Microchannel plates in astronomy and planetary science

Since their declassification in the late 1960s microchannel plates (MCPs) have been used as detectors for X-ray and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) astronomy, offering a unique sensitivity in the EUV waveband. The post 1990 era, however, has seen a universal, and unexplained, reduction in EUV quantum effi...

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Main Author: Carpenter, James David
Other Authors: Fraser, George
Published: University of Leicester 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.431352