In-orbit calibration of the hard X-ray detector (HXD-II) onboard Suzaku

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6319, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kitaguchi, T ^a   Kokubun, M ^a   Kawaharada, M ^a   Murashima, M ^a   Miyawaki, R ^a   Yanagida, T ^a   Itoh, T ^a   Hirakuri, S ^a   Enoto, T ^a   Sato, M ^a   Makishima, K ^a,c   Takahashi, T ^a,b   Nakazawa, K ^b   Watanabe, S ^b   Tanaka, T ^a,b   Terada, Y ^c   Tamagawa, T ^c   Kubota, A ^c   Fukazawa, Y ^d   Mizuno, M ^d   Takahashi, H ^d   Yamasaki, T ^d   Tashiro, M ^e   Endo, Y ^e   Yamaoka, K ^f   Murakami, T ^g   Yonetoku, D ^g   Kamae, T ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy satellite; Detector; Hard X ray; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

ASTRONOMY SATELLITE; CIRCUIT DEAD TIME; DIGITAL ELECTRONICS; HARD X-RAY;

DETECTORS;

EID: 33749033512     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.684267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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