• DocumentCode
    910873
  • 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
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    57
  • Lastpage
    61
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1987.4337301
  • Filename
    4337301
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=910873