Gamma Large Area Silicon Telescope (GLAST): Applying silicon strip detector technology to the detection of gamma rays in space

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Jun 1993

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Presented at the GLAST Silicon Detector Conference, Hiroshima, Japan, 22-24 May 1993

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Calorimeters, Electron-Positron Pairs, Gamma Ray Telescopes, Microstrip Devices, Silicon Radiation Detectors, Spaceborne Experiments, Angular Resolution, Computerized Simulation, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Gamma Ray Observatory

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The recent discoveries and excitement generated by space satellite experiment EGRET (presently operating on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO)) have prompted an investigation into modern detector technologies for the next generation space based gamma ray telescopes. The GLAST proposal is based on silicon strip detectors as the 'technology of choice' for space application: no consumables, no gas volume, robust (versus fragile), long lived, and self triggerable. The GLAST detector basically has two components: a tracking module preceding a calorimeter. The tracking module has planes of crossed strip (x,y) 300 (mu)m pitch silicon detectors coupled to a thin radiator to measure the coordinates of converted electron-positron pairs. The gap between the layers (approximately 5 cm) provides a lever arm for track fitting resulting in an angular resolution of less than 0.1 deg at high energy. The status of this R & D effort is discussed including details on triggering the instrument, the organization of the detector electronics and readout, and work on computer simulations to model this instrument.

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