INTEGRAL IMAGER - PROTOTYPE SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCES

Authors
DICOCCO G LABANTI C MALAGUTI G ROSSI E SCHIAVONE F SPIZZICINO A TRACI A BIRD AJ CARTER T DEAN AJ GOMM AJM GRANT KJ CORBA M QUADRINI E ROSSI M VILLA G SWINYARD BM
Citation
G. Dicocco et al., INTEGRAL IMAGER - PROTOTYPE SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCES, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics, 16(6), 1993, pp. 709-714
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
11241896
Volume
16
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
709 - 714
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1896(1993)16:6<709:II-PSP>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The Imager proposed for the gamma-ray satellite project INTEGRAL is ba sed on a multilayer two-dimensional array of CsI(Tl) elements viewed b y Si photodiodes. The total active area is approximately 2500 cm2. The operative energy interval ranges from 0.05 to 10 MeV. A prototype ver sion of this instrument, ready to be tested on a ballon-borne experime nt, has been realized. In this article the expected performances of th e instrument are presented, toghether with the first calibration resul ts of the prototype.