Performances of the pulse shape electronics of the high energy experiment PDS on board the X-ray astronomy satellite SAX

The high energy (15-300 keV) experiment PDS is one of the four narrow field instruments on board the Italian-Dutch SAX satellite. The PDS detector is composed of four actively shielded NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) phoswich scintillators, and has a field of view of 1.4 degrees full width half maximum (FWHM). The...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on nuclear science 1993-08, Vol.40 (4), p.899-904
Main Authors: Frontera, F., Dal Fiume, D., Landini, G., Artina, E., Biserni, M., Chiaverini, V., Monzani, F., Costa, E., Butler, R.C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Astronomy
Collimators
Instruments
Payloads
Pulse shaping methods
Satellites
Shape
Spectroscopy
X-ray detection
X-ray detectors
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Summary:The high energy (15-300 keV) experiment PDS is one of the four narrow field instruments on board the Italian-Dutch SAX satellite. The PDS detector is composed of four actively shielded NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) phoswich scintillators, and has a field of view of 1.4 degrees full width half maximum (FWHM). The total geometric area is 795 cm/sup 2/. A description is presented of the instrument and its development status, with particular emphasis on the performance of the pulse shape analysis electronics.< >
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/23.256680