Likelihood analysis for the Tracking and Imaging Gamma Ray Experiment (TIGRE) telescope

Akyuz, AYSUN; BHATTACHARYA, D; O'NEILL, TJ; SAMIMI, J; ZYCH, A

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2004.04.121

Likelihood analysis for the Tracking and Imaging Gamma Ray Experiment (TIGRE) telescope

Akyuz A., BHATTACHARYA D., O'NEILL T., SAMIMI J., ZYCH A.

NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS, cilt.132, ss.685-688, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 132
Basım Tarihi: 2004
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2004.04.121
Dergi Adı: NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.685-688
Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

TIGRE, the UCR Compton gamma-ray telescope, uses multilayers of silicon strip detectors to track Compton scattered electrons, and CsI detectors to measure the scattered photon energy and direction. In this work, using Monte-Carlo simulation, we show the improvement that can be obtained when the electron tracking feature is added to a conventional Compton telescope. In simulating a Crab-like source in a balloon-background environment, the flux sensitivity for TIGRE is enhanced by a factor of 2.5 and the source location accuracy by a factor 3 over a non-tracking design.