X-Ray Characteristics Of CCD's for the XMM Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS)

Fred A. Jansen; Marc Heppener; Henry J.M. Aarts; Piet A.J. de Korte

doi:10.1117/12.962570

27 November 1989 X-Ray Characteristics Of CCD's for the XMM Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS)

Fred A. Jansen, Marc Heppener, Henry J.M. Aarts, Piet A.J. de Korte

Proceedings Volume 1159, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy and Atomic Physics; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962570
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS) experiment on the X-ray Multi-Mirror (XMM) spacecraft will consist of two identical medium resolution ( ~100 - 560) reflection grating spectrometers operating in the 5-35 Å range.1 The dispersed X-ray beam will be detected by an array of 10 CCD's (nine for spectroscopy, one for wavelength and alignment calibration). This paper describes the requirements set upon CCD performance by this experiment as well as the first results obtained with a special test setup which has been designed as to allow optimum flexibility in changing all CCD parameters (clock sequences, slopes, bias voltages etc.) under software control.

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Fred A. Jansen, Marc Heppener, Henry J.M. Aarts, and Piet A.J. de Korte "X-Ray Characteristics Of CCD's for the XMM Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS)", Proc. SPIE 1159, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy and Atomic Physics, (27 November 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962570

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