Journal article
Synchrotron radiation hardness studies of PILATUS II
BA Sobott, C Broennimann, EF Eikenberry, R Dinapoli, P Kraft, GN Taylor, PR Willmott, CM Schlepütz, RP Rassool
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation | INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY | Published : 2009
Abstract
A synchrotron beam has been used to investigate the radiation tolerance of a PILATUS II module. It has been demonstrated that radiation-induced threshold shifts become significant above 30 Mrad. Individual adjustment of pixel thresholds after irradiation enabled retention of standard behaviour in excess of 40 Mrad. This implies that a module can be continuously irradiated for in excess of 40 days at an individual pixel count rate of 106 counts s-1. © 2009. International Union of Crystallography.
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was carried out with the financial support of a postgraduate overseas research experience scholarship provided by the Graduate Research Scholarships Office, The University of Melbourne.