TY - JOUR
T1 - Polarimetric performance of Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton camera
AU - Takeda, Shin'Ichiro
AU - Odaka, Hirokazu
AU - Katsuta, Junichiro
AU - Ishikawa, Shin Nosuke
AU - Sugimoto, So Ichiro
AU - Koseki, Yuu
AU - Watanabe, Shin
AU - Sato, Goro
AU - Kokubun, Motohide
AU - Takahashi, Tadayuki
AU - Nakazawa, Kazuhiro
AU - Fukazawa, Yasushi
AU - Tajima, Hiroyasu
AU - Toyokawa, Hidenori
PY - 2010/10/21
Y1 - 2010/10/21
N2 - A Compton camera has been developed based on Si and CdTe semiconductor detectors with high spatial and spectral resolution for hard X- and γray astrophysics applications. A semiconductor Compton camera is also an excellent polarimeter due to its capability to precisely measure the Compton scattering azimuth angle, which is modulated by linear polarization. We assembled a prototype Compton camera and conducted a beam test using nearly 100% linearly polarized γrays at SPring-8.
AB - A Compton camera has been developed based on Si and CdTe semiconductor detectors with high spatial and spectral resolution for hard X- and γray astrophysics applications. A semiconductor Compton camera is also an excellent polarimeter due to its capability to precisely measure the Compton scattering azimuth angle, which is modulated by linear polarization. We assembled a prototype Compton camera and conducted a beam test using nearly 100% linearly polarized γrays at SPring-8.
KW - Compton camera
KW - Gamma-ray astronomy
KW - Polarimeter
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.077
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.077
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77957909453
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 622
SP - 619
EP - 627
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 3
ER -