Shuttle flight test of an advanced gamma-ray detection system
Abstract
A detector system consisting of an n-type, high-purity germanium detector in a bismuth germanate anticompton shield has been developed for flight on a space shuttle mission. The BGO shield consists of six trapezoidal segments, each one being 14.6 cm long by 2.74 cm thick, mounted in a hexagonal shape about the axis of the germanium detector can.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- November 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983STIN...8425030R
- Keywords:
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- Compton Effect;
- Gamma Ray Spectrometers;
- Gamma Rays;
- Germanium;
- Radiation Shielding;
- Solar Sensors;
- Space Shuttles;
- Bismuth Compounds;
- Gamma Ray Spectra;
- N-Type Semiconductors;
- Photomultiplier Tubes;
- Radiation Belts;
- Instrumentation and Photography