The Maia spectroscopy detector system: Engineering for integrated pulse capture, low-latency scanning and real-time processing

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1234, Issue , 2010, Pages 240-243

  Kirkham, R ^a   Dunn, P A ^a   Kuczewski, A J ^b   Siddons, D P ^b   Dodanwela, R ^a   Moorhead, G F ^a   Ryan, C G ^a   De Geronimo, G ^b   Beuttenmuller, R ^b   Pinelli, D ^b   Pfeffer, M ^b   Davey, P ^a   Jensen, M ^a   Paterson, D J ^c   De Jonge, M D ^c   Howard, D L ^c   Kusel M ^c   McKinlay, J ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

^d ALBA SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

real time processing; Silicon detector array; SXRF imaging; X ray microprobe

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955018626     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3463181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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