Radiation Hardness of pn-CCDs for X-ray Astronomy

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 2066-2073

  Meidinger, Norbert ^a   Strüder, Lothar ^b   Soltau, Heike ^c   v Zanthier, Christoph ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b KETEK GmbH Am Isarbach ^*

^c KETEK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CHARGE TRANSFER; PROTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE TRANSFER EFFICIENCY (CTE); X RAY ASTRONOMY; X RAY MULTI MIRROR (XMM) SATELLITE MISSION;

RADIATION HARDENING;

EID: 0029492480     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.489254     Document Type: Article

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