Activation of the ASTRO-E hard X-ray detector in low earth orbit

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3 PART 1, 1999, Pages 371-376

  Kokubun, M ^a   Fukazawa, Y ^a,b   Idesawa, E ^a   Kataoka, J ^c   Kamae, T ^a,b   Matsuzaki, K ^a   Mizuno, T ^a   Saito, Y ^c   Takahashi, T ^c   Takizawa, K ^d   Tashiro, M ^a,b   Tamura, T ^c   Yoshida, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARD X RAY DETECTORS; LOW EARTH ORBIT; PHOSWICH SCINTILLATORS; SILICON PIN DIODES; SPALLATION PRODUCTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; PROTONS; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0033339792     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.775546     Document Type: Article

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