Neutron induced background in the COMPTEL detector on the Gamma Ray Observatory

Details Neutron induced background in the COMPTEL detector on the Gamma Ray Observatory Neutron induced background in the COMPTEL detector on the Gamma Ray Observatory

Feb 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992nascp3137..102m&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, The Compton Observatory Science Workshop p 102-108 (SEE N92-21874 12-90)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Background Radiation, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Gamma Ray Observatory, Gamma Rays, Imaging Techniques, Neutron Beams, Neutrons, Spaceborne Telescopes, Aluminum, Estimating, Isotropy, Modules, Prototypes, Shapes, Signatures

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Interactions of neutrons in a prototype of the Compton imaging telescope (COMPTEL) gamma ray detector for the Gamma Ray Observatory were studied to determine COMPTEL's sensitivity as a neutron telescope and to estimate the gamma ray background resulting from neutron interactions. The IUCF provided a pulsed neutron beam at five different energies between 18 and 120 MeV. These measurements showed that the gamma ray background from neutron interactions is greater than previously expected. It was thought that most such events would be due to interactions in the upper detector modules of COMPTEL and could be distinguished by pulse shape discrimination. Rather, the bulk of the gamma ray background appears to be due to interactions in passive material, primarily aluminum, surrounding the D1 modules. In a considerable fraction of these interactions, two or more gamma rays are produced simultaneously, with one interacting in the D1 module and the other interacting in the module of the lower (D2) detector. If the neutron interacts near the D1 module, the D1 D2 time of flight cannot distinguish such an event from a true gamma ray event. In order to assess the significance of this background, the flux of neutrons in orbit has been estimated based on observed events with neutron pulse shape signature in D1. The strength of this neutron induced background is estimated. This is compared with the rate expected from the isotropic cosmic gamma ray flux.

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