| Content Provider |
IEEE Xplore Digital Library |
| Author |
Bellm, Eric C. Chiu, Jeng-Lun Perez-Becker, Daniel Liang, Jau-Shian Zoglauer, Andreas Bandstra, Mark S. Liu, Zong-Kai Boggs, Steven E. Chang, Hsiang-Kuang Chang, Yuan-Hann Huang, Minghuey A. Amman, Mark Hung, Wei-Che Jean, Pierre Lin, Chih-Hsun Luke, Paul N. Run, Ray-Shine Wunderer, Cornelia B. |
| Copyright Year |
2009 |
| Description |
Author affiliation: Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements (CESR), 31028 Toulouse, France, Cedex 4 (Jean, Pierre) || National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 32001 (Liu, Zong-Kai; Chang, Yuan-Hann; Hung, Wei-Che) || Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 11529 (Lin, Chih-Hsun) || National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 30013 (Chiu, Jeng-Lun; Liang, Jau-Shian; Chang, Hsiang-Kuang) || Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720 (Amman, Mark; Luke, Paul N.) || University of California Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720 (Bellm, Eric C.; Perez-Becker, Daniel; Zoglauer, Andreas; Bandstra, Mark S.; Boggs, Steven E.; Wunderer, Cornelia B.) || National United University, Miaoli, Taiwan, 36003 (Huang, Minghuey A.; Run, Ray-Shine) |
| Abstract |
The Nuclear Compton Telescope (NCT) is a balloon-borne gamma-ray telescope which uses cross-strip germanium detectors to study astrophysical sources of nuclear line emission. The compact design allows for wide-field imaging with excellent efficiency from 0.2–10 MeV. Moreover, the Compton imaging principle utilized by NCT provides polarimetric sensitivity above 200 keV. We conducted an extensive calibration campaign using radioactive sources prior to our flight from Ft. Sumner, New Mexico in Spring 2009. We present the results of our calibration of the effective area throughout NCT's field of view and compare them with Monte Carlo simulations using a detailed mass model. Additionally, we assess NCT's polarimetric capabilities with observations of a partially-polarized beam. |
| Starting Page |
444 |
| Ending Page |
448 |
| File Size |
1077327 |
| Page Count |
5 |
| File Format |
PDF |
| ISBN |
9781424439614 |
| ISSN |
10957863 |
| DOI |
10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5406733 |
| Language |
English |
| Publisher |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
| Publisher Date |
2009-10-24 |
| Publisher Place |
USA |
| Access Restriction |
Subscribed |
| Rights Holder |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
| Subject Keyword |
Calibration Telescopes Image reconstruction Detectors Germanium Optical imaging Springs Laboratories Strips Gamma ray detection germanium radiation detectors Gamma-ray astronomy detectors gamma-ray imaging Compton imaging Polarimetry |
| Content Type |
Text |
| Resource Type |
Article |
