The upcoming long duration balloon flight of the nuclear compton telescope

Mark E. Bandstra; Eric Bellm; Steven E. Boggs; Jason D. Bowen; Daniel Perez-Becker; Cornelia B. Wunderer; Andreas Zoglauer; Mark Amman; Paul N. Luke; Hsiang Kuang Chang; Jeng Lun Chiu; Jau Shian Liang; Yuan Hann Chang; Zong Kai Liu; Chih Hsun Lin; Minghuey A. Huang; Pierre Jean

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436668

The upcoming long duration balloon flight of the nuclear compton telescope

Mark E. Bandstra, Eric Bellm, Steven E. Boggs, Jason D. Bowen, Daniel Perez-Becker, Cornelia B. Wunderer, Andreas Zoglauer, Mark Amman, Paul N. Luke, Hsiang Kuang Chang, Jeng Lun Chiu, Jau Shian Liang, Yuan Hann Chang, Zong Kai Liu, Chih Hsun Lin, Minghuey A. Huang, Pierre Jean

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The Nuclear Compton Telescope (NCT) is a balloon-borne soft γ-ray (0.2 MeV-10 MeV) telescope designed to study astrophysical sources of nuclear line emission and polarization. A prototype instrument was successfully launched from Fort Sumner, New Mexico on June 1, 2005. The NCT prototype consisted of two 3D position sensitive high-purity germanium strip detectors (GeDs) fabricated with amorphous Ge contacts. We are currently working toward two balloon flights: another conventional balloon flight from Fort Sumner, New Mexico in September 2008, and a long-duration balloon flight (LDBF) from Alice Springs, Australia in December 2009. The NCT instrument is being upgraded to include all twelve planned GeDs. The electronics for all twelve detectors have been redesigned for smaller size, lower power consumption, and lower noise, and are now being fabricated and tested. Here we present our current progress in preparing for the flights.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC
Pages	2532-2537
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436668
State	Published - 2007
Event	2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC - Honolulu, HI, United States Duration: 27 Oct 2007 → 3 Nov 2007

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Name	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Volume	4
ISSN (Print)	1095-7863

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Conference	2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu, HI
Period	27/10/07 → 3/11/07

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Bandstra, M. E., Bellm, E., Boggs, S. E., Bowen, J. D., Perez-Becker, D., Wunderer, C. B., Zoglauer, A., Amman, M., Luke, P. N., Chang, H. K., Chiu, J. L., Liang, J. S., Chang, Y. H., Liu, Z. K., Lin, C. H., Huang, M. A., & Jean, P. (2007). The upcoming long duration balloon flight of the nuclear compton telescope. In 2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC (pp. 2532-2537). Article 4436668 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record; Vol. 4). https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436668

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The upcoming long duration balloon flight of the nuclear compton telescope. / Bandstra, Mark E.; Bellm, Eric; Boggs, Steven E. et al.
2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC. 2007. p. 2532-2537 4436668 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record; Vol. 4).

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