Performance of a Flight Model Gas Scintillaticn Counter Spectrometer for X-Ray Astronomy

Results are presented on the performance of a large area gas scintillation proportional counter (GSPC) experiment for application as a spectrometer in X-ray astronomy. Two such counters will be launched on an Aries sounding rocket in 1979. This experiment has a total collecting area of 630 cm2, and...

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Published inIEEE transactions on nuclear science Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 486 - 489
Main Authors Peacock, A., Andresen, R. D., van Dordrecht, A., Leimann, E.-A., Manzo, G., Taylor, B. G., Berthelsdorf, R., Culhane, J. L., Ives, J. C., Sanford, P. W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.02.1979
Subjects
Astronomy
Collimators
Energy resolution
Iron
Radiation detectors
Rockets
Space technology
Spectroscopy
X-ray detection
X-ray detectors
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Summary:Results are presented on the performance of a large area gas scintillation proportional counter (GSPC) experiment for application as a spectrometer in X-ray astronomy. Two such counters will be launched on an Aries sounding rocket in 1979. This experiment has a total collecting area of 630 cm2, and an energy resolution of 11% for 6 keV X-rays. The intrinsic background rejection capability with the aid of burst length discrimination was ~ 80% for an X-ray acceptance of 80% at 6 keV.
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/TNS.1979.4329678