Characterisation of swept-charge devices for the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) instrument

J. Gow; D. R. Smith; A. D. Holland; B. Maddison; C. Howe; P. Sreekumar; J. Huovelin; M. Grande

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Characterisation of swept-charge devices for the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) instrument

J. Gow^*, D. R. Smith, A. D. Holland, B. Maddison, C. Howe, P. Sreekumar, J. Huovelin, M. Grande

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 mission is India's first lunar spacecraft, containing a suite of instruments to carry out high-resolution remote sensing of the Moon at visible, near infrared and X-ray wavelengths. Due for launch in early 2008, the spacecraft will carry out its two year mission in a polar orbit around the Moon at an altitude of 100 km. One of the eleven instruments in the spacecraft payload is the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS), a descendant of the successful D-CIXS instrument that flew on the European Space Agency SMART-1 lunar mission launched in 2003. C1XS consists of 24 swept-charge device (SCD) silicon X-ray detectors arranged in 6 modules that will carry out high quality X-ray spectroscopic mapping of the Moon using the technique of X-ray fluorescence. This paper presents an overview of the Chandrayaan-1 mission and specifically the C1XS instrument and describes the development of an SCD test facility, proton irradiation characterisation and screening of candidate SCD devices for the mission.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734062
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV - San Diego, CA, United States of America Duration: 26 Aug 2007 → 27 Aug 2007

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6686
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	San Diego, CA
Period	26 Aug 2007 → 27 Aug 2007

Keywords

C1XS
Chandrayaan-1
D-CIXS
Moon
SCD
SMART-1
Swept charge device

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Gow, J., Smith, D. R., Holland, A. D., Maddison, B., Howe, C., Sreekumar, P., Huovelin, J., & Grande, M. (2007). Characterisation of swept-charge devices for the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) instrument. In UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV Article 66860I (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6686). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734062

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Characterisation of swept-charge devices for the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) instrument. / Gow, J.; Smith, D. R.; Holland, A. D. et al.
UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV. 2007. 66860I (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6686).

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