On-orbit calibration of soft X-ray detector on Chang'E-2 satellite

TL;DR

This paper details the calibration process of the soft X-ray detector on Chang'E-2, focusing on energy linearity and resolution, achieving within 5% uncertainty after correction.

Contribution

It introduces a calibration method for the soft X-ray detector on Chang'E-2, including energy linearity and resolution calibration using Fe55 source.

Findings

Energy calibration achieved within 5% uncertainty.

Calibration method accounts for temperature and time effects.

Detector effectively detects lunar surface elements.

Abstract

X-ray spectrometer is one of the satellite payloads on Chang'E-2 satellite. The soft X-ray detector is one of the device on X-ray spectrometer which is designed to detect the major rock-forming elements within 0.5-10keV range on lunar surface. In this paper, energy linearity and energy resolution calibration is done using a weak Fe55 source, while temperature and time effect is considered not take big error. The total uncertainty is estimated to be within 5% after correction.