X-ray, γ-ray and neutron detector development for future space instrumentation |
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| Institution: | 1. Solar System Missions Division, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands;2. Office for Support to New Member States, ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands;3. Science Payload Instrument Section, ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands;1. University of Basilicata, School of Engineering, 10, Ateneo Lucano Street, 85100 Potenza, Italy;2. National Research Council, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA), c/da S.Loja, 85050 Tito Scalo (PZ), Italy;1. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252 5210, Japan;2. Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan;3. Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan;4. Senshu University, Tokyo, Japan;5. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;7. Okayama University, Okayama, Japan;1. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Miusskaya Square, Moscow 4125047, Russia;2. SputniX LLC, Novaya Str. 4, Skolkovo Village 143025 Russia;1. Science and Technology on Aerospace Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Beijing 100094, China;2. Beijing Aerospace Control Center, Beijing 100094, China |
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| Abstract: | An overview of the material developments currently being pursued by the European Space Agency (ESA) with respect to X-ray, γ-ray and neutron detection media is given. The benefits underlying the selection of specific materials are discussed. In the X-ray regime the basic microphysics behind degraded spectral performance caused by the polarization effect and Te inclusions, have been investigated. We have found that both effects degrade the spectra by producing a localised distortion of the electric field. The underlying cause for the distortion does however differ. For the γ-ray regime, a low-noise equivalent scintillator to LaBr3 has been developed in the form of CeBr3. Three inch crystals with a FWHM energy resolution of 4.4% at 662 keV have successfully been produced. For neutron detection, a boron compound based solid state neutron detector has been developed that is sensitive to neutrons, alpha particles and 60 keV X-rays. The measured detection efficiency in detection for thermal neutrons was found to be in the order of a few per cent. |
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| Keywords: | Compound semiconductor detector Scintillator detector Solid state neutron detector X-ray detectors Gamma-ray detectors Space instrumentation |
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