The GSFC/Wisconsin X-Ray Spectroscopy Investigation for AXAF

S. S. Holt; R. L. Kelley; S. H. Moseley; R. F. Mushotzky; A. E. Szymkowiak; D. McCammon; M. Juda; J. Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.966591

14 July 1986 The GSFC/Wisconsin X-Ray Spectroscopy Investigation for AXAF

S. S. Holt, R. L. Kelley, S. H. Moseley, R. F. Mushotzky, A. E. Szymkowiak, D. McCammon, M. Juda, J. Zhang

Proceedings Volume 0597, X-Ray Instrumentation in Astronomy; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966591
Event: 1985 International Technical Symposium/Europe, 1985, Cannes, France

Abstract

We describe a novel device which combines the high quantum efficiency of a photoelectric detector with the high energy resolution of a dispersive spectrometer in a system that operates simultaneously over the whole AXAF bandpass. It is basically an X-ray calorimeter, in which the temperature rise of an X-ray absorber following the deposition of energy from a single X-ray photon can be measured to an accuracy expected to be of order one part in 1000 at 6 keV.

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S. S. Holt, R. L. Kelley, S. H. Moseley, R. F. Mushotzky, A. E. Szymkowiak, D. McCammon, M. Juda, and J. Zhang "The GSFC/Wisconsin X-Ray Spectroscopy Investigation for AXAF", Proc. SPIE 0597, X-Ray Instrumentation in Astronomy, (14 July 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966591

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