. The instrument has several advantages over conventional GSPCs especially for applications at low x-ray energies (~0.l - 30 keV) and small dimensions such as imaging focal plane detectors for x-ray telescopes or concentrators. The x-ray astronomy satellite project SAX has such a requirement and an imaging GSPC of this configuration is presented in this context.
Keywords :
Astronomy; Instruments; Optical imaging; Radiation detectors; Satellites; Solid scintillation detectors; Telescopes; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1987.4337301
