Using ACIS on the Chandra X-ray Observatory as a particle radiation monitor

The Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) is one of two focal-plane instruments on the Chandra X-ray Observatory. During initial radiation-belt passes, the exposed ACIS suffered significant radiation damage from trapped soft protons scattering off the x-ray telescope's mirrors. The primary e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: La Marr, Beverly J., Bautz, Marshall W., O'Dell, S. L., Grant, Catherine E
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: SPIE 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61635
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4737-1373
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1379-4482