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Axel: A Balloon-borne X-ray Astronomy Experiment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 April 2016
Abstract
Following a successful program to investigate the physics of ultra-high-pressure proportional counters, a counter array has been developed for hard X-ray astronomy. A parallel investigation has evaluated the performance of a large-area phoswich scintillator detector for the same purpose. The two detectors have been integrated in a balloon-borne payload, the Astrophysical X-ray Experimental Laboratory (AXEL). This paper describes the instrumentation aboard the payload.
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- Instruments, Techniques and Basic Measurements
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- Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 1996 , pp. 156 - 161
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996
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