Output details
15 - General Engineering
Brunel University London
Article title
The effect of protons on the performance of swept-charge devices
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Article number
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Volume number
604
Issue number
1-2
First page of article
177
ISSN of journal
01689002
Year of publication
2009
Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
This paper describes the extensive proton radiation damage study carried out to assess the performance of innovative swept-charge device (SCD) silicon X-ray detectors for the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) instrument that flew to the Moon in 2008. The study showed that the detectors could not only survive the expected maximum proton fluence for the planned lunar mission but that with sufficient cooling the detectors would still provide good spectral resolution at the end of the planned mission lifetime. The SCD manufacturer, e2v technologies, has subsequently invested in the development of larger area SCDs for future space based X-ray spectroscopy applications.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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