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The design concept and first set of results are presented for electronic modules of a laboratory prototype of the small-size satellite instrument SIDRA intended for measurements of charged particle fluxes in outer space. The working prototype consists of a detector assembly based on high-purity silicon and fast scintillation detectors, modules of analogue and digital processing, and a secondary power supply module. The first results are discussed of a Monte-Carlo simulation of the instrument with the use of the GEANT4 toolkit and of measurements of the main parameters of charge-sensitive pre-amplifiers, shapers, and peak detectors. Results of calibration measurements with the use of radioactive sources and beams of accelerated charged particles are presented.
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Original Russian Text © O.V. Dudnik, M. Prieto, E.V. Kurbatov, S. Sanchez, T.G. Timakova, A.V. Spassky, V.N. Dubina, P. Parra, 2013, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2013, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 61–69.
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Dudnik, O.V., Prieto, M., Kurbatov, E.V. et al. SIDRA instrument for measurements of particle fluxes at satellite altitudes. Laboratory prototype. Sol Syst Res 47, 58–65 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094612060019
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