Zugriffsnummer 30521
Dokumenttyp Konferenzartikel
Sprache Englisch
Titel AXAF HXDS germanium solid state detectors
Autor(in); Institution
McDermott, Walter C.; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA
Kellogg, Edwin M.; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA
Wargelin, Bradford J.; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA
Evans, Ian N.; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA
Vitek, S. A.; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA
Tsiang, Eugene Y.; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA
Schwartz, Daniel A.; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA
Edgar, Richard J.; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA
Kraft, Stefan; 7.12, Röntgenradiometrie, PTB-Berlin
Scholze, Frank; 7.12, Röntgenradiometrie, PTB-Berlin
Thornagel, Reiner; 7.12, Röntgenradiometrie, PTB-Berlin
Ulm, Gerhard; 7.1, Photonenradiometrie, PTB-Berlin
Weisskopf, Martin C.; NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr., USA
O'Dell, Stephen L.; NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr., USA
Tennant, Allyn F.; NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr., USA
Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J.; Universities' Space Research Association, USA
Zirnstein, C. G.; Universities' Space Research Association, USA
Quelle/Jahr Grazing incidence and multilayer X-ray optical systems: 3113 (1997), 535 - 543
Schriftenreihe Proceedings of SPIE: 3113
ISBN 0-8194-2535-4
DOI
Verlag Bellingham, Wash.: SPIE
Konferenzangaben Grazing Incidence and Multilayer X-Ray Optical Systems, San Diego, 27-29, July 1997, USA
Freie Schlagworte Germanium ; Sensors ; Mirrors ; Calibration ; Electrons ; Data storage ; Radiometry ; Contamination ; Apertures ; Astrophysics
Zusammenfassung The design, calibration, and performance of the high purity germanium (HPGe) solid state detectors (SSDs) used in the calibration of the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility high resolution mirror assembly (HRMA) is discussed. The focal plane SSD was used with various apertures to measure the point response function, as well as the effective area of the mirror. The good energy resolution of the detector allowed the effective energy of the mirrors to be measured with a single exposure using a continuum source. The energy resolution was also exploited in measuring the molecular contamination on the mirror surfaces. The SSDs are the transfer detector standards for the HRMA calibration over the energy range from 700 eV to 10 keV. The calibration of the SSDs was performed mostly at the PTB radiometry laboratory using the electron storage ring BESSY. The spectral and spacial distribution of the undispersed synchrotron radiation can be calculated from first principles using the Schwinger Equation. With the electron storage ring being run in a reduced current mode of a few electrons, uncertainties in the calculated flux are below 1%. A comparison of the measured and calculated flux made it possible to determine the detector efficiency with an uncertainty of typically 1%. Electronic effects such as pile- up, count rate linearity and deadtime have been investigated.

Zitierung

McDermott, W. C., Kellogg, E. M., Wargelin, B. J., Evans, I. N., Vitek, S. A., Tsiang, E. Y., Schwartz, D. A., Edgar, R. J., Kraft, S., Scholze, F., Thornagel, R., Ulm, G., Weisskopf, M. C., O'Dell, S. L., Tennant, A. F., Kolodziejczak, J. J., & Zirnstein, C. G. (1997). AXAF HXDS germanium solid state detectors. Grazing Incidence and Multilayer X-Ray Optical Systems, San Diego, 27-29, July 1997, USA. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.278888

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