Position sensitive detector of soft x-radiation and alpha particles on the charge-coupled device base

The position-sensitive detector based on a matrix of charge-coupled devices (CCD) operating on-line with the Pravets personal computer is designed. Application of the yttrium oxysulfide as a converter and give an opportunity to obtain 1300 electrons in CCD matrix per 1 photon absorbed in a phosphore for 8 keV X-ray photons. The detector ensures detection of single 5.5 MeV α particles. Spatial resolution for the detector with Y2O2S-Tb phosphore 40 mm in-diameter is about 350 μm for both X-ray photons and α particles. Detection efficiency nonuniformity over the detector area is ≤1% when the correcting matrix is used