The TIGRE gamma-ray telescope

Authors

Terence J. O'Neill, University of California - Riverside
D Battacharya, University of California - Riverside
D Dixon, University of California - Riverside
M Polson, University of California - Riverside
R S. White, University of California - Riverside
Allen Zych, University of California - Riverside
James M. Ryan, University of New HampshireFollow
Mark L. McConnell, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
John R. Macri, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
J Samimi, Sharif University of Technology
A Akyuz, Cukurova University
W M. Mahoney, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
l Varnell, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Abstract

TIGRE is an advanced telescope for gamma-ray astronomy with a few arcmin resolution. From 0.3 to 10 MeV it is a Compton telescope. Above 1 MeV, its multi-layers of double sided silicon strip detectors allow for Compton recoil electron tracking and the unique determination for incident photon direction. From 10 to 100 MeV the tracking feature is utilized for gamma-ray pair event reconstruction. Here we present TIGRE energy resolutions, background simulations and the development of the electronics readout system.

Department

Space Science Center, Physics

Publication Date

2000

Journal Title

AIP Conference Proceedings

Publisher

AIP Publishing

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1063/1.1303309

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Recommended Citation

The TIGRE gamma-ray telescope O’Neill, T. J. and Bhattacharya, D. and Dixon, D. D. and Polson, M. and White, R. S. and Zych, A. D. and Ryan, J. and McConnell, M. and Macri, J. and Samimi, J. and Akyuz, A. and Mahoney, W. M. and Varnell, L., AIP Conference Proceedings, 510, 804-808 (2000), DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1303309

Rights

© 2000 American Institute of Physics