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Microchannel Plates: Quiz
Microchannel Plates Quiz
X-rays interact with the channel plate glass and electrodes via what process?
[A] Matter-antimatter annihilation
[B] Photon-photon interaction
[C] Photoelectric effect
MCPs are greatly affected by external magnetic fields.
[A] True
[B] False
Typical gains from multi-MCP configurations are in the range:
[A] 10
6
- 10
8
[B] 10
3
- 10
4
[C] 10
10
- 10
12
In general, MCPs do not have good energy resolution.
[A] True
[B] False
In general, the overall time resolution of an MCP detector system on a space mission is limited by what?
[A] Amount of time it takes the electrons to cascade through the plate
[B] Arrival times of the X-rays
[C] Satellite telemetry rate