Overview of the calibration and the performance of the pn-CCD camera

Ulrich G. Briel; Edgar Bihler; Heinrich W. Braeuninger; Michael Colli; Konrad Dennerl; Frank Haberl; Robert Hartmann; Gisela D. Hartner; Peter Holl; Norbert Meidinger; Josef Kemmer; Eckhard Kendziorra; Marcus Kirsch; Norbert Krause; Markus Kuster; Josef Pal; Elmar Pfeffermann; Martin Popp; Claus Reppin; Th. Stadelbauer; Heike Soltau; Lothar Strueder; Joachim E. Truemper; Christoph von Zanthier; V. E. Zavlin

doi:10.1117/12.366503

22 October 1999 Overview of the calibration and the performance of the pn-CCD camera

Ulrich G. Briel, Edgar Bihler, Heinrich W. Braeuninger, Michael Colli, Konrad Dennerl, Frank Haberl, Robert Hartmann, Gisela D. Hartner, Peter Holl, Norbert Meidinger, Josef Kemmer, Eckhard Kendziorra, Marcus Kirsch, Norbert Krause, Markus Kuster, Josef Pal, Elmar Pfeffermann, Martin Popp, Claus Reppin, Th. Stadelbauer, Heike Soltau, Lothar Strueder, Joachim E. Truemper, Christoph von Zanthier, V. E. Zavlin

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Proceedings Volume 3765, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366503
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

In the near future the European x-ray satellite XMM will be launched into orbit. The satellite is equipped with a PN-CCD camera with a sensitive area of 60 mm X 60 mm, integrated on a single silicon wafer. The same camera is on board of the German x-ray satellite ABRIXAS. The main feature of this camera type is the very good quantum efficiency of more than 90 percent in the energy range from 0.3 to 10 keV and the high time resolution, selectable between 7 microsecond(s) ec and 280 msec. All flight cameras are extensively calibrated, utilizing the long beam test facility Panter in Muenchen, the Synchrotron Radiation Facility beam lines at the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale in Orsay, and the PTB beam line at the Bessy Synchrotron in Berlin. We will give an overview of all the calibrations and calibration methods as well as some global results.

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Ulrich G. Briel, Edgar Bihler, Heinrich W. Braeuninger, Michael Colli, Konrad Dennerl, Frank Haberl, Robert Hartmann, Gisela D. Hartner, Peter Holl, Norbert Meidinger, Josef Kemmer, Eckhard Kendziorra, Marcus Kirsch, Norbert Krause, Markus Kuster, Josef Pal, Elmar Pfeffermann, Martin Popp, Claus Reppin, Th. Stadelbauer, Heike Soltau, Lothar Strueder, Joachim E. Truemper, Christoph von Zanthier, and V. E. Zavlin "Overview of the calibration and the performance of the pn-CCD camera", Proc. SPIE 3765, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X, (22 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366503

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