High-gain effects minimized at the ends of the anodes in position sensitive gas proportional counters for SSM on ASTROSAT

Experimental Astronomy - Tập 39 Số 1 - Trang 11-20 - 2015
M. C. Ramadevi1, V. C. Babu1, B. N. Ashoka1, S. Seetha2
1Space Astronomy Group, SSIF, ISITE, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, India
2Space Science Office, ISRO Headquarters, Bangalore, India

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