The 2010 balloon campaign of the Nuclear Compton Telescope

Eric C. Bellm; Jeng-Lun Chiu; Steven E. Boggs; Hsiang-Kuang Chang; Yuan-Hann Chang; Minghuey A. Huang; Mark Amman; Mark S. Bandstra; Wei-Che Hung; Pierre Jean; Jau-Shian Liang; Chih-Hsun Lin; Zhong-Kai Liu; Paul N. Luke; Daniel Perez-Becker; Ray-Shine Run; Andreas Zoglauer

doi:10.1117/12.857526

29 July 2010 The 2010 balloon campaign of the Nuclear Compton Telescope

Eric C. Bellm, Jeng-Lun Chiu, Steven E. Boggs, Hsiang-Kuang Chang, Yuan-Hann Chang, Minghuey A. Huang, Mark Amman, Mark S. Bandstra, Wei-Che Hung, Pierre Jean, Jau-Shian Liang, Chih-Hsun Lin, Zhong-Kai Liu, Paul N. Luke, Daniel Perez-Becker, Ray-Shine Run, Andreas Zoglauer

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Proceedings Volume 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 773224 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857526
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Nuclear Compton Telescope (NCT) is a balloon-borne soft gamma-ray telescope. Its compact design uses cross-strip germanium detectors, allowing for wide-field imaging with excellent efficiency from 0.2-10 MeV. Additionally, the Compton imaging principle employed by NCT provides polarimetric sensitivity to several MeV. NCT is optimized for the study of astrophysical sources of nuclear line emission. A ten-detector instrument participated in the 2010 balloon campaign in Alice Springs, Australia, in order to conduct observations of the Galactic Center Region. Unfortunately, a launch accident caused major damage to the payload, and no flight was possible. We discuss the design, calibration, and performance of the instrument as well as prospects for its future.

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Eric C. Bellm, Jeng-Lun Chiu, Steven E. Boggs, Hsiang-Kuang Chang, Yuan-Hann Chang, Minghuey A. Huang, Mark Amman, Mark S. Bandstra, Wei-Che Hung, Pierre Jean, Jau-Shian Liang, Chih-Hsun Lin, Zhong-Kai Liu, Paul N. Luke, Daniel Perez-Becker, Ray-Shine Run, and Andreas Zoglauer "The 2010 balloon campaign of the Nuclear Compton Telescope", Proc. SPIE 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 773224 (29 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857526

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