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The X-Ray UniverseThe X-Ray Universe
Potsdam University
Dr. Lidia OskinovaWintersemester 2008/09
[email protected]/~lida/x-ray.html
Chandra X-ray ObservatoryWesterlund 2 - a young star clusterd=2 × 104 ly
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01Reminder: X-ray telescopes
Wolter I mirrors (XMM-Newton, Chandra)
Lobster Eye (LOBSTER-ISS)
Collimators (RXTE)
Coded Mask (Integral)
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02
III. X-ray Detectors
http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/
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0303III. 1. Introduction
Ideal detector for satellite-borne X-ray astronomy?
High spatial resolution
Large useful area
Excellent temporal resolution
Good energy resolution
Broad bandwidth
Stable on timescales of years
Very low internal background
Immune to damage by the in-orbit radiation
Require no consumables
Simple and cheap
Light in weigh
A minimal power consumption
No moving parts
Low data rate
Such a detector does not exist!from "X-ray Detectors in Astronomy" G.W.Fraser
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04III. 2. Types of X-ray detectors
We want to detect a weak source against a fairly strong background.
1 ph with E 1..10 keV per 1 cm2 per s is a strong X-ray source
Integrating detectors (such as film) not much useful
Source detection is done on a photon-by-photon basis.
Non-imaging and imaging detectors
NB Dualism! X-ray quantum is both particle and wave
Ionization detectors: X-ray hits detector and ionizes an atom:
Photo-electric absorption
Resulting free electron will create secondary electrons
Electric field: the electrons can be collected and counted.
Mesured charge is proportional to the deposited energy
Microcalorimeters: Exited electorns go back to the original energy
Returning to ground state they loose energy to heat
Measured heat is proportional to the deposited energy
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05III. 3. Proportional counters - Non-imaging
www.orau.org/ptp/
The Size of the Pulse:
1. Operating Voltage.
The higher the operating voltage,
the larger each avalanche
and the larger the pulse.
2. Energy of X-ray photon.
The greater the energy of photon
the larger the number of primary ions
the larger the number of avalanches,
and the larger the pulse.
Measured voltage:
δU = − eNC · A
A is amplification factor (104 ...106 )
A is constant, voltage puls ∝ eN ∝ energy
Propotional counter.
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06III. 4. Proportional counters. Avalanche.
www.orau.org/ptp/
Typical duration of signal 100µs
Errors:
Poisson statistics
(N discrete ion pairs)
∆E ∝√
N
Problems:
Exited ions emit UV ph
Detector background:
photo-effect: avalanches
Total cascade takes time:
dead time
quenching
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07III. 5. Background.
Background results from:
* Particles and Photons
* Particles: cosmic rays, inreplanetary rays, radiation belts around Earth
* radioactivity of detector, trapped electrons, solar activity..
* Cosmic X-ray background, unresolved sources, secondary UV photons
* optical leakage, et cet...
Understanding the background is key to correct intrpreatationofthe data
Non-Imaging Instruments: how to reject background?
Energy Selection:
rejecting all events which deposit energies outside the X-ray bandpass
rise-time discrimination
anti-coincidence within a sub-divided gas cell
Reducing backgruond by factor 100!
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08III. 6. The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Mission (1995-present)
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/xtegof.html
NASA, 2 to 250 keV
Proportional Counter Array
High-energy X-ray timing experiment
All Sky Monitor
µsec resolution, it is all about timing
Blach Holes, pulsars, etc...
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09III. 7. CCD: Charge Coupled Devices - Imaging
* An array of linked ("coupled") capacitors
* Photons interact in a semiconductor substrate
and are converted into electrons
* An applied electric field collects
and stores the electrons in pixels
* Pixels are "coupled" and can transfer their stored charge
to neighboring pixels
* Stored charge is transferred to a output amplifier and read out
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10III. 8. Reminder: What is Semiconductor?
A silicon crystal is different from an insulator
- T>0: finite probability that an electron in the lattice
- is knocked loose from its position
- behind is an electron deficiency called a "hole"
- voltage: both the electron and the hole contribute to small current
The Doping of Semiconductors
The addition of a small percentage of foreign atoms in the regular
crystal lattice of silicon or germanium changes their electrical properties
producing n-type and p-type semiconductors.
see http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
-Atoms with 5 valence electrons produce n-type semiconductors
by contributing extra electrons.
-Atoms with 3 valence electrons produce p-type semiconductors
by producing a "hole" or electron deficiency.
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11III. 9. Photoelectric Absorption
Photoelectric interaction of X-ray with Si atoms
generates electron-hole pairs.
On average: Ne = EX /w, Ne = number of electrons, EX = energy of X-ray photon
W ~ 3.7 eV/e- (temperature dependent)
X-ray creates a charge cloud which can diffuse
and/or move under influence of an electric field
A single metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) storage well,
the basic element in a CCD
X-ray CCDs operated in photon-counting mode
Spectroscopy requires 1 photon interaction per pixel per frametime
Minimum frametime limited by readout rate
Tradeoff between increasing readout rate and noise
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12III. 10. Schematic illustration of Chandra CCD
http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/instrumentsSchema.html
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13III. 11. Schematic illustration of Chandra CCD
http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/instrumentsSchema.html
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14III. 12. Front illuminated CCD structure
See figure in the leaflet.
X-rays incident from the top must pass through a number of
‘‘dead’’ layers which make up the "gate" structure.
After they enter the photosensitive volume of the device.
The gate structure is to allow charge collected in the device
to be moved from the vicinity of the photon interaction site
to an output amplifier.
see figure "the CCD charge transfer".
Aplifier converts the charge to a measurable electrical signal.
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15III. 13. Back illuminated CCD structure
Many astrophysically interesting problems require good
low-energy (< 1 keV) efficiency (pulsars, ISM, SNR, et cet....)
Soft X-rays are lost to absorption in gate structures and filters
Solutions:
Thinned gates, open gates (XMM EPIC-MOS, Swift)
Back-illumination (Chandra ACIS, XMM EPIC-PN, Suzaku XIS)
See figure in the leaflet.
Back-illuminated CCDs differ from the front-illuminated devices:
1) They are much thinner. 2) X-rays do not pass through the gates.
Thin deadlayers -- higher low-energy quantum efficiency
Thin active regions - low high-energy quantum efficiency
But! Increased noise, charge transfer iefficiency, higher FWHM
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16III. 14. Chandra ACIS: Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer
http://asc.harvard.edu/proposer/POG/
10 chips, 8 FI, 2 BI
Each CCD 1024 x 1024 pixels
Pixel size 24 micron (0.5 arcsec)
Array size 17 x 17 arcmin
Nominal frame time 3.2s
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17III. 15. View of ACIS as seen by HRMA
http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/ACIS.html
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18III. 16. Chandra Spacecraft
http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources
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19III. 16. ACIS image of NGC346 in the SMC
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20III. 17. Zoom on NGC346
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21III. 18. XMM-Newton has three telescopes and 3 detectors
http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_user_support/documentation/technical/Spacecraft/i
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22III. 19. Two MOS cameras: Front illuminated.
NGC 346 in the SMC
http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_user_support/documentation/technical/EPIC
Two identical cameras
7 chips each
30 armin diameter
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23III. 20. XMM-Newton PN camera: back illuminated
NGC 346 in the SMC
http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_user_support/documentation/technical/EPIC
12 chips each
30 armin diameter
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24III. 21. NGC346: X-ray + optic + IR
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25III. 22. CCD X-ray spectroscopy
Photoelectric interaction of a single X-ray photon with a Si
atom produces free electrons:
Ne =EX /W, where W=3.7eV
Spectral resolution depends on CCD readout noise and
physics of secondary ionization:
At 1 keV ACIS-I: 50eV; MOS: 70eV, PN 80eV
CCD characteristics that maximize spectral resolution:
* Good charge collection and transfer efficiencies
* Low readout and dark-current noise (low ccd temperature)
* High readout rate (requires tradeoff vs. noise)
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26III. 23. XMM-Newton PN image of O type star ζ Puppis
Very few lines resolved
No line structure
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27III. 24. Two XMM-Newton telescopes have grating assemblies
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28III. 25. The Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS) onboard XMM-Newton
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29III. 26. Image in RGS camera of O star ζ Puppis
X-ray grating works identical to optical grating both follow the grating equaiton
sinβ=mλ/p
λ is wavelength, β is dispersion angle, m is order 1, 2, 3 etc
p is the spatial period if the grating, RGS ∆λ=0.05Ao
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30III. 27. Science spectra of O stars
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