For the first time, an X-ray detector has been completely characterized and calibrated at the PTB-owned Metrology Light Source (MLS) and in the PTB laboratory at BESSY II. For the eROSITA X-ray telescope, a backside illuminated pnCCD detector with a thickness of 450 µm was developed and fabricated at the Max-Planck-Institute Semiconductor Laboratory (MPI HLL). It has an ultrathin pn-junction...
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