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Position resolution

 

At 0.93 keV the position resolution was found to be 300 tex2html_wrap_inline1892 m (corresponding to tex2html_wrap_inline1922 in the focal plane) with a deviation of about 5 percent (rms) over the whole sensitive area of the counter. In the central part of the field of view the position resolution will be energy-dependent, while at off-axis angles larger than about 20' the position resolution of the combined XMA+PSPC system is dominated by the telescope rather than the detector and is consequently energy-independent.



Michael Arida
Tue Jun 11 16:18:41 EDT 1996