European Photon Imaging Camera for x-ray astronomy

Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami; Gabriele E. Villa; Giuliano Boella; Giuseppe Bonelli; Patricia A. Caraveo; Lucio Chiappetti; E. M. Quadrini; Guido Di Cocco; Massimo Trifoglio; Pietro Ubertini; Giovanni Peres; Salvatore Sciortino; Salvatore Serio; G. Vaiana; R. Rothenflug; Laurent G. Vigroux; L. Koch; Yvon Rio; Claude Pigot; Jacky B. Cretolle; Alan H. Gabriel; B. H. Foing; Jean-Luc Atteia; Jean-Pierre Roques; Heinrich W. Braeuninger; W. Pietsch; Peter Predehl; Claus Reppin; Lothar Strueder; Joachim E. Truemper; Gerhard Lutz; Eckhard Kendziorra; Ruediger Staubert; Andrew D. Holland; Richard E. Cole; Alan A. Wells; K. A. Pounds; David H. Lumb; John P. Pye; Martin J. L. Turner; C. V. Goodall; T. J. Ponman; Gerald K. Skinner; A. P. Willmore

doi:10.1117/12.23247

1 November 1990 European Photon Imaging Camera for x-ray astronomy

Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami, Gabriele E. Villa, Giuliano Boella, Giuseppe Bonelli, Patricia A. Caraveo, Lucio Chiappetti, E. M. Quadrini, Guido Di Cocco, Massimo Trifoglio, Pietro Ubertini, Giovanni Peres, Salvatore Sciortino, Salvatore Serio, G. Vaiana, R. Rothenflug, Laurent G. Vigroux, L. Koch, Yvon Rio, Claude Pigot, Jacky B. Cretolle, Alan H. Gabriel, B. H. Foing, Jean-Luc Atteia, Jean-Pierre Roques, Heinrich W. Braeuninger, W. Pietsch, Peter Predehl, Claus Reppin, Lothar Strueder, Joachim E. Truemper, Gerhard Lutz, Eckhard Kendziorra, Ruediger Staubert, Andrew D. Holland, Richard E. Cole, Alan A. Wells, K. A. Pounds, David H. Lumb, John P. Pye, Martin J. L. Turner, C. V. Goodall, T. J. Ponman, Gerald K. Skinner, A. P. Willmore

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Proceedings Volume 1344, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23247
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The capabilities of the European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC), the main instrument of ESA's 'Cornerstone' mission in X-ray astronomy with multiple mirrors (XMM), are discussed. The CCD characteristics, spatial resolution, energy bandpass and faint source sensitivity, spectral resolution and sensitivity, and timing capability are addressed, and the scientific rationale of the EPIC is summarized. The EPIC instrument system concept is briefly described.

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Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami, Gabriele E. Villa, Giuliano Boella, Giuseppe Bonelli, Patricia A. Caraveo, Lucio Chiappetti, E. M. Quadrini, Guido Di Cocco, Massimo Trifoglio, Pietro Ubertini, Giovanni Peres, Salvatore Sciortino, Salvatore Serio, G. Vaiana, R. Rothenflug, Laurent G. Vigroux, L. Koch, Yvon Rio, Claude Pigot, Jacky B. Cretolle, Alan H. Gabriel, B. H. Foing, Jean-Luc Atteia, Jean-Pierre Roques, Heinrich W. Braeuninger, W. Pietsch, Peter Predehl, Claus Reppin, Lothar Strueder, Joachim E. Truemper, Gerhard Lutz, Eckhard Kendziorra, Ruediger Staubert, Andrew D. Holland, Richard E. Cole, Alan A. Wells, K. A. Pounds, David H. Lumb, John P. Pye, Martin J. L. Turner, C. V. Goodall, T. J. Ponman, Gerald K. Skinner, and A. P. Willmore "European Photon Imaging Camera for x-ray astronomy", Proc. SPIE 1344, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy, (1 November 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23247

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