Cook, W. R. and Finger, M. and Prince, T. A.
(1985)
A Thick Anger Camera for Gamma-Ray Astronomy.
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, NS-32
(1).
pp. 129-133.
ISSN 0018-9499.
doi:10.1109/TNS.1985.4336807.
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Abstract
The NaI(Tl) Anger camera is a natural candidate for a position sensitive detector in imaging of astrophysical γ-ray sources. Here we present laboratory measurements of the response of a relatively thick (5.1 cm) NaI(Tl) Anger camera designed for coded aperture imaging in the 50 keV to 2 MeV energy range. We obtained a position resolution of 10.5 mm FWHM at 122 keV and 6.3 mm FWHM at 662 keV. The energy resolution was 7% FWHM at 662 keV. We discuss the ability of the detector to resolve the depth of the γ-ray interaction and the use of this depth resolution to reduce back-incident and internal background.
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| Additional Information: | © 1985 IEEE.
This work was supported in part by NASA grant NGR05-002-160, and the Presidential Young Investigator Program, NSF grant AST-8351736. We thank Prof. E. Stone, W. E. Althouse, A. Cummings, and the other members of the GRIP (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload) team for their numerous contributions to this work. |
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| Group: | Space Radiation Laboratory |
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| NASA | NGR 05-002-160 | | NSF | AST-8313736 |
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| Space Radiation Laboratory | 1984-05 |
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| Issue or Number: | 1 |
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| DOI: | 10.1109/TNS.1985.4336807 |
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