The Data Readout System of the Nuclear Compton Telescope (NCT)

Author

Hung, Wei-Che ; Chang, Yuan-Hann ; Lin, Chih-Hsun ; Boggs, Steven E. ; Chang, Hsiang-Kuang ; Bandstra, Mark S. ; Bellm, Eric C. ; Chiu, Jeng-Lun ; Liang, Jau-Shian ; Liu, Zong-Kai ; Perez-Becker, Daniel ; Wunderer, Cornelia B. ; Zoglauer, Andreas ; Huang,

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Nat. Central Univ., Jhongli, Taiwan

Volume

56

Issue

4

fYear

2009

Firstpage

2303

Lastpage

2308

Abstract

The Nuclear Compton Telescope (NCT) is a balloon-borne telescope based on the 3D-positioning germanium detectors. It is designed to study astrophysical sources of gamma-ray emission in the energy range of 0.2 MeV to 10 MeV. The data readout system of NCT is designed to amplify, digitize and collect signals from a germanium detector according to a certain trigger scheme. It also has an interface to the NCT flight computer to receive commands and transfer data. This paper contains the design and the scientific test result of the readout system.

Keywords

Compton effect; astronomical telescopes; gamma-ray astronomy; gamma-ray detection; gamma-ray sources (astronomical); germanium radiation detectors; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; readout electronics; trigger circuits; 3D-positioning germanium detectors; NCT flight computer; Nuclear Compton Telescope; astrophysical sources; balloon-borne telescope; data readout system; electron volt energy 0.2 MeV to 10 MeV; gamma-ray emission; trigger scheme; Aerospace electronics; Astronomy; Gamma ray detectors; Germanium; Laboratories; Physics; Preamplifiers; Protection; Signal design; Telescopes; Gamma rays; gamma-ray astronomy; gamma-ray astronomy detectors; gamma-ray detectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2009.2022624

Filename

5204672