Simulation and response of the MART-LIME x-ray detector

Pietro Ubertini; Angela Bazzano; M. T. Brunetti; Massimo Cocchi; G. Gianni; Lorenzo Natalucci; F. Ortuno-Prados; Christopher J. Hall; Robert A. Lewis

doi:10.1117/12.253995

18 October 1996 Simulation and response of the MART-LIME x-ray detector

Pietro Ubertini, Angela Bazzano, M. T. Brunetti, Massimo Cocchi, G. Gianni, Lorenzo Natalucci, F. Ortuno-Prados, Christopher J. Hall, Robert A. Lewis

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Proceedings Volume 2806, Gamma-Ray and Cosmic-Ray Detectors, Techniques, and Missions; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.253995
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The MART-LIME is a large area x-ray experiment planned to be launched on board the Russian satellite Spectrum X-Gamma, as the high energy imager of a complement of broad band co- aligned x-ray telescopes. The energy range covered is 5 - 150 keV with an angular resolution of 8.6 arcminutes. The final detector configuration is now in its testing phase and includes the high pressure window comprising the 6 by 6 degree collimator, and the multiwire proportional counter (MWPC). The response to x-ray sources was investigated during the tests carried out at the Daresbury Laboratory (Warrington, UK) facilities The MWPC was filled up by a xenon-argon-isobutane gas mixture in order to evaluate the efficiency of the detector and in particular its linearity over the whole approximately 2,000 cm² sensitive area. At the same time the various parts of the apparatus have been simulated by using a Monte Carlo program. Results on the detector response and simulations are presented.

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Pietro Ubertini, Angela Bazzano, M. T. Brunetti, Massimo Cocchi, G. Gianni, Lorenzo Natalucci, F. Ortuno-Prados, Christopher J. Hall, and Robert A. Lewis "Simulation and response of the MART-LIME x-ray detector", Proc. SPIE 2806, Gamma-Ray and Cosmic-Ray Detectors, Techniques, and Missions, (18 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.253995

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