SMILE-2+: The 2018 balloon flight and the instrument design of the electron-tracking Compton camera

Y. Nakamura; T. Tanimori; A. Takada; Y. Mizumura; S. Komura; T. Kishimoto; T. Takemura; K. Yoshikawa; T. Tanigushi; K. Onozaka; K. Saito; T. Mizumoto; S. Sonoda; H. Kubo; Y. Matsuoka; Y. Nakamasu; S. Kurosawa; K. Miuchi; T. Sawano

doi:10.1117/12.2309920

SMILE-2+: The 2018 balloon flight and the instrument design of the electron-tracking Compton camera

Y. Nakamura, T. Tanimori, A. Takada, Y. Mizumura, S. Komura, T. Kishimoto, T. Takemura, K. Yoshikawa, T. Tanigushi, K. Onozaka, K. Saito, T. Mizumoto, S. Sonoda, H. Kubo, Y. Matsuoka, Y. Nakamasu, S. Kurosawa, K. Miuchi, T. Sawano

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Abstract

To establish imaging spectroscopy of cosmic gamma-rays from a few hundreds of keV to a few tens MeV, we developed an electron-tracking Compton camera (ETCC). The ETCC consists of a time projection chamber (TPC) and pixelated scintillator arrays (PSAs). The ETCC is superior to conventional gamma-ray imaging detectors of this energy band in that the arrival direction of an incident gamma-ray is firmly determined at one point and realizes high noise rejection efficiency. We performed a campaign to demonstrate the gamma-ray imaging performance of the ETCC at balloon altitude via the sub-MeV gamma-ray imaging loaded-on-balloon experiment 2+ (SMILE-2+). The balloon was launched on April 7, 2018, at 6:26 ACST (UTC +9:30) from Alice Springs, Australia. We performed a level flight for 26 hours at an altitude of 39.6 km. The main observation targets were the Galactic Center region and the Crab Nebula and we succeeded in observing them without any critical problems. The configuration of the flight model ETCC and the housekeeping data are described in detail.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Editors	Shouleh Nikzad, Jan-Willem A. Den Herder, Kazuhiro Nakazawa
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Print)	9781510619517
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309920
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Austin, United States Duration: 2018 Jun 10 → 2018 Jun 15

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10699
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	18/6/10 → 18/6/15

Keywords

Cameras
Compton scattering
Gamma-ray astronomy
Scintillators
Telescopes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Nakamura, Y., Tanimori, T., Takada, A., Mizumura, Y., Komura, S., Kishimoto, T., Takemura, T., Yoshikawa, K., Tanigushi, T., Onozaka, K., Saito, K., Mizumoto, T., Sonoda, S., Kubo, H., Matsuoka, Y., Nakamasu, Y., Kurosawa, S., Miuchi, K., & Sawano, T. (2018). SMILE-2+: The 2018 balloon flight and the instrument design of the electron-tracking Compton camera. In S. Nikzad, J-W. A. Den Herder, & K. Nakazawa (Eds.), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray [106995W] (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10699). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309920

SMILE-2+ : The 2018 balloon flight and the instrument design of the electron-tracking Compton camera. / Nakamura, Y.; Tanimori, T.; Takada, A. et al.

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. ed. / Shouleh Nikzad; Jan-Willem A. Den Herder; Kazuhiro Nakazawa. SPIE, 2018. 106995W (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10699).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Nakamura, Y, Tanimori, T, Takada, A, Mizumura, Y, Komura, S, Kishimoto, T, Takemura, T, Yoshikawa, K, Tanigushi, T, Onozaka, K, Saito, K, Mizumoto, T, Sonoda, S, Kubo, H, Matsuoka, Y, Nakamasu, Y, Kurosawa, S, Miuchi, K & Sawano, T 2018, SMILE-2+: The 2018 balloon flight and the instrument design of the electron-tracking Compton camera. in S Nikzad, J-WA Den Herder & K Nakazawa (eds), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray., 106995W, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 10699, SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Austin, United States, 18/6/10. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309920

Nakamura Y, Tanimori T, Takada A, Mizumura Y, Komura S, Kishimoto T et al. SMILE-2+: The 2018 balloon flight and the instrument design of the electron-tracking Compton camera. In Nikzad S, Den Herder J-WA, Nakazawa K, editors, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. SPIE. 2018. 106995W. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2309920

Nakamura, Y. ; Tanimori, T. ; Takada, A. et al. / SMILE-2+ : The 2018 balloon flight and the instrument design of the electron-tracking Compton camera. Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. editor / Shouleh Nikzad ; Jan-Willem A. Den Herder ; Kazuhiro Nakazawa. SPIE, 2018. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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