Results of measurements of the response of a delta-doped CCD to neutral and charged particle beams

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1931-1936

  Goldstein, R ^a   Nikzad, S ^b   Davis, M ^a   Frahm, R ^a   Slater, D ^a   Jones, T J ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; Detectors; Plasma; Space instruments

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DETECTORS; IONS; PLASMAS;

EXPOSURE PERIOD; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; LOW-ENERGY PARTICLES; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEUTRAL PARTICLES; PARTICLE ENERGY; SPACE INSTRUMENT; SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS;

PIXELS;

EID: 79955484027     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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