LARGE AREA, GAS SCINTILLATION PROPORTIONAL COUNTER

被引：52
作者：
ANDERSON, DF
HAMILTON, TT
KU, WHM
NOVICK, R
机构：
[1] COLUMBIA UNIV,DEPT PHYS,NEW YORK,NY 10027
[2] COLUMBIA UNIV,DEPT ASTRON,COLUMBIA ASTROPHYS LAB,NEW YORK,NY 10027
来源：
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS | 1979年 / 163卷 / 01期
基金：
美国国家航空航天局;
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D O I：
10.1016/0029-554X(79)90040-5
中图分类号：
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号：
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要：
An improved, large-area (285 cm2), gas scintillation proportional counter with a measured overall energy resolution of 9.3% (fwhm) at 5.9 keV has been built. The rise-time resolution, 11.6% (fwhm) at 5.9 keV, of this counter is sufficiently well defined to allow the use of pulse-shape discrimination to reject 86% of the non-X-ray events in a space environment, while accepting 80% of the true X-ray events. This counter thus represents a significant advancement over conventional gas proportional counters and should prove extremely useful for X-ray astronomy. © 1979.
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页码：125 / 134
页数：10
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