SMILE-II: Observation of celestial and atmosphereic MeV gamma rays using a balloon-borne wide fields of view Electron-Tracking Compton Camera

A. Takada; T. Tanimori; H. Kubo; K. Miuchi; S. Kabuki; J. D. Parker; Y. Kishimoto; T. Mizumoto; K. Ueno; S. Kurosawa; S. Iwaki; T. Sawano; K. Taniue; K. Nakamura; N. Higashi; Y. Matsuoka; S. Komura; Y. Sato; S. Arvelius; E. Turunen

SMILE-II: Observation of celestial and atmosphereic MeV gamma rays using a balloon-borne wide fields of view Electron-Tracking Compton Camera

A. Takada, T. Tanimori, H. Kubo, K. Miuchi, S. Kabuki, J. D. Parker, Y. Kishimoto, T. Mizumoto, K. Ueno, S. Kurosawa, S. Iwaki, T. Sawano, K. Taniue, K. Nakamura, N. Higashi, Y. Matsuoka, S. Komura, Y. Sato, S. Arvelius, E. Turunen

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Abstract

We have developed an Electron Tracking Compton Camera (ETCC) as an MeV gamma-ray telescope in the next generation. The ETCC consists of a gaseous time projection chamber and a position sensitive scintillation camera. We had launched a small size ETCC loaded on a balloon in 2006, and it was successful to obtain the fluxes of diffuse cosmic and atmospheric gamma rays in the energy range between 125 keV and 1.25 MeV. As the next flight (SMILE-II), we planned a long duration flight using a circumpolar balloon launched from Kiruna, and it will observe the celestial bright sources and the atmospheric gamma-ray burst due to the relativistic electron from the radiation belt. In this paper, we report the concepts of our detector and the performance of the SMILE-Il prototype.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research
Pages	567-571
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 2011 Dec 1
Externally published	Yes
Event	20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research - Hyere, France Duration: 2011 May 22 → 2011 May 26

Publication series

Name	European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Volume	700 SP
ISSN (Print)	0379-6566

Other

Other	20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research
Country	France
City	Hyere
Period	11/5/22 → 11/5/26

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Aerospace Engineering
Space and Planetary Science

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Takada, A., Tanimori, T., Kubo, H., Miuchi, K., Kabuki, S., Parker, J. D., Kishimoto, Y., Mizumoto, T., Ueno, K., Kurosawa, S., Iwaki, S., Sawano, T., Taniue, K., Nakamura, K., Higashi, N., Matsuoka, Y., Komura, S., Sato, Y., Arvelius, S., & Turunen, E. (2011). SMILE-II: Observation of celestial and atmosphereic MeV gamma rays using a balloon-borne wide fields of view Electron-Tracking Compton Camera. In Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research (pp. 567-571). (European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP; Vol. 700 SP).

SMILE-II : Observation of celestial and atmosphereic MeV gamma rays using a balloon-borne wide fields of view Electron-Tracking Compton Camera. / Takada, A.; Tanimori, T.; Kubo, H.; Miuchi, K.; Kabuki, S.; Parker, J. D.; Kishimoto, Y.; Mizumoto, T.; Ueno, K.; Kurosawa, S.; Iwaki, S.; Sawano, T.; Taniue, K.; Nakamura, K.; Higashi, N.; Matsuoka, Y.; Komura, S.; Sato, Y.; Arvelius, S.; Turunen, E.

Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research. 2011. p. 567-571 (European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP; Vol. 700 SP).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Takada, A, Tanimori, T, Kubo, H, Miuchi, K, Kabuki, S, Parker, JD, Kishimoto, Y, Mizumoto, T, Ueno, K, Kurosawa, S, Iwaki, S, Sawano, T, Taniue, K, Nakamura, K, Higashi, N, Matsuoka, Y, Komura, S, Sato, Y, Arvelius, S & Turunen, E 2011, SMILE-II: Observation of celestial and atmosphereic MeV gamma rays using a balloon-borne wide fields of view Electron-Tracking Compton Camera. in Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP, vol. 700 SP, pp. 567-571, 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Hyere, France, 11/5/22.

Takada A, Tanimori T, Kubo H, Miuchi K, Kabuki S, Parker JD et al. SMILE-II: Observation of celestial and atmosphereic MeV gamma rays using a balloon-borne wide fields of view Electron-Tracking Compton Camera. In Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research. 2011. p. 567-571. (European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP).

Takada, A. ; Tanimori, T. ; Kubo, H. ; Miuchi, K. ; Kabuki, S. ; Parker, J. D. ; Kishimoto, Y. ; Mizumoto, T. ; Ueno, K. ; Kurosawa, S. ; Iwaki, S. ; Sawano, T. ; Taniue, K. ; Nakamura, K. ; Higashi, N. ; Matsuoka, Y. ; Komura, S. ; Sato, Y. ; Arvelius, S. ; Turunen, E. / SMILE-II : Observation of celestial and atmosphereic MeV gamma rays using a balloon-borne wide fields of view Electron-Tracking Compton Camera. Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research. 2011. pp. 567-571 (European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP).

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