Developing CMOS Detectors for Use in Future X-ray Astrophysics Missions

Speakers

Sarah Heine, PhD, Research Scientist, MIT Kavli Institute
Eric D. Miller, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Kavli Institute

Abstract

 While CCDs have been the workhorses of X-ray astronomy for the last 30 years, future missions will be looking to the next generation of X-ray detectors like microcalorimeters and CMOS detectors to continue delivering high level science.  CMOS sensors address many of the needs of future X-ray missions.  They offer short frame times, require lower power, and have more modest temperature requirements than CCDs.  While CMOS have been flown on a handful of X-ray missions already, there is still significant work to be done to bring CMOS detectors up to their full potential for use on a future X-ray flagship mission.  We will discuss several detectors under development, their relative strengths and weaknesses, and future work.

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