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The liquid-xenon Compton telescope - A new technique for gamma-ray astronomyWe propose a new technique for gamma-ray astronomy in the difficult but important energy decade from 0.3 to 3.0 MeV. Cosmic gamma rays Compton scatter in a liquid-xenon wire proportional chamber recently developed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (Derenzo, et al., 1972; Muller, et al., 1971) and then are totally absorbed in a second chamber. The energy and position of each interaction is recorded for each gamma ray. This information determines a circle on the celestial sphere which must intersect the source position. A localized source of gamma-rays would show itself as the intersection of many such circles. We expect to locate sources to a fraction of a square degree in a balloon-borne sky survey experiment using an instrument with a one steradian acceptance.
Document ID
19740048441
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Dauber, P. M.
Smith, L. H.
(California, University Berkeley, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1974
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Cosmic Ray Conference
Location: Denver, CO
Start Date: August 17, 1973
End Date: August 30, 1973
Accession Number
74A31191
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS9-7801
Distribution Limits
Public
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