Performance of a Flight Model Gas Scintillaticn Counter Spectrometer for X-Ray Astronomy
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 26 (1), 486-489
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.1979.4329678
Abstract
Results are presented on the performance of a large area gas scintillation proportional counter (GSPC) experiment for application as a spectrometer in X-ray astronomy. Two such counters will be launched on an Aries sounding rocket in 1979. This experiment has a total collecting area of 630 cm2, and an energy resolution of 11% for 6 keV X-rays. The intrinsic background rejection capability with the aid of burst length discrimination was ~ 80% for an X-ray acceptance of 80% at 6 keV.Keywords
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