1 October 1991Uniformity and transmission of proportional counter window materials for use with AXAF
Kathryn A. Flanagan, Gerald K. Austin, J. C. Cobuzzi, Richard E. Goddard, John P. Hughes, Edward McLaughlin, William A. Podgorski, Vincent D. Rose, Adrian G. Roy, Martin V. Zombeck, Thomas H. Markert, James M. Bauer, Takashi Isobe, Mark L. Schattenburg
Kathryn A. Flanagan,1 Gerald K. Austin,1 J. C. Cobuzzi,1 Richard E. Goddard,1 John P. Hughes,1 Edward McLaughlin,1 William A. Podgorski,1 Vincent D. Rose,1 Adrian G. Roy,1 Martin V. Zombeck,1 Thomas H. Markert,2 James M. Bauer,3 Takashi Isobe,2 Mark L. Schattenburghttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6932-26122
1Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States) 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States) 3SUNY/Stony Brook (United States)
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The X-ray detection system used to calibrate the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) mirrors will include gas flow and sealed proportional counters. To meet the ultimate 1 percent goal of the calibration project, the transmission and uniformity of the windows must be well known for the soft X-ray wavelengths involved. Various window materials for use with proportional counters are examined for transmission at X-ray wavelengths in the range of 0.1 to 5.9 keV. These include the usual window materials (polypropylene and beryllium), as well as materials only recently employed for detector applications (polyimide and diamond). The transmission uniformity of beryllium at 1.49 keV is examined with a microchannel plate detector, producing a 'shadowgraph' of the window material illuminated with soft X-rays. This technique allows us to investigate nonuniformities on a spatial scale of about .2 mm.
Kathryn A. Flanagan,Gerald K. Austin,J. C. Cobuzzi,Richard E. Goddard,John P. Hughes,Edward McLaughlin,William A. Podgorski,Vincent D. Rose,Adrian G. Roy,Martin V. Zombeck,Thomas H. Markert,James M. Bauer,Takashi Isobe, andMark L. Schattenburg
"Uniformity and transmission of proportional counter window materials for use with AXAF", Proc. SPIE 1549, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II, (1 October 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48356
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Kathryn A. Flanagan, Gerald K. Austin, J. C. Cobuzzi, Richard E. Goddard, John P. Hughes, Edward McLaughlin, William A. Podgorski, Vincent D. Rose, Adrian G. Roy, Martin V. Zombeck, Thomas H. Markert, James M. Bauer, Takashi Isobe, Mark L. Schattenburg, "Uniformity and transmission of proportional counter window materials for use with AXAF," Proc. SPIE 1549, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II, (1 October 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48356