Achievements of the ASTRO-E hard X-ray detector development

M. Tashiro; K. Makishima; T. Kamae; T. Murakami; T. Takahashi; Y. Fukazawa; M. Kokubun; K. Nakazawa; M. Nomachi; A. Yoshida; Y. Ezoe; N. Isobe; N. Iyomoto; J. Kataoka; J. Kotoku; M. Kouda; S. Kubo; A. Kubota; Y. Matsumoto; T. Mizuno; Y. Okada; N. Ota; H. Ozawa; G. Sato; M. Sugiho; M. Sugizaki; I. Takahashi; H. Takahashi; T. Tamura; C. Tanihata; Y. Terada; Y. Uchiyama; S. Watanabe; K. Yamaoka; D. Yonetoku

Achievements of the ASTRO-E hard X-ray detector development

M. Tashiro^*, K. Makishima, T. Kamae, T. Murakami, T. Takahashi, Y. Fukazawa, M. Kokubun, K. Nakazawa, M. Nomachi, A. Yoshida, Y. Ezoe, N. Isobe, N. Iyomoto, J. Kataoka, J. Kotoku, M. Kouda, S. Kubo, A. Kubota, Y. Matsumoto, T. MizunoY. Okada, N. Ota, H. Ozawa, G. Sato, M. Sugiho, M. Sugizaki, I. Takahashi, H. Takahashi, T. Tamura, C. Tanihata, Y. Terada, Y. Uchiyama, S. Watanabe, K. Yamaoka, D. Yonetoku

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Abstract

The ASTRO-E Hard X-ray Detector utilized GSO/BGO well-type phoswich counters in compound-eye configuration [1], to achieve an extremely low background level of a few ×10^-5 counts s^-1cm^-2keV^-1. The GSO scintillators installed in the BGO active shield wells observes 30-600 keV photons, while silicon PIN diodes of 2 mm thick placed in front of each GSO crystal covers 10 - 60 keV photons with energy resolution of ∼3.5 keV FWHM. The design goals both of low background and high energy resolution in the hard X-ray bands were confirmed to be achieved through the preflight calibration experiments.

Original language	English
Pages	483-486
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	2001 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record - San Diege, CA, United States Duration: 2001 Nov 4 → 2001 Nov 10

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Conference	2001 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diege, CA
Period	01/11/4 → 01/11/10

Keywords

ASTRO-E
Hard X-ray detector
Sensitivity
Spectral response

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiation
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Tashiro, M., Makishima, K., Kamae, T., Murakami, T., Takahashi, T., Fukazawa, Y., Kokubun, M., Nakazawa, K., Nomachi, M., Yoshida, A., Ezoe, Y., Isobe, N., Iyomoto, N., Kataoka, J., Kotoku, J., Kouda, M., Kubo, S., Kubota, A., Matsumoto, Y., ... Yonetoku, D. (2001). Achievements of the ASTRO-E hard X-ray detector development. 483-486. Paper presented at 2001 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, San Diege, CA, United States.

Tashiro, M, Makishima, K, Kamae, T, Murakami, T, Takahashi, T, Fukazawa, Y, Kokubun, M, Nakazawa, K, Nomachi, M, Yoshida, A, Ezoe, Y, Isobe, N, Iyomoto, N, Kataoka, J, Kotoku, J, Kouda, M, Kubo, S, Kubota, A, Matsumoto, Y, Mizuno, T, Okada, Y, Ota, N, Ozawa, H, Sato, G, Sugiho, M, Sugizaki, M, Takahashi, I, Takahashi, H, Tamura, T, Tanihata, C, Terada, Y, Uchiyama, Y, Watanabe, S, Yamaoka, K & Yonetoku, D 2001, 'Achievements of the ASTRO-E hard X-ray detector development', Paper presented at 2001 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, San Diege, CA, United States, 01/11/4 - 01/11/10 pp. 483-486.

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