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MIRA: A Low-Noise Pixelated ASIC for Photon Counting Applications

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Considering the future long-term space mission programs, many scientific targets will require a payload that includes an UV imager spectrograph. For instance, future missions on gas or ice giant planets will require imaging spectroscopy for a comprehensive study of the aurora footprints and polar magnetosphere as well as the characteristics of the upper atmosphere or exosphere of their satellites

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  1. Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria (DEIB), Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Edoardo Fabbrica, Marco Carminati & Carlo Fiorini

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    Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski

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Fabbrica, E., Carminati, M., Fiorini, C. (2024). MIRA: A Low-Noise Pixelated ASIC for Photon Counting Applications. In: Hansson, C., Iniewski, K.(. (eds) X-ray Photon Processing Detectors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35241-6_6

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