The advanced compton telescope

Steven Boggs; James Kurfess; James Ryan; Elena Aprile; Neu Gehrels; Marc Kippen; Mark Leising; Uwe Oberlack; Cornelia Wunderer; Allen Zych; Peter Bloser; Michael Harris; Andrew Hoover; Alexei Klimenk; Dan Kocevski; Mark McConnell; Peter Milne; Elena I. Novikova; Bernard Phlips; Mark Polsen; Steven Sturner; Derek Tournear; Georg Weidenspointner; Eric Wulf; Andreas Zoglauer; Matthew Baring; John Beacom; Lars Bildsten; Charles Dermer; Dieter Hartmann; Marearita Hernanz; David Smith; Sumner Starrfield

doi:10.1117/12.670605

The advanced compton telescope

Steven Boggs, James Kurfess, James Ryan, Elena Aprile, Neu Gehrels, Marc Kippen, Mark Leising, Uwe Oberlack, Cornelia Wunderer, Allen Zych, Peter Bloser, Michael Harris, Andrew Hoover, Alexei Klimenk, Dan Kocevski, Mark McConnell, Peter Milne, Elena I. Novikova, Bernard Phlips, Mark PolsenSteven Sturner, Derek Tournear, Georg Weidenspointner, Eric Wulf, Andreas Zoglauer, Matthew Baring, John Beacom, Lars Bildsten, Charles Dermer, Dieter Hartmann, Marearita Hernanz, David Smith, Sumner Starrfield

Earth and Space Exploration, School of (SESE)

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Abstract

The Advanced Compton Telescope (ACT), the next major step in gamma-ray astronomy, will probe the fires where chemical elements are formed by enabling high-resolution spectroscopy of nuclear emission from supernova explosions. During the past two years, our collaboration has been undertaking a NASA mission concept study for ACT. This study was designed to (1) transform the key scientific objectives into specific instrument requirements, (2) to identify the most promising technologies to meet those requirements, and (3) to design a viable mission concept for this instrument. We present the results of this study, including scientific goals and expected performance, mission design, and technology recommendations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670605
State	Published - 2006
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: May 24 2006 → May 31 2006

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6266 II
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	5/24/06 → 5/31/06

Keywords

Gamma-ray astronomy
Gamma-ray imaging
Gamma-ray spectrometry
High energy astrophysics
Satellite missions
X-ray/gamma-ray detectors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Boggs, S., Kurfess, J., Ryan, J., Aprile, E., Gehrels, N., Kippen, M., Leising, M., Oberlack, U., Wunderer, C., Zych, A., Bloser, P., Harris, M., Hoover, A., Klimenk, A., Kocevski, D., McConnell, M., Milne, P., Novikova, E. I., Phlips, B., ... Starrfield, S. (2006). The advanced compton telescope. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray Article 626624 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6266 II). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670605

Boggs, S, Kurfess, J, Ryan, J, Aprile, E, Gehrels, N, Kippen, M, Leising, M, Oberlack, U, Wunderer, C, Zych, A, Bloser, P, Harris, M, Hoover, A, Klimenk, A, Kocevski, D, McConnell, M, Milne, P, Novikova, EI, Phlips, B, Polsen, M, Sturner, S, Tournear, D, Weidenspointner, G, Wulf, E, Zoglauer, A, Baring, M, Beacom, J, Bildsten, L, Dermer, C, Hartmann, D, Hernanz, M, Smith, D & Starrfield, S 2006, The advanced compton telescope. in Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray., 626624, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 6266 II, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Orlando, FL, United States, 5/24/06. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670605

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