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 |
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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 |
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Volume | 700 SP |
ISSN (Print) | 0379-6566 |
Other
Other | 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research |
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Country | France |
City | Hyere |
Period | 11/5/22 → 11/5/26 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Aerospace Engineering
- Space and Planetary Science