A fast photon counting camera for {gamma}-ray pulsar astronomy

A fast photon counting camera for {gamma}-ray pulsar astronomy

The Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) astronomical camera, under development at the Institute of Astronomy UNAM, will be able to obtain images of faint optical objects with very low instrumental noise and short integration times. The EMCCD is a normal CCD with an additional multiplication register lo...

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Veröffentlicht in:AIP conference proceedings 2007-07, Vol.921 (1)
Hauptverfasser: Orozco, Benito, Carraminana, Alberto, Michel, Raul, Zazueta, Salvador, Fordham, John L. A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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AMPLIFIERS
CAMERAS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC PHOTONS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA RADIATION
INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NOISE
PHOTON EMISSION
PULSARS
PULSATIONS
READOUT SYSTEMS
SENSORS
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Zusammenfassung:The Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) astronomical camera, under development at the Institute of Astronomy UNAM, will be able to obtain images of faint optical objects with very low instrumental noise and short integration times. The EMCCD is a normal CCD with an additional multiplication register located before the input of the readout amplifier. This will be a very suitable instrument to search for optical pulsations of unidentified gamma-ray sources, specially with GLAST entering the realm of radio quiet gamma-ray loud pulsars.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.2757389