Silicon x-ray array detector on spectrum-x-gamma satellite

Heikki Sipila; Pekka Huttunen; Veikko J. Kamarainen; Osmi R. Vilhu; Jouko A. Kurki; Gilbert W. Leppelmeier; Ivor Taylor; Arto Niemela; Erik Laegsgaard; Rashid Sunyaev

doi:10.1117/12.48342

1 October 1991 Silicon x-ray array detector on spectrum-x-gamma satellite

Heikki Sipila, Pekka Huttunen, Veikko J. Kamarainen, Osmi R. Vilhu, Jouko A. Kurki, Gilbert W. Leppelmeier, Ivor Taylor, Arto Niemela, Erik Laegsgaard, Rashid Sunyaev

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Proceedings Volume 1549, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48342
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Silicon X-ray array, or 'SIXA' detector experiment will be carried by one of the 8-m focal length X-ray telescopes of the Spectrum-X-Gamma satellite. SIXA, which will measure X-ray spectra at good resolution simultaneously with the other X-ray telescope's gathering of images, uses 19 discrete, circular and closely packed Si(Li) detectors with an estimated resolution of 170-180 eV at 6 keV. The electronics of the SIXA instrument uses 19 parallel amplifier channels.

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Heikki Sipila, Pekka Huttunen, Veikko J. Kamarainen, Osmi R. Vilhu, Jouko A. Kurki, Gilbert W. Leppelmeier, Ivor Taylor, Arto Niemela, Erik Laegsgaard, and Rashid Sunyaev "Silicon x-ray array detector on spectrum-x-gamma satellite", Proc. SPIE 1549, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II, (1 October 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48342

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