A Fluorescent Gated Proportional Counter For X-Ray Astronomy

B. D. Ramsey; M. C. Weisskopf; R. F. Elsner

doi:10.1117/12.966583

14 July 1986 A Fluorescent Gated Proportional Counter For X-Ray Astronomy

B. D. Ramsey, M. C. Weisskopf, R. F. Elsner

Proceedings Volume 0597, X-Ray Instrumentation in Astronomy; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966583
Event: 1985 International Technical Symposium/Europe, 1985, Cannes, France

Abstract

The development of a position sensitive proportional counter having a large drift volume is reported here. It incorporates a fluorescent gating technique which results in a large improvement in background rejection, over conventional proportional counters, and in addition offers the benefit of enhanced energy resolution (predicted to be ≈ 3% at 40 keV) above the K-shell of xenon.

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B. D. Ramsey, M. C. Weisskopf, and R. F. Elsner "A Fluorescent Gated Proportional Counter For X-Ray Astronomy", Proc. SPIE 0597, X-Ray Instrumentation in Astronomy, (14 July 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966583

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