Detectors for gamma-ray burst astronomy /A critical comparison/

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May 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977ssi.....3..123c&link_type=abstract

Space Science Instrumentation, vol. 3, May 1977, p. 123-129. Research supported by the Science Research Council.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Gamma Rays, Scintillation Counters, X Ray Astronomy, Atmospheric Attenuation, Compton Effect, Inelastic Scattering, Photocathodes, Plastics, Sodium Iodides

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In order to increase the sensitivity of detectors designed for gamma-ray burst astronomy a number of experimenters have built instruments which incorporate large blocks of plastic scintillators. The performance of this type of detector is compared with much smaller sodium iodide scintillators. A consideration of the burst photon spectrum, sources of background and the basic characteristics of the two detector systems suggests that a sodium iodide detector 125 by 125 by 1 cm in dimension is equivalent in sensitivity to a plastic scintillator 5000 by 5000 by 5 cm in dimension.

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