NDLI: The TIGRE desktop prototype results for 511 and 900 keV gamma rays

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Author	O'Neill, T.J. Bhattacharya, D. Blair, S. Case, G. Tumer, O.T. White, R.S. Zych, A.D.
Copyright Year	1963
Abstract	A small desktop prototype of the Tracking and Imaging Gamma-Ray Experiment (TIGRE) has been assembled and tested at 511 keV and 900 keV. TIGRE was designed to observe cosmic gamma ray sources at energies of 0.3 to 100 MeV. Its major feature is its use of multi-layer silicon strip detectors to track Compton recoil electrons and positron-electron pairs. Our small prototype consists of 7 double sided silicon strip detectors 3.2 cm/spl times/3.2 cm/spl times/300 micron with 1 mm pitch in both the x and y directions. The direction and energy of the Compton scattered gamma ray is measured with small CsI(Tl) photodiode detectors. Knowing the energy and momentum of the scattered electron and scattered photon allows us to determine the incident direction uniquely. In the small prototype 36 CsI(Tl) crystals of 1 cm/spl times/1 cm/spl times/1.7 cm were used. Non-tracked events, those interacting in only a single silicon plane, can only be determined to within the Compton scatter ring. The silicon strips were calibrated using the 60 keV photons from Am/sup 241/ and the Landau peak obtained from a Sr/sup 90/ beta source. The energy resolution of the silicon was measured to be 8 keV (1/spl sigma/) at 60 keV and 7.8% FWHM for CsI at 900 keV. Total energy resolutions at 511 and 900 keV were measured to be 11% and 8.9% FWHM respectively. An important requirement of TIGRE will be its ability to separate the upward moving gamma rays produced by cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere from the downward moving gamma rays. For tracked events this is done by defining a direction of motion (DOM) parameter for the electron by its energy deposition and multiple scattering in the silicon layers. Measurements at 511 and 900 keV show that the DOM parameter is correctly predicted at 70% and 75% for tracked events which constitute 9% and 20% of the data. Monte Carlo simulations show similar results and show the percentage increasing to 98% at 6 MeV in which nearly all of the events are tracked.<>
Sponsorship	IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences (CANPS) Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab. APS College of William and Mary Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility NASA Defence Nuclear Agency Sandia National Laboratories Jet Propulsion Laboratory Brookhaven Nat. Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab IEEE/NPPS Radiat. Effects Committee Defence Nuclear Agency/DoD Sandia National Laboratories/DOE Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA Phillips Lab./DoD
Starting Page	933
Ending Page	939
Page Count	7
File Size	465816
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189499
Volume Number	42
Issue Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1995-08-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Prototypes Gamma rays Silicon Electromagnetic scattering Particle scattering Strips Electrons Energy measurement Detectors Energy resolution
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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