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GAMCOTE: a prototype for an advanced Compton Telescope
GAMCOTE: a prototype for an advanced Compton Telescope
- Source :
- SPIE Proceedings.
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- SPIE, 2016.
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Abstract
- Astronomy in the MeV gamma-ray band (0.1 - 100 MeV) holds a rich promise for elucidating many fundamental questions concerning the most violent cosmic phenomena. The next generation of gamma-ray space instrument could be a Compton and pair-creation telescope made of two main parts: a silicon tracker optimized for Compton scattering of cosmic gamma rays and a calorimeter that absorbs the scattered photons. We present here the first results of GAMCOTE, a GAMma-ray COmpton TElescope prototype which includes thick double sided silicon strip detectors coupled to a LaBr3:Ce crystal read by a 64 multi-anode photomultiplier tube.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Photomultiplier
Photon
Calorimeter (particle physics)
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
010308 nuclear & particles physics
business.industry
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Compton telescope
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Gamma ray
Compton scattering
Astronomy
Gamma-ray astronomy
01 natural sciences
law.invention
Telescope
Optics
law
0103 physical sciences
business
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0277786X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- SPIE Proceedings
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........13ac11c395ad04eb482137f4742baea0
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231620