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View SchemaThe imaging X-ray detector for Lobster-ISS
| Authors | J. K. Black, A. N. Brunton, N. P. Bannister, P. Deines-Jones, K. Jahoda |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0305025 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0305025 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.nima.2003.08.015 |
| Journal | Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A513 (2003) 123-126 |
Abstract
Lobster-ISS is a revolutionary astrophysical X-ray all-sky monitor scheduled for deployment as an attached payload on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2009. Using a new wide field-of-view focusing optic, Lobster-ISS provides an order-of-magnitude improvement in the sensitivity of all-sky monitors in the soft X-ray band (0.1-3.0 keV). This lobster-eye optic presents unique challenges to the imaging X-ray detector at its focus. Micro-patterned imaging proportional counters, with thier mechanical simplicity and high performance, are the most practical means of meeting the requirements. We describe our design for the Lobster-ISS imaging detector based on direct-imaging micro-well proportional counters and the expected performance.
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