We describe the science motivation and development of a pair production telescope for medium-energy (~5-200 MeV) gamma-ray polarimetry. Our instrument concept, the Advanced Energetic Pair Telescope (AdEPT), takes advantage of the Three-Dimensional Track Imager, a low-density gaseous time projection chamber, to achieve angular resolution within a factor of two of the pair production kinematics limit (~0.6° at 70 MeV), continuum sensitivity comparable with the Fermi-LAT front detector (<3 × 10-6 MeV cm-2 s-1 at 70 MeV), and minimum detectable polarization less than 10% for a 10 mCrab source in 106 s.
A pair production telescope for medium-energy gamma-ray polarimetry / Hunter, S. D.; Bloser, P. F.; Depaola, G. O.; Dion, M. P.; Denolfo, G. A.; Hanu, A.; Iparraguirre, M.; Legere, J.; Longo, Francesco; Mcconnell, M. L.; Nowicki, S. F.; Ryan, J. M.; Son, S.; Stecker, F. W.. - In: ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 0927-6505. - 59:(2014), pp. 18-28. [10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.04.002]
A pair production telescope for medium-energy gamma-ray polarimetry
LONGO, FRANCESCO;
2014-01-01
Abstract
We describe the science motivation and development of a pair production telescope for medium-energy (~5-200 MeV) gamma-ray polarimetry. Our instrument concept, the Advanced Energetic Pair Telescope (AdEPT), takes advantage of the Three-Dimensional Track Imager, a low-density gaseous time projection chamber, to achieve angular resolution within a factor of two of the pair production kinematics limit (~0.6° at 70 MeV), continuum sensitivity comparable with the Fermi-LAT front detector (<3 × 10-6 MeV cm-2 s-1 at 70 MeV), and minimum detectable polarization less than 10% for a 10 mCrab source in 106 s.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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