Reconstruction algorithm and full area energy resolution of the scientific prototype of the high pressure gas scintillation proportional counter on board the SAX satellite

In the following paper we describe an event position reconstruction and energy correction technique that is being implemented on the High Pressure Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter (HPGSPC), that will be flown aboard the Italian Satellite for X-ray astronomy, SAX. We discuss how this technique will greatly enhance the spectroscopic performances of the detector and we report some results regarding the full area energy resolution of the scientific model of the HPGSPC.