CUBIC: preflight calibration status

Mark A. Skinner; David N. Burrows; Gordon P. Garmire; Jeffrey A. Mendenhall; David H. Lumb; Andrew D. Holland; Peter J. Pool

CUBIC: preflight calibration status

Mark A. Skinner, David N. Burrows, Gordon P. Garmire, Jeffrey A. Mendenhall, David H. Lumb, Andrew D. Holland, Peter J. Pool

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Abstract

CUBIC, the cosmic unresolved x ray background instrument using CCDs, is instrumented to make moderate resolution x-ray spectral measurements of diffuse targets at spatial scales of a few degrees. While the energy range is nominally 200 eV - 10 keV, the CCDs have been designed to maximize the soft x ray performance by using novel structures. A two part aperture increases the area-solid angle product above 1 keV to maximize sensitivity to the cosmic component of the diffuse x ray background. Here we report preliminary results of our preflight laboratory calibrations performed at Penn State of the dark current, readnoise, nonlinearity, charge transfer efficiency, energy resolution, and quantum efficiency of the two flight CCDs. We also discuss calibration of the detector field of view and the preliminary area-solid angle product of the instrument.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Editors	Oswald H. Siegmund, John V. Vallerga
Pages	163-178
Number of pages	16
State	Published - 1995
Event	EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VI - San Diego, CA, USA Duration: Jul 12 1995 → Jul 14 1995

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	2518
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
City	San Diego, CA, USA
Period	7/12/95 → 7/14/95

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Skinner, M. A., Burrows, D. N., Garmire, G. P., Mendenhall, J. A., Lumb, D. H., Holland, A. D., & Pool, P. J. (1995). CUBIC: preflight calibration status. In O. H. Siegmund, & J. V. Vallerga (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (pp. 163-178). (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 2518).

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Skinner, MA, Burrows, DN, Garmire, GP, Mendenhall, JA, Lumb, DH, Holland, AD & Pool, PJ 1995, CUBIC: preflight calibration status. in OH Siegmund & JV Vallerga (eds), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 2518, pp. 163-178, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, San Diego, CA, USA, 7/12/95.

CUBIC: preflight calibration status. / Skinner, Mark A.; Burrows, David N.; Garmire, Gordon P. et al.
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. ed. / Oswald H. Siegmund; John V. Vallerga. 1995. p. 163-178 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 2518).

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