X-ray imaging and spectroscopy performance of a large area Silicon Drift Chamber for wide-field X-ray astronomy applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zampa, Gianluigi ^a   Vacchi, Andrea ^a   Feroci, Marco ^b,c   Labanti, Claudio ^d   Bonvicini, Valter ^a   Rashevsky, Alexander ^a   Zampa, Nicola ^a   Campana, Riccardo ^b,c   Del Monte, Ettore ^b,c   Evangelista, Yuri ^b   Muleri, Fabio ^b   Pacciani, Luigi ^b,c   Rubini, Alda ^b,c   Soffitta, Paolo ^b   Costa, Enrico ^b   Donnarumma, Immacolata ^b   Lazzarotto, Francesco ^b   Mastropietro, Marcello ^b   Morelli, Ennio ^c,d   Rapisarda, Massimo ^c,e   Fuschino, Fabio ^d   Marisaldi, Martino ^d   Baldazzi, Giuseppe ^f   Picolli, Luca ^g   Grassi, Marco ^g   Malcovati, Piero ^g   more..

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

High energy astrophysics; Imaging; Room temperature; Silicon Drift Chambers; Spectroscopy; X rays

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; FRONT END ELECTRONICS; HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS; IMAGING; MONOCHROMATIC X-RAYS; PARTICLE TRACKING; POSITION RESOLUTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICON DRIFT CHAMBERS; TEST CAMPAIGN; WIDE-FIELD; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; XRAY IMAGING;

ASTROPHYSICS; DETECTORS; DRIFT CHAMBERS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE TELESCOPES; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957868215     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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