An imager prototype for gamma-ray astronomy

Author

Carter, T. ; Bird, A.J. ; Dean, A.J. ; Green, A.R. ; Hills, G. ; Jupp, I.D. ; Lei, F. ; Swinyard, B. ; Cocco, G. Di ; Labanti, C. ; Rossi, E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Southampton Univ., UK

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

30 Oct-5 Nov 1994

Firstpage

56

Abstract

A two layer hexagonal pixellated imaging gamma-ray detector has been constructed to evaluate both the design and scientific aspects of the INTEGRAL (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) Imager. This prototype imager consists of two layers each comprising of 37 elements. Where each element is a discrete hexagonal 11 mm A/F×30 mm CsI(Tl) scintillator coupled to a p-i-n photodiode detector. In this paper we review the scientific and engineering aspects of the prototype and present details of the instrument calibration

Keywords

astronomical instruments; calibration; gamma-ray astronomy; gamma-ray detection; p-i-n photodiodes; solid scintillation detectors; INTEGRAL Imager; discrete hexagonal CsI(Tl) scintillator; gamma-ray astronomy; imager prototype; instrument calibration; p-i-n photodiode detector; two layer hexagonal pixellated imaging gamma-ray detector; Astronomy; Astrophysics; Design engineering; Gamma ray detectors; Instruments; Laboratories; Optical imaging; PIN photodiodes; Pixel; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994., 1994 IEEE Conference Record

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2544-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1994.474393

Filename

474393