Development of the ComPair gamma-ray telescope prototype

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dc.contributor.authorShy, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorKierans, Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorCannady,  Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorCaputo, Regina
dc.contributor.authorSchoenwald, Adam J.
dc.contributor.authorZajczyk, Anna
dc.contributor.authoret al
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-10T14:40:00Z
dc.date.available2022-10-10T14:40:00Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-31
dc.descriptionAuthors: Daniel Shy, Carolyn Kierans, Nicolas Cannady, Regina Caputo, Sean Griffin, Eric Grove, Elizabeth Hays, Emily Kong, Nicholas Kirschner, Iker Liceaga-Indart, Julie McEnery, John Mitchell, Alexander A. Moiseev, Lucas Parker, Jeremy S. Perkins, Bernard Phlips, Makoto Sasaki, Adam J. Schoenwald, Clio Sleator, Jacob Smith, Lucas D. Smith, Sambid Wasti, Richard Woolf, Eric Wulf, Anna Zajczyken_US
dc.descriptionSPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing interest in the science uniquely enabled by observations in the MeV range, particularly in light of multi-messenger astrophysics. The Compton Pair (ComPair) telescope, a prototype of the AMEGO Probe-class concept, consists of four subsystems that together detect and characterize gamma rays in the MeV regime. A double-sided strip silicon Tracker gives a precise measure of the first Compton scatter interaction and tracks pair-conversion products. A novel cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector with excellent position and energy resolution beneath the Tracker detects the Compton-scattered photons. A thick cesium iodide (CsI) calorimeter contains the high-energy Compton and pair events. The instrument is surrounded by a plastic anticoincidence (ACD) detector to veto the cosmic-ray background. In this work, we will give an overview of the science motivation and a description of the prototype development and performance.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is supported under NASA Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA) grants NNH14ZDA001NAPRA, NNH15ZDA001N-APRA, NNH18ZDA001N-APRA, NNH21ZDA001N-APRA.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12181/121812G/Development-of-the-ComPair-gamma-ray-telescope-prototype/10.1117/12.2628811.fullen_US
dc.format.extent15 pagesen_US
dc.genreconference papers and proceedingsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m291zr-60lo
dc.identifier.citationDaniel Shy, Carolyn Kierans, Nicolas Cannady, Regina Caputo, Sean Griffin, Eric Grove, Elizabeth Hays, Emily Kong, Nicholas Kirschner, Iker Liceaga-Indart, Julie McEnery, John Mitchell, Alexander A. Moiseev, Lucas Parker, Jeremy S. Perkins, Bernard Phlips, Makoto Sasaki, Adam J. Schoenwald, Clio Sleator, Jacob Smith, Lucas D. Smith, Sambid Wasti, Richard Woolf, Eric Wulf, Anna Zajczyk, "Development of the ComPair gamma-ray telescope prototype," Proc. SPIE 12181, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 121812G (31 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628811en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628811
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/26129
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSPIEen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Center for Space Sciences and Technology
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.en_US
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dc.titleDevelopment of the ComPair gamma-ray telescope prototypeen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2916-6955en_US

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