Performance of a flight model gas scintillation 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 sq cm, an...

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Published inIEEE transactions on nuclear science Vol. NS-26; 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 01.01.1979
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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 sq cm, and an energy resolution of 11% for 6 keV X-rays. The intrinsic background rejection capability with the aid of burst length discrimination was approximately 80% for an X-ray acceptance of 80% at 6 keV.
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ISSN:0018-9499
DOI:10.1109/TNS.1979.4329678