Welcome to Keith's Thesis and Publication Page:

Keiths Thesis

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TITLE: X-Ray CCD Calibration; X-Ray CCD Radiation Damage Evaluation and Modelling; Use of CCDs to Measure the Spectrum of the Cosmic X-Ray BackGround with ASCA

The Thesis-- Finished!(15 May 1995)

The Title Page & Abstract

The Table Of Contents, List of Figures and Tables

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Calibration

Chapter 3: Radiation Damage

Chapter 4: XRB measurements

Bibliography

Appendix A: CCD basics

Appendix B: Event Detection

Appendix C: CCD Escape Peaks

Appendix D: CCD Depletion Depths

Appendix E: SIS CCD Wafers

Appendix F: SIS Internal background

Appendix G: Some scripts

Appendix H: Acronyms

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Papers

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Radiation Damage in CCDs

Proton Damage in X-ray CCDs for Space Applications: Ground Evaluation Techniques and Effects on Flight Performance. which is NIM A 335 (1993) 318-327.

A Technique to Measure Trap Characteristics in CCDs Using X-rays. which has been submitted to IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (accepted). MIT CSR Preprint # CSR-94-31

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Background: Instrumental and Cosmic

Instrumental Background In ASCA SIS CCDs .: This is what was published in ASCA News, July 1994 Issue. MIT CSR Preprint # CSR-94-26

ASCA New Horizons Paper on the Spectrum of the XRB . : This will appear in the proceedings of the ASCA New Horizons Conference in Tokyo, 1994.MIT CSR Preprint # CSR-94-09

First PASJ paper on XRB (Accepted!):

• 3 January 1995 Version of the Initial PASJ Paper on the Spectrum of the XRB .

Deep hard X-ray Source counts from a fluctuation analysis of ASCA SIS images accepted to MNRAS Oct 1997

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Please direct questions/comments/criticisms to Keith Gendreau:

gendreau@vite.gsfc.nasa.gov

301-286-2911