Performance results of the GALEX cross delay line detectors
Abstract
We describe the performance results for the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) far ultraviolet (FUV) and near ultraviolet (NUV) detectors. The detectors were delivered to JPL/Caltech starting in the fall of 2000 and have undergone approximately 1000 hours of pre-flight system-level testing to date. The GALEX detectors are sealed tube micro-channel plate (MCP) delay line readout detectors. They have a 65 mm diameter active area, which will be the largest format on orbit. The FUV detector has a spectral bandpass from 115 - 180 nm and the NUV detector has a bandpass from 165 - 300 nm. We report here on the performance of the detectors before and after integration into the instrument. Characteristics measured include the background count rate and distribution, gain vs. applied high voltage, spatial resolution and linearity, flat fields, and quantum efficiency.
Additional Information
© 2003 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). The authors would like to thank the GALEX teams at Caltech and JPL. We would also like to thank Darrel Doliber and Joseph Stock for their large contribution in the construction and characterization of the tubes. This work was supported by Caltech under contract #PC251341 and GSFC grant # NAG5-7615.Attached Files
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20180726-153351878
- PC251341
- NASA
- NAG5-7615
- NASA
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2018-07-30Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-16Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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- Space Astrophysics Laboratory
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- Proceedings of SPIE
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- 4854