High resolution CdTe detectors for the next generation multi-compton gamma-ray telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1228-1235

  Takahashi, Tadayuki ^a,b   Nakazawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Kamae, Tuneyoshi ^c   Tajima, Hiroyasu ^c   Fukazawa, Yasushi ^d   Nomachi, Masaharu ^e   Kokubun, Motohide ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACT; CdTe; Compton telescope; CZT; Gamma ray; SMCT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

GAMMA-RAY BANDS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037957111     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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