PERFORMANCES OF THE PULSE-SHAPE ELECTRONICS OF THE HIGH-ENERGY EXPERIMENT PDS ON BOARD THE X-RAY ASTRONOMY SATELLITE SAX

被引:5
作者
FRONTERA, F
DALFIUME, D
LANDINI, G
ARTINA, E
BISERNI, M
CHIAVERINI, V
MONZANI, F
COSTA, E
BUTLER, RC
机构
[1] DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-44100 FERRARA,ITALY
[2] LABEN SPA,I-20090 VIMODRONE,ITALY
[3] AGENZIA SPAZIALE ITALIANA,I-00100 ROME,ITALY
[4] CNR,IAS,I-00044 FRASCATI,ITALY
关键词
Astronomy - High energy physics - Performance - Satellites - X rays;
D O I
10.1109/23.256680
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The high energy (15-300 keV) experiment PDS is one of the four narrow field instruments on board the Italian-Dutch SAX satellite. The PDS detector is composed of 4 actively shielded NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) phoswich scintillators and has a field of view of 1.4-degrees (FWHM). The total geometric area is 795 cm2. We will present a description of the instrument and its development status with particular emphasis to the performances of the pulse shape analysis electronics.
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页码:899 / 904
页数:6
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