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Next generation of pnCCDs for X-ray spectroscopy and imaging

Meidinger, Norbert; Strüder, Lothar; Herrmann, Sven +10 more

A special type of charge-coupled device, the pnCCD, has been developed in the nineties as focal-plane detector for the X-ray astronomy mission XMM-Newton of the European Space Agency. The pnCCD detector has been in operation since the satellite launch in 1999. It is performing up to date spectroscopy of X-rays in combination with imaging and high …