Open AccessStudy of Silicon Photomultipliers for the GRIPS Calorimeter Module
Author(s) -
A. Ulyanov,
L. Hanlon,
Sheila McBreen,
S. Foley
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta polytechnica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1805-2363
pISSN - 1210-2709
DOI - 10.14311/1716
Subject(s) - silicon photomultiplier , scintillator , calorimeter (particle physics) , physics , telescope , detector , sky , optics , fermi gamma ray space telescope , gamma ray , astronomy , astrophysics
GRIPS is a proposed gamma-ray (200 keV to 80 MeV) astronomy mission, which incorporates a pair-creation and Compton scattering telescope, along with X-ray and infrared telescopes. It will carry out a sensitive all-sky scanning survey, investigating phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts, blazars and core collapse supernovae. The main telescope is composed of a Si strip detector surroundedby a calorimeter with a fast scintillator material. We present the initial results of a study which considers the potential use of silicon photomultipliers in conjunction with the scintillator in the GRIPS calorimeter module.