Gas Pixel Detectors for low energy X-ray polarimetry
Gas Pixel Detectors are position-sensitive proportional counters in which a complete integration between the gas amplification structure and the read-out electronics has been reached. Various generation of Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) have been designed in deep submicron CMOS techn...
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| Published in | Nuclear physics. Section B, Proceedings supplement Vol. 166; pp. 266 - 269 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Elsevier B.V
01.04.2007
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Gas Pixel Detectors are position-sensitive proportional counters in which a complete integration between the gas amplification structure and the read-out electronics has been reached. Various generation of Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) have been designed in deep submicron CMOS technology to realize a monolithic device which is at the same time the charge collecting electrode and the analog amplifying and charge measuring front-end electronics. The experimental response of a detector with 22060 pixels at 80
μm pitch to polarized and un-polarized X-ray radiation is shown and the application of this device for Astronomical X-ray Polarimetry discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 0920-5632 1873-3832 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2006.12.023 |