A High Resolution Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter for Studying Low Energy Cosmic X-Ray Sources
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 27 (1), 190-195
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.1980.4330826
Abstract
A gas scintillation proportional counter has been constructed for use in detecting subkiloelectron-volt X-rays from cosmic sources. Over a sensitive area of 5 cm2, this instrument has a measured energy resolution of 85 eV (FWHM) at 149 eV. This is significantly better than similarly sized solid state detectors. Rise-time discrimination is used both to reject space background and to reduce low energy noise below 50 eV. The development of an imaging capability for this instrument is discussed.Keywords
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