@inproceedings{d29414dd17984b219aa0c37595dc9731,
title = "The upcoming long duration balloon flight of the nuclear compton telescope",
abstract = "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.",
author = "Bandstra, {Mark E.} and Eric Bellm and Boggs, {Steven E.} and Bowen, {Jason D.} and Daniel Perez-Becker and Wunderer, {Cornelia B.} and Andreas Zoglauer and Mark Amman and Luke, {Paul N.} and Chang, {Hsiang Kuang} and Chiu, {Jeng Lun} and Liang, {Jau Shian} and Chang, {Yuan Hann} and Liu, {Zong Kai} and Lin, {Chih Hsun} and Huang, {Minghuey A.} and Pierre Jean",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436668",
language = "???core.languages.en_GB???",
isbn = "1424409233",
series = "IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record",
pages = "2532--2537",
booktitle = "2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC",
note = "2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC ; Conference date: 27-10-2007 Through 03-11-2007",
}