In-orbit performance and calibration of the High-Pressure Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter on board the BeppoSAX satellite

Andrea E. Santangelo; S. Piraino; Alberto Segreto; G. Fazio; Salvatore Giarrusso

doi:10.1117/12.283797

15 October 1997 In-orbit performance and calibration of the High-Pressure Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter on board the BeppoSAX satellite

Andrea E. Santangelo, S. Piraino, Alberto Segreto, G. Fazio, Salvatore Giarrusso

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Proceedings Volume 3114, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283797
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The high pressure gas scintillation proportional counter, HPGSPC, was launched on April 30, 1996, as part of the narrow field instruments package of the satellite for x-ray astronomy BeppoSAX. Sensitive in the 4 - 100 keV band it fills the gap between the LECS, MECS and PDS instruments, making BeppoSAX a real wide band satellite. In the following paper we present performance and calibration results on in-flight energy response, spectral and timing capabilities, in-orbit background.

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Andrea E. Santangelo, S. Piraino, Alberto Segreto, G. Fazio, and Salvatore Giarrusso "In-orbit performance and calibration of the High-Pressure Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter on board the BeppoSAX satellite", Proc. SPIE 3114, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, (15 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283797

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