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HRC-I Quantum Efficiency Flight Model v. 2.1:
Broadband Measurements

Energy Band
(keV)
Primary Source Observed
(cts/s)
Predicted using
MCP QE v. 2.1 (cts/s)
> 1.022 G21.5-0.9 0.5190 0.5353 ± 0.0293
0.626 - 1.022 Cas A 88.074 83.38 ± 4.73
0.08-0.277 HZ 43 3.9159 4.0082±0.4484


For more information on these data, see "A New Flight Model of the HRC-I MCP Quantum Efficiency" by K. T. Hole, R. H. Donnelly and J. P. Brown.


Last modified: 09/25/12





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