Axel: A Balloon-borne X-ray Astronomy Experiment
| Autor: | Eckhard Kendziorra, R. K. Sood, G. Woods, D.G. Grey, Rüdiger Staubert, J. Panettieri, J. A. Hoffmann, R. K. Manchanda, G. K. Rochester |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
X-ray astronomy 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Payload business.industry Detector Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics Scintillator Experimental laboratory 010502 geochemistry & geophysics Balloon 01 natural sciences Methods observational Optics Space and Planetary Science Instrumentation (computer programming) business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 13:156-161 |
| ISSN: | 1448-6083 1323-3580 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1323358000020713 |
| Popis: | Following a successful program to investigate the physics of ultra-high-pressure proportional counters, a counter array has been developed for hard X-ray astronomy. A parallel investigation has evaluated the performance of a large-area phoswich scintillator detector for the same purpose. The two detectors have been integrated in a balloon-borne payload, the Astrophysical X-ray Experimental Laboratory (AXEL). This paper describes the instrumentation aboard the payload. |
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