Author/Authors :
Lebrun ، نويسنده , , F. and Roques، نويسنده , , J.-P. and Sauvageon، نويسنده , , A. and Terrier، نويسنده , , Denis R. St. Laurent، نويسنده , , P. and Limousin، نويسنده , , O. and Lugiez، نويسنده , , F. and Claret، نويسنده , , A.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The payload of INTEGRAL, the space gamma-ray observatory launched in October 2002, features two gamma-ray telescopes that take advantage of the semiconductor technologies. The spectrometer SPI, is equipped with 19 high-purity germanium detectors cooled at 85 K. We will report on the SPI in-flight background, performance, the detector evolution and the annealings performed every 6 months. The INTEGRAL Soft Gamma-Ray Imager (ISGRI) is the low-energy camera of the IBIS telescope. It is the first large camera equipped with CdTe detectors. We will present some system aspects, in particular the noisy pixel handling and will report on its in-flight background, performance and their evolution.
Keywords :
Cooled germanium detectors , Room temperature semiconductors , Gamma-ray astronomy , ASICs , Space Environment