Abstract
The primary scientific mission of the Black Hole Finder Probe (BHFP), part of the NASA Beyond Einstein program, is to survey the local Universe for black holes over a wide range of mass and accretion rate. One approach to such a survey is a hard X‐ray coded‐aperture imaging mission operating in the 10–600 keV energy band. The development of new inorganic scintillator materials provides improved performance that is well suited to the BHFP science requirements. Detection planes formed with these materials coupled with a new generation of readout devices represent a major advancement in the performance capabilities of scintillator‐based gamma cameras. Here, we discuss the Coded Aperture Survey Telescope for Energetic Radiation (CASTER), a concept that represents a BHFP based on the use of the latest scintillator technology.
Department
Space Science Center, Physics
Publication Date
2006
Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Publisher
AIP Publishing
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2207980
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Recommended Citation
The CASTER Black Hole Finder Probe McConnell, M. L. and Bloser, P. F. and Case, G. L. and Cherry, M. L. and Cravens, J. and Guzik, T. G. and Hurley, K. and Kippen, R. M. and Macri, J. R. and Miller, R. S. and Paciesas, W. and Ryan, J. M. and Schaefer, B. and Stacy, J. G. and Vestrand, W. T. and Wefel, J. P., AIP Conference Proceedings, 836, 696-699 (2006), DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2207980
Rights
© 2006 American Institute of Physics