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Ground electron calibration of Charged Particle Detectors onboard GECAM satellite

Authors :
J. J. He
Ping Zhou
Sheng Yang
Chaoyang Li
Zhenghua An
Wentao Ji
Xinqiao Li
Xiaohua Liang
Yaqing Liu
Ke Gong
Yanqiu Zhang
Dongya Guo
Shaolin Xiong
Yanbing Xu
Xilei Sun
Min Gao
J. Z. Wang
Xiaofei Lan
Xiaojing Liu
Fan Zhang
C. C. Zhang
Xiangyang Wen
Rui Qiao
Xiaoyun Zhao
Wenxi Peng
Chao Zheng
Dali Zhang
Source :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1022:165969
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2022.

Abstract

Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) is a pair of small satellites designed to monitor the Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), some of them are possibly associated with Gravitational Wave Events (GWE). Each satellite includes twenty-five Gamma-Ray Detectors (GRDs) and eight Charged Particle Detectors (CPDs). GRDs are used to detect X-rays and gamma-rays to realize the observation and location of significant events such as GRBs or other X-ray Bursts (XRBs). Meanwhile, CPDs are used to help GRDs distinguish between GRBs and charged particle events (the majority are electrons) in space. In this paper, we present the electron calibration results of the CPDs, including the energy linearity, energy resolution, angular response, detection efficiency and response in high count rates. Moreover, we use the calibration spectra to verify and correct the mass model of CPD in Geant4 simulation. After the correction, the simulated spectra are in good agreement with the measurements.

Details

ISSN :
01689002
Volume :
1022
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Accession number :
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