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pro vyhledávání: '"Christopher M. Bancroft"'
Autor:
Tejaswita Sharma, James M. Ryan, Mark L. McConnell, Peter F. Bloser, Jason S. Legere, Christopher M. Bancroft, Colin Frost
Publikováno v:
2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC).
A medium-energy gamma-ray Compton telescope called the Advanced Scintillator Compton Telescope (ASCOT) was designed to address the existing need for observations in the gamma-ray energy range of 0.4 - 20 MeV. Built on the legacy of COMPTEL instrument
Publikováno v:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 812:92-103
We present the results of the first high-altitude balloon flight test of a concept for an advanced Compton telescope making use of modern scintillator materials with silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) readouts. There is a need in the fields of high-energ
Autor:
Alex M. Wright, James M. Ryan, Mark L. McConnell, Christopher M. Bancroft, Jason S. Legere, Tejaswita Sharma, Peter F. Bloser
Publikováno v:
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray.
Autor:
Peter F. Bloser, Alex M. Wright, Christopher M. Bancroft, James M. Ryan, Tejaswita Sharma, Mark L. McConnell, Jason S. Legere
Publikováno v:
UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XX.
We describe our ongoing work to develop a new medium-energy gamma-ray Compton telescope using advanced scintillator materials combined with silicon photomultiplier readouts and fly it on a scientific balloon. There is a need in high-energy astronomy
Autor:
Jason S. Legere, Peter F. Bloser, Christopher M. Bancroft, Camden Ertley, Jonathan Wurtz, Mark L. McConnell, Luke F. Jablonski, James M. Ryan
Publikováno v:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 763:26-35
Space-based gamma-ray detectors for high-energy astronomy and solar physics face severe constraints on mass, volume, and power, and must endure harsh launch conditions and operating environments. Historically, such instruments have usually been based
Autor:
Peter F. Bloser, Alex M. Wright, Christopher M. Bancroft, Mark L. McConnell, James M. Ryan, Jason S. Legere, Tejaswita Sharma
Publikováno v:
SPIE Proceedings.
We describe a project to develop new medium-energy gamma-ray instrumentation by constructing and flying a balloon-borne Compton telescope using advanced scintillator materials combined with silicon photomultiplier readouts. There is a need in high-en
Autor:
Christopher M. Bancroft, Tessa M. Gorte, James M. Ryan, Jason S. Legere, Mark L. McConnell, Colin Frost, Peter F. Bloser, Alex M. Wright
Publikováno v:
2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC).
We describe a project to develop new medium-energy gamma-ray instrumentation by constructing and flying a balloon-borne Compton telescope using advanced scintillator materials combined with silicon photomultiplier readouts. There is a need in high-en
Autor:
Peter F. Bloser, Christopher M. Bancroft, Mark L. McConnell, James M. Ryan, Nathan A. Schwadron, Jason S. Legere
Publikováno v:
SPIE Proceedings.
Space-based gamma-ray detectors for high-energy astronomy face strict constraints of mass, volume, and power, and must endure harsh operating environments. Scintillator materials have a long history of successful operation under these conditions, and
Autor:
Mark L. McConnell, R. Marc Kippen, Shawn Tornga, Manuel Julien, Jason S. Legere, Christopher M. Bancroft, Peter F. Bloser, James M. Ryan
Publikováno v:
2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record (NSS/MIC).
Current medium energy gamma-ray astronomy is limited by the intense atmospheric or local background radiation degrading the sensitivity of instruments. Compton Telescopes' background rejection capabilities can be significantly improved with no loss o
Autor:
Luke F. Jablonski, Jonathan Wurtz, Peter F. Bloser, Christopher M. Bancroft, James M. Ryan, Mark L. McConnell, Jason S. Legere
Publikováno v:
2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record (NSS/MIC).
New scintillator materials have been shown to hold great potential for low-cost, reliable gamma-ray detectors in high-energy astronomy and solar physics. New devices for the detection of scintillation light promise to make scintillator-based instrume