A high-resolution Ge spectrometer for Gamma-Ray burst astronomy

A high-resolution Ge spectrometer for Gamma-Ray burst astronomy

The Transient Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (TGRS) to be flown aboard the WIND spacecraft is primarily designed to perform high resolution spectroscopy of transient gamma-ray events, such as cosmic gamma-ray bursts and solar flares over the energy range 25 keV to 8.2 MeV with an expected spectroscopic reso...

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Veröffentlicht in:Space science reviews 1995-02, Vol.71 (1-4), p.273-296
Hauptverfasser: Owens, A., Baker, R., Cline, T. L., Gehrels, N., Jermakian, J., Nolan, T., Ramaty, R., Seifert, H., Shephard, D. A., Smith, G., Stilwell, D. E., Teegarden, B. J., Cork, C. P., Landis, D. A., Luke, P. N., Madden, N. W., Malone, D., Pehl, R. H., Yaver, H., Hurley, K., Mathias, S., Post, A. H.
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Zusammenfassung:The Transient Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (TGRS) to be flown aboard the WIND spacecraft is primarily designed to perform high resolution spectroscopy of transient gamma-ray events, such as cosmic gamma-ray bursts and solar flares over the energy range 25 keV to 8.2 MeV with an expected spectroscopic resolution of about 3 keV at 1 MeV. The detector consists of a 215 cu cm high purity n-type Ge crystal kept at cryogenic temperatures by a passive radiative cooler. The geometric field of view defined by the cooler is 1.8 pi steradian. The sources to be studied include gamma-ray bursts, bright galactic transient sources, the galactic center region, the Crab Nebula, and solar flares. The general design and performance characteristics of the TGRS instrument are described. (AIAA)
ISSN:0038-6308
1572-9672
DOI:10.1007/BF00751333