Performances of the imaging proportional counter of the stellar x-ray polarimeter

Enrico Costa; Giuseppe Di Persio; Marco Feroci; Luigi Piro; Bruno Martino; Alda Rubini; Paolo Soffitta; Enrico Massaro; G. C. Perola; Giuseppe Manzo; Philip E. Kaaret; Robert Novick; Andrea E. Santangelo

doi:10.1117/12.130672

8 October 1992 Performances of the imaging proportional counter of the stellar x-ray polarimeter

Enrico Costa, Giuseppe Di Persio, Marco Feroci, Luigi Piro, Bruno Martino, Alda Rubini, Paolo Soffitta, Enrico Massaro, G. C. Perola, Giuseppe Manzo, Philip E. Kaaret, Robert Novick, Andrea E. Santangelo

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Proceedings Volume 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130672
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Stellar X-Ray Polarimeter employs the same Imaging Proportional Counters for both the Bragg and the scattering stage. We show the main characteristics of these detectors and their performances on the basis of tests on the Technical Constructive Model and on the Engineering Models.

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Enrico Costa, Giuseppe Di Persio, Marco Feroci, Luigi Piro, Bruno Martino, Alda Rubini, Paolo Soffitta, Enrico Massaro, G. C. Perola, Giuseppe Manzo, Philip E. Kaaret, Robert Novick, and Andrea E. Santangelo "Performances of the imaging proportional counter of the stellar x-ray polarimeter", Proc. SPIE 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III, (8 October 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130672

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