High Resolution Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Medical Imagers Using Scintillating Fibers And Position Sensitive Photomultipliers

M. Atac; D. B. Cline; D. Chrisman; E. J. Fenyves; R. C. Chaney

doi:10.1117/12.962697

22 December 1989 High Resolution Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Medical Imagers Using Scintillating Fibers And Position Sensitive Photomultipliers

M. Atac, D. B. Cline, D. Chrisman, E. J. Fenyves, R. C. Chaney

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Proceedings Volume 1161, New Methods in Microscopy and Low Light Imaging; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962697
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Recently developed high photon yielding fibers that are coupled to position sensitive photomultipliers provide good angular precision and good energy resolution in detecting gamma-rays. The UTD/UCLA High Resolution Gamma Ray Telescope consists of a scintillating plastic fiber Compton or Pair-Production Converter, a time projection gas chamber and scintillating fiber calorimeter. The calorimeter is designed to cover 7c-ray energies from 1 MeV to > 20 GeV. The space-based telescope will be used for detecting i-rays from point-like astrophysical sources and diffused cosmic 1-rays. We present here the description of the telescope, and some preliminary results from a prototype Compton converter.

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M. Atac, D. B. Cline, D. Chrisman, E. J. Fenyves, and R. C. Chaney "High Resolution Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Medical Imagers Using Scintillating Fibers And Position Sensitive Photomultipliers", Proc. SPIE 1161, New Methods in Microscopy and Low Light Imaging, (22 December 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962697

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