Performance of the GSC engineering-counter for MAXI/ISS

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4497, Issue , 2002, Pages 173-186

  Mihara, Tatehiro ^a   Kawai, Nobuyuki ^a   Yoshida, Atsumasa ^a   Sakurai, Ikuya ^a   Kamae, Toshikazu ^a   Matsuoka, Masaru ^b   Shirasaki, Yuji ^b   Sugizaki, Mutsumi ^b   Yuan, Weiming ^b   Tanaka, Isao ^c  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

All sky monitor; Anomalous gas gain; International space station; MAXI; Proportional counter; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIATION COUNTERS; SPACE STATIONS; XENON;

CHARGE DIVISION METHOD; COLLIMATOR RESPONSE; GAS SLIT CAMERA; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; X RAY ENERGY; X RAY IMAGE MAXI;

X RAY CAMERAS;

EID: 18644366558     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454222     Document Type: Article

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