{"title":"Cosmic ray induced degradation in X-ray detectors on board the NEAR spacecraft","authors":"S. Floyd, J. Trombka, J. Goldsten, E. Fiore","doi":"10.1109/CHERBS.1997.660243","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The X-ray detectors on board the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft are argon gas filled proportional counters. Their resolution is checked periodically by commanding an Fe-55 radioactive source into position in front of the detector window. Low energy tailing and broadening of the 6 keV line is observed. The phenomenon observed, the mechanism behind the degradation and the impact on instrument performance are considered.","PeriodicalId":197895,"journal":{"name":"Conference on the High Energy Radiation Background in Space. Workshop Record","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1997-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Conference on the High Energy Radiation Background in Space. Workshop Record","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CHERBS.1997.660243","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The X-ray detectors on board the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft are argon gas filled proportional counters. Their resolution is checked periodically by commanding an Fe-55 radioactive source into position in front of the detector window. Low energy tailing and broadening of the 6 keV line is observed. The phenomenon observed, the mechanism behind the degradation and the impact on instrument performance are considered.
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