The high energy experiment PDS (=phoswich detection system) on board the X-ray astronomy satellite SAX

The high-energy (15-300 keV) experiment PDS is one of the four narrow-field instruments on board the Italian-Dutch SAX satellite. The PDS detector is composed of four actively shielded NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) phoswich scintillators and has a field of view of 1.4 degrees (FWHM). The total geometric area is 7...

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Published inIEEE Conference on Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging pp. 646 - 648 vol.1
Main Authors Frontera, F., Dal Fiume, D., Landini, G., Artina, E., Biserni, M., Chiaverini, V., Monzani, F., Costa, E., Butler, R.C.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 1992
Subjects
Astronomy
Collimators
Instruments
Pulse shaping methods
Satellites
Solid scintillation detectors
Spectroscopy
X-ray detection
X-ray detectors
X-ray imaging
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Summary:The high-energy (15-300 keV) experiment PDS is one of the four narrow-field instruments on board the Italian-Dutch SAX satellite. The PDS detector is composed of four actively shielded NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) phoswich scintillators and has a field of view of 1.4 degrees (FWHM). The total geometric area is 795 cm/sup 2/. The authors present a description of the instrument and its development status with particular emphasis on the performance of the pulse shape analysis electronics.< >
ISBN:0780308840
9780780308848
DOI:10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301366