X-ray detector XRD on BeEagleSat and the development of the improved x-ray detector iXRD

Kalemci, Emrah and Aslan, A. Rüstem and Bozkurt, Ayhan and Baş, M. Erdem and Diba, Milad and Veziroğlu, Nezih Kaan and Aksulu, M. Deniz and Uludağ, M. Şevket and Ümit, M. Ertan (2019) X-ray detector XRD on BeEagleSat and the development of the improved x-ray detector iXRD. In: 9th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), Istanbul, Turkey

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Abstract

Many interesting astrophysical objects are intense X-ray emitters. Hard X-ray observatories in various sizes have been operating in space and providing exciting scientific results that we cannot obtain in our laboratories on Earth. Nanosatellites with CdZnTe hard X-ray detectors have been launched into orbit as well, and the future holds great promise with such small satellites contributing significantly to high energy astrophysics. One of those satellites is the BeEagleSat which carried the X-ray detector (XRD)to low Earth orbit. The XRD has a 15⨯15⨯3 mm 3 volume CdZnTe detector, a cross-strip electrode design, a RENA readout chip controlled by an MSP 430 microcontroller. Due to a communication problem with the receiver, no science data could have been downloaded from the XRD. Recently, an improved version of the XRD has been designed (called the iXRD)and currently it is in the production phase. The improvements compared to the XRD are the larger volume crystal with almost three times the collecting area, a collimator to limit the field of view for focused scientific return, and a motherboard-daughterboard design to reduce electronic noise.
Item Type: Papers in Conference Proceedings
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy > QB460-466 Astrophysics
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK1-4661 Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics > TL787-4050 Astronautics. Space travel
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Basic Sciences > Physics
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Academic programs > Electronics
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Emrah Kalemci
Date Deposited: 26 Aug 2019 14:46
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2023 16:03
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/37691

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