Title :
Development of a high resolution scintillating fiber gamma ray telescope
Author :
Atac, M. ; Chaney, R. ; Chrisman, D. ; Cline, D. ; Fenyves, E. ; Park, J. ; Antich, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
4/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report on further development and testing of a Compton telescope composed of scintillating fibers and position-sensitive photomultipliers. Initial tests of the telescope showed a better than 1-mm (RMS) position resolution and a 17.5-mrad (RMS) angular resolution for 1.2-MeV photons from a collimated 60Co gamma source. This type of device can be used for constructing large-area telescopes for gamma-ray astronomy. It was shown that this gamma ray telescope worked successfully
Keywords :
astronomical telescopes; gamma-ray astronomy; gamma-ray detection and measurement; photomultipliers; position sensitive particle detectors; scintillation counters; 60Co; Compton telescope; angular resolution; collimated; gamma source; gamma-ray astronomy; high resolution scintillating fiber gamma ray telescope; large-area telescopes; position resolution; position-sensitive photomultipliers; Astronomy; Cryogenics; Electromagnetic scattering; Energy resolution; Optical fiber testing; Particle scattering; Photomultipliers; Physics; Plastics; Telescopes;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
