A GERMANIUM DETECTOR ARRAY RUGGEDISED FOR LAUNCH IN A CODED MASK SPACE TELESCOPE

Authors
HERRING JRH SKINNER GK
Citation
Jrh. Herring et Gk. Skinner, A GERMANIUM DETECTOR ARRAY RUGGEDISED FOR LAUNCH IN A CODED MASK SPACE TELESCOPE, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 385(3), 1997, pp. 475-479
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
385
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
475 - 479
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)385:3<475:AGDARF>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The use of germanium detectors for gamma-ray astronomy from space has so far been restricted to single detectors providing no spatial inform ation. We describe here the development of an array detector with up t o sixteen independent germanium elements, which has been designed to w ithstand the environment associated with a rocket launch. It is shown that germanium elements in the assembly exhibit no significant degrada tion in performance when subjected to the appropriate vibration levels .