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The use of swept-charge devices in planetary analogue X-ray fluorescence studies

Smith, D. R.; Walker, T. E.

The Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) was launched onboard the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission in October 2008. The instrument consisted of 24 swept-charge device (SCD) silicon X-ray detectors providing a total collecting area of ~ 24 cm², corresponding to a 14° field of view (FWHM), with the …