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RESEARCH PRODUCT

The Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter on EXOSAT

Anthony J. PeacockS. KellockB. G. TaylorJ. C. IvesG. ManzoR.d. AndresenG. VillaS. Re

subject

PhysicsScintillationPhotonSpectrometerPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsDetectorProportional counterchemistry.chemical_elementComputational physicschemistryScintillation counterEmission spectrumAtomic physicsHelium

description

The inclusion of a gas scintillation proportional counter (GSPC) within the EXOSAT payload complement significantly improves the spectroscopic capability of the mission. This broad-band medium energy spectrometer used in conjunction with the large area proportioni counter array (ME) should provide additional spectroscopic details on strong X-ray sources at photon energies above ~ 2 keV. The novel type of detector has an energy resolution at least a factor of two better than the ME experiment over a similar bandwidth (2 – 40 keV).

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1981-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9949-3_78