Focal Plane CCD Imaging X-Ray Spectrometers For Two European Missions In The 1990'S

A. Wells; D. H. Lumb

doi:10.1117/12.962595

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27 November 1989 Focal Plane CCD Imaging X-Ray Spectrometers For Two European Missions In The 1990'S

A. Wells, D. H. Lumb

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Proceedings Volume 1159, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy and Atomic Physics; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962595
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Amongst the space-borne X-ray astronomy observatories to be launched during the 1990's, two missions being studied within Europe are the JET-X instrument on the Soviet SPECTR R-G satellite, and the EPIC focal plane camera selected for ESA's XMM. The Leicester University X-ray Astronomy Group is developing focal plane detectors utilising EEV CCDs for both of these instruments. The key design requirements for these missions are discussed, and the expected performance of the CCDs is described.

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A. Wells and D. H. Lumb "Focal Plane CCD Imaging X-Ray Spectrometers For Two European Missions In The 1990'S", Proc. SPIE 1159, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy and Atomic Physics, (27 November 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962595

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