| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830430 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2007 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
LXeGRIT—Liquid Xenon Gamma-Ray Imaging Telescope—is the first prototype of a Compton telescope (CT) for MeV γγ-ray astrophysics based on a LXe time projection chamber. One of the most relevant figures of merit for a CT is the detection efficiency for γγ-rays, which depends on diverse contributions such as detector geometry and passive materials, trigger efficiency, dead time, etc. A detailed study of the efficiency of the LXeGRIT instrument, based both on laboratory measurements and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations, is presented in this paper.
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Authors
A. Curioni, E. Aprile, T. Doke, K.L. Giboni, M. Kobayashi, U.G. Oberlack,