Compact CubeSat Gamma-Ray Detector for GRID Mission
| Autor: | Wen, Jia-Xing, Zheng, Xu-Tao, Yu, Jian-Dong, Che, Yue-Peng, Yang, Dong-Xin, Gao, Huai-Zhong, Jin, Yi-Fei, Long, Xiang-Yun, Liu, Yi-Hui, Xu, Da-Cheng, Zhang, Yu-Chong, Zeng, Ming, Tian, Yang, Feng, Hua, Zeng, Zhi, Cang, Ji-Rong, Wu, Qiong, Zhao, Zong-Qing, Zhang, Bin-Bin, An, Peng, collaboration, GRID |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Nucl. Sci. Tech. 32 (2021) 99 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s41365-021-00937-4 |
| Popis: | Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) mission is a student project designed to use multiple gamma-ray detectors carried by nanosatellites (CubeSats), forming a full-time all-sky gamma-ray detection network that monitors the transient gamma-ray sky in the multi-messenger astronomy era. A compact CubeSat gamma-ray detector, including its hardware and firmware, was designed and implemented for the mission. The detector employs four Gd2Al2Ga3O12 : Ce (GAGG:Ce) scintillators coupled with four silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays to achieve a high gamma-ray detection efficiency between 10 keV and 2 MeV with low power and small dimensions. The first detector designed by the undergraduate student team onboard a commercial CubeSat was launched into a Sun-synchronous orbit on October 29, 2018. The detector was in a normal observation state and accumulated data for approximately one month after on-orbit functional and performance tests, which were conducted in 2019. Comment: final manuscript, 9 pages, 10 figures, published on NST |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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