A liquid xenon imaging telescope for 1-30 MeV gamma-ray astrophysicsA study of the primary scintillation light in liquid xenon excited by 241 Am alpha particles and 207 Bi internal conversion electrons are discussed. The time dependence and the intensity of the light at different field strengths have been measured with a specifically designed chamber, equipped with a CaF sub 2 light transmitting window coupled to a UV sensitive PMT. The time correlation between the fast light signal and the charge signal shows that the scintillation signals produced in liquid xenon by ionizing particles provides an ideal trigger in a Time Projection type LXe detector aiming at full imaging of complex gamma-ray events. Researchers also started Monte Carlo calculations to establish the performance of a LXe imaging telescope for high energy gamma-rays.
Document ID
19900063219
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Aprile, Elena (Columbia Univ. New York, NY, United States)
Mukherjee, Reshmi (Columbia Univ. New York, NY, United States)
Suzuki, Masayo (Columbia University New York, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: EUV, X-ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy and Atomic Physics