Description:
Silicon based detectors are the current working horses of observational X-ray astronomy in the 0.120 keV energy band. They offer a nearly Fano limited energy resolution in combination with a high quantum effciency and have the advantage that, through the commercial usage of silicon in the semiconductor industry, a multitude of sophisticated processing technologies are available. This allows to build instruments with high spectral and spatial resolution designed to match the characteristics of the telescopes ...