Origins of the instrumental background of the X-ray CCD camera in space studied with Monte Carlo simulation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6266 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Murakami, Hiroshi ^a   Kitsunezuka, Masaki ^a   Ozaki, Masanobu ^a   Dotani, Tadayasu ^a   Anada, Takayasu ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charge coupled device; Geant4; Instrumental background; Monte Carlo simulation; X ray detector

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GEANT4; INSTRUMENTAL BACKGROUND; X-RAY DETECTORS;

X RAY APPARATUS;

EID: 33748997673     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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