Monte Carlo simulation of the materials and filling gas of the imaging proportional counters for the stellar x-ray polarimeter

Marco Feroci; Enrico Costa; Massimo Rapisarda

doi:10.1117/12.130671

8 October 1992 Monte Carlo simulation of the materials and filling gas of the imaging proportional counters for the stellar x-ray polarimeter

Marco Feroci, Enrico Costa, Massimo Rapisarda

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Proceedings Volume 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130671
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Four imaging proportional counters are to be flown aboard the Russian mission Spectrum-XGamma as a part of the Stellar X-Ray Polanmeter. The gas mixture will be based on Xe-Ar. We have performed some Monte Carlo calculations to investigate the impact of gas mixture and material choices with respect to gamma and neutron induced background. We have used the latest version of MCNP code for the neutron and gamma transport.

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Marco Feroci, Enrico Costa, and Massimo Rapisarda "Monte Carlo simulation of the materials and filling gas of the imaging proportional counters for the stellar x-ray polarimeter", Proc. SPIE 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III, (8 October 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130671

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