Advanced gamma-ray astronomy telescope experiment: AGATE

Brenda L. Dingus; D. L. Bertsch; Rajani Cuddapah; Carl E. Fichtel; Stanley D. Hunter; D. J. Thompson

doi:10.1117/12.161378

19 October 1993 Advanced gamma-ray astronomy telescope experiment: AGATE

Brenda L. Dingus, D. L. Bertsch, Rajani Cuddapah, Carl E. Fichtel, Stanley D. Hunter, D. J. Thompson

Proceedings Volume 1948, Astroparticle Physics and Novel Gamma-Ray Telescopes; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161378
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

In order to continue the achievements in high energy (10 MeV - 100 GeV) gamma-ray astronomy made with the Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) instrument on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), a 'next generation' high energy gamma- ray telescope with a large increase in sensitivity coupled with improved angular resolution will be required. This 'next generation' telescope is envisioned as a 2 m X 2 m active area telescope using drift chambers for the imaging detector. The four major components of the instrument are the anticoincidence shield, the track imaging system, the coincidence/time-of- flight system and the energy measurement system. In this paper we discuss the design goals and challenges for the four subsystems and the techniques we are utilizing to achieve them as well as the design and performance of high speed electronics that we have developed specifically for this application.

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Brenda L. Dingus, D. L. Bertsch, Rajani Cuddapah, Carl E. Fichtel, Stanley D. Hunter, and D. J. Thompson "Advanced gamma-ray astronomy telescope experiment: AGATE", Proc. SPIE 1948, Astroparticle Physics and Novel Gamma-Ray Telescopes, (19 October 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161378

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