Fabrication of the ASTRO-E hard-x-ray detector

Kazuhiro Nakazawa; Tuneyoshi Kamae; Kazuo Makishima; Tadayuki Takahashi; Toshio Murakami; Makoto Tashiro; Yasushi Fukazawa; Takayuki Tamura; Naoko Iyomoto; K. Ebisawa; Y. Ezoe; M. Hamaya; M. Horii; Naoki Isobe; Motohide Kokubun; J. Kotoku; Aya Kubota; Yukari Matsumoto; Tsunefumi Mizuno; Y. Mizuno; Kunishiro Mori; Tomohisa Onishi; Naomi Ota; Shin'ichi Shinoda; Masahiko Sugiho; Koji Taguchi; I. Takahasi; Masaaki Tanaka; Chiharu Tanihata; Yukikatsu Terada; Yasunobu Uchiyama; S. Watanabe; Kazutaka Yamaoka; D. Yonetoku

doi:10.1117/12.366496

22 October 1999 Fabrication of the ASTRO-E hard-x-ray detector

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Kazuo Makishima, Tadayuki Takahashi, Toshio Murakami, Makoto Tashiro, Yasushi Fukazawa, Takayuki Tamura, Naoko Iyomoto, K. Ebisawa, Y. Ezoe, M. Hamaya, M. Horii, Naoki Isobe, Motohide Kokubun, J. Kotoku, Aya Kubota, Yukari Matsumoto, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Y. Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Tomohisa Onishi, Naomi Ota, Shin'ichi Shinoda, Masahiko Sugiho, Koji Taguchi, I. Takahasi, Masaaki Tanaka, Chiharu Tanihata, Yukikatsu Terada, Yasunobu Uchiyama, S. Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, D. Yonetoku

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Proceedings Volume 3765, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366496
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

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The Hard X-ray Detector (HXD) is one of the three instruments on the fifth Japanese cosmic X-ray satellite ASTRO-E, scheduled for launch in January 2000. The HXD covers a wide energy range of 10-600 keV, using 16 identical GSO/BGO phoswich-counter modules, of which the low-energy efficiency is greatly improved by adding 2 m-thick silicon PIN diodes. Production of the HXD has been completed and pre-flight calibration is now in progress. The design concept of the HXD sensor, detail of the production process, and a brief summary of the measured performance is reported.

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Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Kazuo Makishima, Tadayuki Takahashi, Toshio Murakami, Makoto Tashiro, Yasushi Fukazawa, Takayuki Tamura, Naoko Iyomoto, K. Ebisawa, Y. Ezoe, M. Hamaya, M. Horii, Naoki Isobe, Motohide Kokubun, J. Kotoku, Aya Kubota, Yukari Matsumoto, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Y. Mizuno, Kunishiro Mori, Tomohisa Onishi, Naomi Ota, Shin'ichi Shinoda, Masahiko Sugiho, Koji Taguchi, I. Takahasi, Masaaki Tanaka, Chiharu Tanihata, Yukikatsu Terada, Yasunobu Uchiyama, S. Watanabe, Kazutaka Yamaoka, and D. Yonetoku "Fabrication of the ASTRO-E hard-x-ray detector", Proc. SPIE 3765, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X, (22 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366496

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