CZT imaging detectors for ProtoEXIST

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6319, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hong, J ^a   Grindlay, J E ^a   Chammas, N ^a   Copete, A ^a   Baker, R G ^b   Barthelmy, S D ^b   Gehrels, N ^b   Cook, W R ^c   Burnham, J A ^c   Harrison, F A ^c   Collins, J ^d   Craig, W W ^d  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CZT detector; Hard X ray telescope; Spectral response

Indexed keywords

CZT DETECTOR; DETECTOR CRYSTAL UNIT (DUC); ELECTRONICS NOISE; HARD X-RAY TELESCOPE; SPECTRAL RESPONSE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; TELESCOPES; X RAYS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 33750689868     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.680721     Document Type: Conference Paper

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