Proportional Counter Array (PCA)
Mission: XTE.The PCA is an array of five proportional counters with a total collecting area of 6500 square cm. The instrumental properties are:
- Energy range: 2 - 60 keV
- Energy resolution: < 18% at 6 keV
- Time resolution: 1 microsec
- Spatial resolution: collimator with 1 degree FWHM
- Detectors: 5 proportional counters
- Collecting area: 6500 square cm
- Layers: 1 Propane veto; 3 Xenon, each split into two; 1 Xenon veto layer
- Sensitivity: 0.1 mCrab
- Background: 2 mCrab
The PCA was built by the EUD (formerly 'LHEA') at GSFC. For more information, please see the PCA team page.
The PCA principal investigator is Dr. Jean H. Swank.
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