Applications of the Penning Gas Imager

H. E. Schwarz; J. S. Lapington; N. S. Hilliard; J. G. Rose; P. H. Sheather; J. L. Culhane

doi:10.1117/12.966577

14 July 1986 Applications of the Penning Gas Imager

H. E. Schwarz, J. S. Lapington, N. S. Hilliard, J. G. Rose, P. H. Sheather, J. L. Culhane

Proceedings Volume 0597, X-Ray Instrumentation in Astronomy; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966577
Event: 1985 International Technical Symposium/Europe, 1985, Cannes, France

Abstract

We describe an application of the Penning Gas Imager or PGI' in X-ray astronomy. The PGI is an imaging proportional counter with improved energy and position resolution. A space version of the laboratory prototype detector has been designed and built at MSSL for use as a focal plane detector for the Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT). We present an application of the PGI to the imaging of diffraction patterns from biological specimens. Possible use of the PGI on XMM is also briefly discussed.

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H. E. Schwarz, J. S. Lapington, N. S. Hilliard, J. G. Rose, P. H. Sheather, and J. L. Culhane "Applications of the Penning Gas Imager", Proc. SPIE 0597, X-Ray Instrumentation in Astronomy, (14 July 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966577

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