NDLI: The upcoming long duration balloon flight of the Nuclear Compton Telescope

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Author	Bandstra, M.E. Bellm, E. Boggs, S.E. Bowen, J.D. Perez-Becker, D. Wunderer, C.B. Zoglauer, A. Amman, M. Luke, P.N. Hsiang-Kuang Chang Jeng-Lun Chiu Jau-Shian Liang Yuan-Hann Chang Zong-Kai Liu Chih-Hsun Lin Huang, M.A. Jean, P.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Univ. of California, Berkeley (Bandstra, M.E.; Bellm, E.; Boggs, S.E.; Bowen, J.D.; Perez-Becker, D.; Wunderer, C.B.; Zoglauer, A.)
Abstract	The nuclear Compton telescope (NCT) is a balloon- borne soft gamma-ray (0.2 MeV-10 MeV) telescope designed to study astrophysical sources of nuclear line emission and polarization. A prototype instrument was successfully launched from Fort Sumner, New Mexico on June 1, 2005. The NCT prototype consisted of two 3D position sensitive high-purity germanium strip detectors (GeDs) fabricated with amorphous Ge contacts. We are currently working toward two balloon flights: another conventional balloon flight from Fort Sumner, New Mexico in September 2008, and a long-duration balloon flight (LDBF) from Alice Springs, Australia in December 2009. The NCT instrument is being upgraded to include all twelve planned GeDs. The electronics for all twelve detectors have been redesigned for smaller size, lower power consumption, and lower noise, and are now being fabricated and tested. Here we present our current progress in preparing for the flights.
Starting Page	2532
Ending Page	2537
File Size	610516
Page Count	6
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ISBN	9781424409228
ISSN	10957863
DOI	10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436668
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-10-26
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Telescopes Prototypes Instruments Electronic equipment testing Optical design Polarization Germanium Strips Position sensitive particle detectors Amorphous materials
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Performance of a Compton telescope using position-sensitive germanium detectors

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