抄録
We have been developing an Electron-Tracking Compton Camera (ETCC) as a next generation MeV gammaray detector, consisting of a gaseous electron tracker which measures the three-dimensional track and the energy of the Compton-recoil electron, and pixel scintillation arrays which measure the absorption point and the energy of the scattered gamma ray. As the first step toward a future all-sky survey with a planned sensitivity of one order magnitude higher than COMPTEL, we successfully observed the diffuse cosmic and atmospheric gamma rays at balloon altitudes with a small ETCC in the Sub-MeV gamma-ray Imaging Loaded-on-balloon Experiment I (SMILE-I). Building on the success of the SMILE-I ETCC, we are developing a large size ETCC for the next flight to observe celestial objects in the sub-MeV/MeV region. This larger detector is expected to achieve a sensitivity comparable to COMPTEL.
本文言語 | English |
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ページ | 183-186 |
ページ数 | 4 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 2011 |
外部発表 | はい |
イベント | 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2011 - Beijing, China 継続期間: 2011 8月 11 → 2011 8月 18 |
Other
Other | 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2011 |
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国/地域 | China |
City | Beijing |
Period | 11/8/11 → 11/8/18 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 核物理学および高エネルギー物理学