Hall, Christopher John (1986) An imaging high energy gamma ray telescope. University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
Abstract
A prototype telescope for high energy gamma ray astronomy has been built, and tested in an accelerator gamma ray beam. The design incorporates a drift chamber track detector, a coded aperture mask imaging system, and a calorimeter. This thesis reports on the design, construction, and results of the beam tests of the telescope. The results show that the intrinsic projected angular resolution of the detector is 3.5o for 100 MeV photons, and that the instrument is capable of achieving an angular resolution of 15 arc minutes in the energy range 100 to 275 MeV, using the coded aperture imaging system. Possible designs for future space missions are discussed. (D73016/87)
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