A WIDE-APERTURE TELESCOPE FOR HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAYS DETECTION

Authors
BARBIELLINI G BOEZIO M CANDUSSO M CASOLINO M DEPASCALE MP FUGLESANG C GALPER AM MOISEEV A MORSELLI A OZEROV YV PICOZZA P POPOV AV RICCI M SPARVOLI R SPILLANTINI P VACCHI A VORONOV SA ZEMSKOV VM ZVEREV VG
Citation
G. Barbiellini et al., A WIDE-APERTURE TELESCOPE FOR HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAYS DETECTION, Nuclear physics. B, 1995, pp. 253-256
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Year of publication
1995
Supplement
43
Pages
253 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1995):<253:AWTFHG>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
In this paper new techniques for the realization of a high energy gamm a-ray telescope are presented, based on the adoption of silicon strip detectors and lead scintillating fibers. The simulated performances of this instrument show that the silicon strip technology adopted by GIL DA (Gamma-ray Imaging Large Detector for Astrophysics) could improve t he performance of EGRET, which is so far the most successful experimen t of a high energy gamma-ray telescope, though having less volume and weight.