AXEL - A BALLOON-BORNE X-RAY ASTRONOMY EXPERIMENT

Authors
SOOD RK PANETTIERI J GREY D WOODS G HOFFMANN J MANCHANDA RK STAUBERT R KENDZIORRA D ROCHESTER GK
Citation
Rk. Sood et al., AXEL - A BALLOON-BORNE X-RAY ASTRONOMY EXPERIMENT, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 13(2), 1996, pp. 156-161
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia → ACNP
ISSN journal
13233580
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
156 - 161
Database
ISI
SICI code
1323-3580(1996)13:2<156:A-ABXA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Following a successful program to investigate the physics of ultra-hig h-pressure proportional counters, a counter array has been developed f or hard X-ray astronomy. A parallel investigation has evaluated the pe rformance of a large-area phoswich scintillator detector for the same purpose. The two detectors have been integrated in a balloon-borne pay load, the Astrophysical X-ray Experimental Laboratory (AXEL). This pap er describes the instrumentation aboard the payload.