HEXITEC Detectors (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

HEXITEC Detectors

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The HEXITEC detectors are pixelated, solid-state detectors that record individual X-ray photons at high count rates necessary for solar-flare observations.

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Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk

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