Radiation events in astronomical CCD images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4669, Issue , 2002, Pages 172-183

  Smith, A R ^a   McDonald, R J ^a   Hurley, D L ^a   Holland, S E ^a   Groom, D E ^a   Brown, W E ^b   Gilmore, D K ^b   Stover, R J ^b   Wei, M ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomical; CCD; Cosmic rays; Fully depleted; High resistivity; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Lick Observatory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COSMIC RAYS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATORIES; RADIATION EFFECTS;

RADIATION EVENTS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036030078     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.463423     Document Type: Article

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