The effect of low energy protons on the operational characteristics of EPIC-MOS CCDs

Proceedings of the European Conference on Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems, RADECS

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-208

  Abbey, A F ^a   Ambrosi, R M ^a   Smith, D R ^a   Kendziorra, E ^b   Hutchinson, I ^a   Short, A ^a   Bennie, P ^a   Holland, A ^a   Clauss, T ^b   Kuster, M ^b   Rochow, W ^b   Brandt, M ^b   Turner, M J L ^a   Wells, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge transfer inefficiency; Charge coupled device; Metal oxide semiconductor; Proton damage

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CHARGE TRANSFER; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOS DEVICES; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EUROPEAN PHOTON IMAGING CAMERA; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; NON IONISING ENERGY LOSS; PROTON ENERGY;

PROTON IRRADIATION;

EID: 0036992399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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