The Improved X-ray Detector (iXRD) on Sharjah-Sat-1, design principles, tests and ground calibration

Autor: Emrah Kalemci, Ali M. Altingun, Ayhan Bozkurt, Alim Rustem Aslan, Refik Yalcin, Kaya Gokalp, Kaan Veziroglu, Ilias Fernini, Antonios Manousakis, Ali Yasar, Milad Diba, Bogac Karabulut, Egemen Catal, Onur Oztekin
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Experimental Astronomy.
ISSN: 1572-9508
0922-6435
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-023-09890-z
Popis: The ixRD is the primary science payload on Sharjah-Sat-1, a 3U CubeSat expected to be launched in Q4, 2022. Its main scientific goal is monitoring bright hard X-ray sources and transients in 20 - 200 keV band. The iXRD consists of a CdZnTe crystal (6.45 cm2 area, 5 mm thickness), a Tungsten collimator with square holes with an opening angle of 4.26o, readout and control electronics and power circuitry, a back-shield and mechanical structures. Some of the design elements of iXRD have been inherited from the XRD on BeEagleSat with significant improvements in terms of collecting area, X-ray background and electronic noise. In this article, the design of the iXRD is discussed in detail taking into account mechanical, electronics, control software and data handling aspects. Its expected performance is determined after ground calibration. Depending on the pixel size, the energy resolution is 4 - 7 keV at 60 keV and the minimum detectable energy is 19 - 23 keV.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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