Instrument Performance and Simulation Verification of the POLAR Detector
| Autor: | N. Gauvin, W. Hajdas, Rongkun Wang, Xin Wu, Dominik Rybka, Merlin Kole, Jianchao Sun, Linhao Zhang, Junqiang Zhang, M. Pohl, Jacek Szabelski, M. Z. Feng, Luyuan Zhang, A. Zwolinska, Nicolas Produit, T. Bernasconi, Franck Cadoux, Y.J. Zhang, Xiangyang Wen, Shaolin Xiong, Radoslaw Marcinkowski, S. Orsi, T. Tymieniecka, Bobing Wu, S. W. Kong, Xuezhu Zhang, Hualin Xiao, Z.H. Li, Y. B. Zhao, L.M. Song, Li Li, Shuang-Nan Zhang, X. Liu, Y. Wang, Tianwei Bao, Han-Cheng Li |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Gamma-Ray Bursts Photon Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Monte Carlo method FOS: Physical sciences Synchrotron radiation Geant4 ddc:500.2 01 natural sciences Optics Hard X-Rays Polarization 0103 physical sciences Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Instrumentation Physics 010308 nuclear & particles physics Scattering business.industry Detector Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Polarimeter Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) Polarization (waves) Azimuth Calibration ddc:520 business Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Simulation |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. A, Vol. 872 (2017) pp. 28-40 |
| ISSN: | 0168-9002 |
| Popis: | POLAR is a new satellite-born detector aiming to measure the polarization of an unprecedented number of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the 50-500 keV energy range. The instrument, launched on-board the Tiangong-2 Chinese Space lab on the 15th of September 2016, is designed to measure the polarization of the hard X-ray flux by measuring the distribution of the azimuthal scattering angles of the incoming photons. A detailed understanding of the polarimeter and specifically of the systematic effects induced by the instrument's non-uniformity are required for this purpose. In order to study the instrument's response to polarization, POLAR underwent a beam test at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France. In this paper both the beam test and the instrument performance will be described. This is followed by an overview of the Monte Carlo simulation tools developed for the instrument. Finally a comparison of the measured and simulated instrument performance will be provided and the instrument response to polarization will be presented. Preprint Accepted for Publication in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A |
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