On May 21,2023,the Macao Science Satellite-1B(MSS-1B),a low-inclination,low-latitude,and high-precision scientific exploration satellite for geomagnetic fields and space environments,was successfully launched.The sola...On May 21,2023,the Macao Science Satellite-1B(MSS-1B),a low-inclination,low-latitude,and high-precision scientific exploration satellite for geomagnetic fields and space environments,was successfully launched.The solar X-ray detector(SXD),one of the two major scientific payloads onboard the MSS-1B,has obtained a large amount of solar X-ray radiation data,which reveals the distribution law of the magnetic field in the low Earth orbit,as well as the coupling law of the Earth's magnetic field and the solar radiation and energy particle distributions.First,the overall design of the multi-detection-unit,broad-energy-range,small-volume,and low-power SXD was implemented to achieve the scientific objectives of the mission.Second,the technical indicators of the instrument were decomposed into various components,and the key technologies,such as collimator,processing circuit,thermal,and payload dataset designs,were reviewed.Third,the backgrounds,including electronic noise,cosmic diffuse X-ray background,and high-energy background in the Earth's radiation belts in and out of the field of view,were analyzed for the instrument.Then,the ground calibrations of the energy response,detection efficiency,and temperature-dependent peak drift of the SXD flight model were conducted.Finally,the in-orbit temperature,energy spectrum data,background,and solar flare process observation of the instrument in the in-orbit test stage are presented,verifying the instrument design,analysis,and ground calibration,providing a foundation for obtaining accurate solar X-ray radiation data,and achieving the scientific objectives of the satellite.展开更多
CdZnTe is an excellent material candidate for high efficiency,high-resolution room-temperature nuclear radiation detectors,and the CdZnTe detectors are being widely used in medicine,industry,safeguard and scientific X...CdZnTe is an excellent material candidate for high efficiency,high-resolution room-temperature nuclear radiation detectors,and the CdZnTe detectors are being widely used in medicine,industry,safeguard and scientific X-ray and γ-ray imaging and spectroscopic applications.In this work,three CdZnTe planar detectors with different grades,named CZT-1,CZT-2 and CZT-3,respectively,were fabricated.And the effects of mobility,lifetime and de-trapping time on the performance of CdZnTe planar detector,such as the energy resolution,charge collection efficiency and peak to valley ratio,were analyzed.The charge collection efficiency depends on the product of carrier mobility and lifetime,which has a great effect on the energy resolution of detector when the efficiency is less than 90%.The de-trapping time of carriers in deep levels should be responsible for the peak to valley ratio and "polarization".展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42327802)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFF0708100)。
文摘On May 21,2023,the Macao Science Satellite-1B(MSS-1B),a low-inclination,low-latitude,and high-precision scientific exploration satellite for geomagnetic fields and space environments,was successfully launched.The solar X-ray detector(SXD),one of the two major scientific payloads onboard the MSS-1B,has obtained a large amount of solar X-ray radiation data,which reveals the distribution law of the magnetic field in the low Earth orbit,as well as the coupling law of the Earth's magnetic field and the solar radiation and energy particle distributions.First,the overall design of the multi-detection-unit,broad-energy-range,small-volume,and low-power SXD was implemented to achieve the scientific objectives of the mission.Second,the technical indicators of the instrument were decomposed into various components,and the key technologies,such as collimator,processing circuit,thermal,and payload dataset designs,were reviewed.Third,the backgrounds,including electronic noise,cosmic diffuse X-ray background,and high-energy background in the Earth's radiation belts in and out of the field of view,were analyzed for the instrument.Then,the ground calibrations of the energy response,detection efficiency,and temperature-dependent peak drift of the SXD flight model were conducted.Finally,the in-orbit temperature,energy spectrum data,background,and solar flare process observation of the instrument in the in-orbit test stage are presented,verifying the instrument design,analysis,and ground calibration,providing a foundation for obtaining accurate solar X-ray radiation data,and achieving the scientific objectives of the satellite.
基金supported by the National Instrumentation Program (GrantNo. 2011YQ040082)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos. 50902113,50902114)+3 种基金Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (Grant No. NCET-10-0076)the National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Project) (Grant No. 2011CB610406)the"111" Project of China (Grant No. B08040)NPU Foundation for Fundamental Research (Grant No. JC20100228)
文摘CdZnTe is an excellent material candidate for high efficiency,high-resolution room-temperature nuclear radiation detectors,and the CdZnTe detectors are being widely used in medicine,industry,safeguard and scientific X-ray and γ-ray imaging and spectroscopic applications.In this work,three CdZnTe planar detectors with different grades,named CZT-1,CZT-2 and CZT-3,respectively,were fabricated.And the effects of mobility,lifetime and de-trapping time on the performance of CdZnTe planar detector,such as the energy resolution,charge collection efficiency and peak to valley ratio,were analyzed.The charge collection efficiency depends on the product of carrier mobility and lifetime,which has a great effect on the energy resolution of detector when the efficiency is less than 90%.The de-trapping time of carriers in deep levels should be responsible for the peak to valley ratio and "polarization".
