Gamma-ray astronomy using a high pressure gas scintillation drift chamber with a waveshifting fiber readoutWe describe a balloon-borne hard X-ray telescope called SIGHT (Scintillation Imaging Gas-filled Hard X-ray Telescope). SIGHT is a high sensitivity, good energy resolution instrument that images in the 30 to 300 keV region. We discuss the development of a large area, 20 atmosphere, position sensitive xenon gas scintillation drift chamber which is the gamma-ray detector at the heart of the telescope package. Results of the development of the novel waveshifting fiber readout for this chamber are presented.
Document ID
19930046108
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Wilkerson, J. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Edberg, T. K. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Parsons, A. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Sadoulet, B. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Weiss, S. (California Univ. Berkeley, United States)
Smith, G. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: In: Gamma-ray detectors; Proceedings of the Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 21, 22, 1992 (A93-30101 11-35)
Publisher: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers