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The discovery and measurement of cosmic X-ray sources has almost invariably been performed with proportional counters which have large window areas. In the energy range from 1 to 50 keV, proportional counters have advantages over other types of detectors; they provide energy resolution and they can be made relatively easily with very large window areas.
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Sanford, P.W., Cruise, A.M., Culhane, J.L. (1970). Techniques for Improving the Sensitivity of Proportional Counters Used in X-ray Astronomy. In: Gratton, L. (eds) Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy. International Astronomical Union/Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3311-4_4
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