Optimisation of X-ray proportional counters for Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) on ASTROSAT

M. C. Ramadevi; S. Seetha; V. C. Babu; B. N. Ashoka; P. Sreekumar

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2005.12.024

Optimisation of X-ray proportional counters for Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) on ASTROSAT

M. C. Ramadevi^*
, S. Seetha
, V. C. Babu
, B. N. Ashoka
, P. Sreekumar

^*Corresponding author for this work

Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal

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The Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) on ASTROSAT is a position-sensitive gas-filled proportional counter with a wide field of view. The scientific objective of SSM is to scan the sky within few hours to detect and locate transient X-ray sources in the outburst phase. Once detected, this information will be provided for studies in all energy bands. The energy range of operation of SSM is 2-10 keV. The optimisation of the parameters of the proportional counter such as the cell size, the gas mixture and the gas pressure for the SSM are discussed here.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3002-3004
Number of pages	3
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	38
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2005.12.024
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Aerospace Engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Space and Planetary Science
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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