Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-12-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To appear in: Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray and Neutron Detector Physics XI, 2000; Proc. SPIE, vol. 4140; K.A. Flanagan & O.H. Siegmun
Scientific paper
LXeGRIT is a balloon-borne Compton telescope based on a liquid xenon time projection chamber (LXeTPC) for imaging cosmic \g-rays in the energy band of 0.2-20 MeV. The detector, with 400 cm$^2$ area and 7 cm drift gap, is filled with high purity LXe. Both ionization and scintillation light signals are detected to measure the energy deposits and the three spatial coordinates of individual \g -ray interactions within the sensitive volume. The TPC has been characterized with repeated measurements of its spectral and Compton imaging response to \g -rays from radioactive sources such as \na, \cs, \yt and Am-Be. The detector shows a linear response to \g -rays in the energy range 511 keV -4.4 MeV, with an energy resolution (FWHM) of $ \Delta E/E=8.8% \: \sqrt{1\MeV /E}$. Compton imaging of \yt \g -ray events with two detected interactions is consistent with an angular resolution of $\sim$ 3 degrees (RMS) at 1.8 MeV.
Aprile Elena
Chupp ; E. L.
Curioni Alessandro
Doke ; T.
Dunphy Philip P.
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