Recent progress in the development of a gas scintillation proportional counter for x-ray astronomy

Conference · Mon Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1977 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7213108

Andresen, R D ^[1]; Leimann, E A; Peacock, A; Taylor, B G; Brownlie, G; Sanford, P

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1. European Space Research and Tech. Centre, Noordwijk, Netherlands

In X-ray astronomy there is a need for a large-area satellite-borne detector, which has a significantly better energy resolution than the classical proportional counter, in order to observe detailed X-ray spectral features in a variety of astrophysical objects. A gas scintillation proportional counter, (GSPC), seems to fulfill these requirements. Results are presented demonstrating: (a) an energy resolution of 8.35 percent (FWHM) at 6 keV, (b) the ability of the GSPC to reject more than 90 percent of the background events normally falling within a selected energy window. In addition results are presented on the optimization of the working parameters of the GSPC, and on the development of a large area detector.

• OSTI ID: 7213108
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Vol. NS-24:1; ISSN IETNA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BACKGROUND RADIATION
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
COSMIC RAY SOURCES
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES
ENERGY RESOLUTION
GAS SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
OPERATION
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
RESOLUTION
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SPECTRA
X-RAY SPECTRA