CASTER - A concept for a Black Hole Finder Probe based on the use of new scintillator technologies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5898, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  McConnell, Mark L ^a   Bloser, Peter F ^a   Case, Gary ^b,c   Cherry, Michael ^b   Cravens, James ^d   Guzik, T Gregory ^b   Hurley, Kevin ^e   Kippen, R Marc ^f   Macri, John ^a   Miller, Richard S ^g   Paciesas, William ^g   Ryan, James M ^a   Schaefer, Bradley ^b   Stacy, J Gregory ^b,c   Vestrand, W Thomas ^f   Wefel, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger cameras; Black Hole Finder Probe; Black holes; CASTER; Coded aperture imaging; Gamma ray bursts; Hard X ray imaging detectors; Lanthanum bromide; Lanthanum chloride; Scintillators

Indexed keywords

ANGER CAMERAS; BLACK HOLE FINDER PROBE; BLACK HOLES; CASTER; CODED APERTURE IMAGING; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; HARD X-RAY IMAGING DETECTORS; LANTHANUM BROMIDE; LANTHANUM CHLORIDE;

CAMERAS; GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS; X RAY CAMERAS;

SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 29344448233     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.615277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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