Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
A balloon-borne coded-aperture gamma-ray telescope for galactic and extragalactic astronomy observations is described. The instrument, called GRIP (Gamma Ray Imaging Payload), is designed for measurements in the energy range from 30 keV to 5 MeV with an angular resolution of 0.6 deg over a 20 deg field of view. Distinguishing characteristics of the telescope are a rotating hexagonal coded-aperture mask and a thick NaI scintillation camera. Rotating hexagonal coded-apertures and the development of thick scintillation cameras are discussed.
Keywords:
ASTRONOMY
Type:
OG-9.2-2
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Contrib. to the 19th Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf.; 4 p
Format:
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