The CASTER Black Hole Finder Probe

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Mar 2008

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American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #10, #41.09

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Some type of large area coded aperture imager, operating in the 10-600 keV energy range, has been a strong candidate for NASA's Black Hole Finder Probe (BHFP), one of three probe missions currently envisioned as part of the Beyond Einstein Program. We have been developing a coded aperture mission concept for the Black Hole Finder Probe based on the use of the latest scintillator technologies. The many advantages of some scintillator materials (significantly improved light output, energy resolution and timing capabilities) make them an attractive detector for the next generation of coded aperture imagers. This concept, which we refer to as CASTER (Coded Aperture Survey Telescope for Energetic Radiation), was one of two BHFP concepts recently considered by the Beyond Einstein Program Assesment Committee (BEPAC). The CASTER coded aperture imagers are based on the use of Lanthanum Bromide scintillator for detecting and locating photon interactions. Here we summarize our current concept for the CASTER mission and provide an update on the technology development.

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