The soft gamma-ray detector for the ASTRO-H mission

T. Tanaka; R. Blandford; K. Doutsu; T. Endo; T. Enoto; Y. Fukazawa; K. Fukami; T. Fukuyama; Y. Hanabata; J. Harayama; K. Hayashi; K. Hiragi; S. Ishikawa; J. Kataoka; J. Katsuta; T. Kitaguchi; M. Kokubun; M. Koseki; T. Kozu; G. Madejski; K. Makishima; M. Matsuoka; T. Miura; T. Mizuno; S. Nakahira; K. Nakajima; K. Nakazawa; S. Nishino; H. Nishioka; H. Noda; H. Odaka; S. Saito; S. Sasaki; R. Sato; S. Sugimoto; H. Tajima; T. Takahashi; M. Tashiro; Y. Terada; S. Torii; Y. Uchiyama; Y. Umeki; S. Watanabe; Y. Yaji; S. Yamada; K. Yamaoka; M. Yoshino; T. Yuasa

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402092

The soft gamma-ray detector for the ASTRO-H mission

T. Tanaka, R. Blandford, K. Doutsu, T. Endo, T. Enoto, Y. Fukazawa, K. Fukami, T. Fukuyama, Y. Hanabata, J. Harayama, K. Hayashi, K. Hiragi, S. Ishikawa, J. Kataoka, J. Katsuta, T. Kitaguchi, M. Kokubun, M. Koseki, T. Kozu, G. MadejskiK. Makishima, M. Matsuoka, T. Miura, T. Mizuno, S. Nakahira, K. Nakajima, K. Nakazawa, S. Nishino, H. Nishioka, H. Noda, H. Odaka, S. Saito, S. Sasaki, R. Sato, S. Sugimoto, H. Tajima, T. Takahashi, M. Tashiro, Y. Terada, S. Torii, Y. Uchiyama, Y. Umeki, S. Watanabe, Y. Yaji, S. Yamada, K. Yamaoka, M. Yoshino, T. Yuasa

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The Soft Gamma-ray Detector (SGD) on board ASTRO-H (Japanese next high-energy astrophysics mission) is a Compton telescope with narrow field-of-view, which utilizes Compton kinematics to enhance its background rejection capabilities. It is realized as a hybrid semiconductor detector system which consists of silicon and CdTe (cadmium telluride) detectors. It can detect photons in a wide energy band (50-600 keV) at a background level 10 times better than that of the Suzaku Hard X-ray Detector, and is complimentary to the Hard X-ray Imager on board ASTRO-H with an energy coverage of 5-80 keV. Excellent energy resolution is the key feature of the SGD, allowing it to achieve good background rejection capability taking advantage of good angular resolution. An additional capability of the SGD, its ability to measure gamma-ray polarization, opens up a new window to study properties of gamma-ray emission processes. Here we describe the instrument design of the SGD, its expected performance, and its development status.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009
Pages	2140-2144
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402092
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009 - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 2009 Oct 25 → 2009 Oct 31

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Name	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
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Conference	2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009
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City	Orlando, FL
Period	09/10/25 → 09/10/31

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Tanaka, T., Blandford, R., Doutsu, K., Endo, T., Enoto, T., Fukazawa, Y., Fukami, K., Fukuyama, T., Hanabata, Y., Harayama, J., Hayashi, K., Hiragi, K., Ishikawa, S., Kataoka, J., Katsuta, J., Kitaguchi, T., Kokubun, M., Koseki, M., Kozu, T., ... Yuasa, T. (2009). The soft gamma-ray detector for the ASTRO-H mission. In 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009 (pp. 2140-2144). Article 5402092 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record). https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402092

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Tanaka, T, Blandford, R, Doutsu, K, Endo, T, Enoto, T, Fukazawa, Y, Fukami, K, Fukuyama, T, Hanabata, Y, Harayama, J, Hayashi, K, Hiragi, K, Ishikawa, S, Kataoka, J, Katsuta, J, Kitaguchi, T, Kokubun, M, Koseki, M, Kozu, T, Madejski, G, Makishima, K, Matsuoka, M, Miura, T, Mizuno, T, Nakahira, S, Nakajima, K, Nakazawa, K, Nishino, S, Nishioka, H, Noda, H, Odaka, H, Saito, S, Sasaki, S, Sato, R, Sugimoto, S, Tajima, H, Takahashi, T, Tashiro, M, Terada, Y, Torii, S, Uchiyama, Y, Umeki, Y, Watanabe, S, Yaji, Y, Yamada, S, Yamaoka, K, Yoshino, M & Yuasa, T 2009, The soft gamma-ray detector for the ASTRO-H mission. in 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009., 5402092, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, pp. 2140-2144, 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009, Orlando, FL, United States, 09/10/25. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402092

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