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An imaging gas scintillation proportional counter for the detection of subkiloelectron-volt x-rays

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6429654
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A large area imaging gas scintillation proportional counter (IGSPC) was constructed for use in X-ray astronomy. The IGSPC consists of a gas scintillation proportional counter (GSPC) with a micron polyprotylene window coupled to a multiwire proportional counter (MWPC) via a calcium fluoride window. Over a sensitive area of 21 cu cm the instrument has a measured energy resolution of 17.5% (FWHM) and 1.9 mm (FWHM) spatial resolution at 1.5 keV.

Research Organization:
Columbia Univ., New York (USA)
OSTI ID:
6429654
Report Number(s):
N-82-26068
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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440101* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ASTRONOMY
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM FLUORIDES
CALCIUM HALIDES
DESIGN
DETECTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
FLUIDS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
GAS SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
IMAGES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
KEV RANGE
KEV RANGE 01-10
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NONMETALS
PHOTONS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
RARE GASES
RESOLUTION
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
X RADIATION
X-RAY DETECTION
XENON