Overview of the nuclear compton telescope (NCT)

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

doi:10.1142/9789814307529_0125

Overview of the nuclear compton telescope (NCT)

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

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The Nuclear Compton Telescope (NCT) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to study astrophysical sources of nuclear line emission and polarization at soft gamma-ray (0.2- 10 MeV) energies. The heart ofNCT is an array of 12 cross-strip germanium detectors, designed to provide 3D positions for each photon interaction with full 3D position resolution. Tracking 3D positions enables Compton imaging, effectively reduces background, and enables the measurement of polarization. NCT has a novel, ultracompact design optimized for studying nuclear line emission in the critical 0.5- 2 MeV range, and polarization in the 0.2-0.5 MeV range. The NCT instrument was successfully launched from Fort Sumner, New Mexico on May 17,2009. We will present an overview of the instrument, its major scientific goals and some results from 2009 flight.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 11th Conference
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
Pages	785-789
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9814307513, 9789814307512
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814307529_0125
State	Published - 2010
Event	11th International Conferences on Advanced Technology and Particle Physics, ICATTP 2009 - Como, Italy Duration: 5 Oct 2009 → 9 Oct 2009

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Name	Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 11th Conference

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Conference	11th International Conferences on Advanced Technology and Particle Physics, ICATTP 2009
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Como
Period	5/10/09 → 9/10/09

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Liu, Z. K., Chang, Y. H., Hung, W. C., Boggs, S. E., Bandstra, M. S., Bellm, E. E., Perez-Becker, D., Wunderer, C. B., Zoglauer, A., Amman, M., Luke, P. N., Chang, H. K., Chiu, J. L., Liang, J. S., Lin, C. H., Huang, M. A., Run, R. S., Chiang, S. J., & Jean, P. (2010). Overview of the nuclear compton telescope (NCT). In Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 11th Conference (pp. 785-789). (Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 11th Conference). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814307529_0125

Liu, Zong Kai ; Chang, Yuan Hann ; Hung, Wei Che et al. / Overview of the nuclear compton telescope (NCT). Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 11th Conference. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, 2010. pp. 785-789 (Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 11th Conference).

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Overview of the nuclear compton telescope (NCT). / Liu, Zong Kai; Chang, Yuan Hann; Hung, Wei Che et al.
Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 11th Conference. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, 2010. p. 785-789 (Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 11th Conference).

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