X-Ray Astronomy I: X-Ray Detectors

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X-Ray Astronomy I
X-Ray Detectors

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Introduction: Introduction
Proportional counters: Ionization chamber , Proportional Counters , Pulse Amplification , Detector Gas , Cascade , PSPC , Energy Resolution , Quenching , Ageing , Example: RXTE-PCA
Scintillation Detectors: Introduction , Anorganic Scintillators , Photomultipliers , Typical Numbers , HEXTE
Wolter Telescopes: Imaging , Wolter Telescopes , Mirror manufacture , Practical Example: XMM-Newton , Practical Example: Chandra
Charge Coupled Devices: Reminder: Semi-Conductors , Strip Detectors , CCDs , XMM-Newton: EPIC-pn CCD , XMM-Newton: EPIC-MOS CCD , Chandra: ACIS
Imaging above 10keV: Collimators , Coded Mask Telescopes , INTEGRAL: IBIS , INTEGRAL: SPI
X-Ray Data Analysis: Formal Data Analysis , Effective Area , Response Matrix , $\chi ^2$-minimization






















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Last changed 2008 Nov 16
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