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MeVCube:用于MeV天文学的CubeSat

MeVCube: a CubeSat for MeV astronomy

Giulio Lucchetta

摘要:

尽管在过去的几十年里,X射线和伽马射线天文台都取得了令人印象深刻的进展,但对$\sim 200\,\mathrm{keV}$和$\sim 50\,\mathrm{MeV}$之间的能量范围的探索仍然很少。CGRO(1991-2000)上的COMPTEL是最后一个以相对中等的灵敏度完成MeV天空完整调查的望远镜。为了填补观测方面的这一空白,已提议在未来进行AMEGO这样的飞行任务;然而,研制和发射的时间尺度约为10年。在较短的时间尺度上,一种不同的方法可能是有利可图的:兆电子伏的观测可以由一个康普顿望远镜在立方体卫星上进行。MeVCube是DESY目前正在研究的6 U CubeSat概念,它可以覆盖数百keV到几MeV之间的能量范围,灵敏度与COMPTEL和INTEGRAL等任务相当。康普顿相机基于像素化碲锌镉(CdZnTe)半导体探测器,加上低功耗读出电子器件(ASIC,VATA 450.3),确保高检测效率和出色的能量分辨率。在这项工作中,我将显示定制设计的CdZnTe探测器的性能测量和推断的预期望远镜性能的基础上,这些测量以及模拟。

英文摘要:

Despite the impressive progresses achieved both by X-ray and gamma-ray observatories in the last decades, the energy range between $\sim 200\,\mathrm{keV}$ and $\sim 50\,\mathrm{MeV}$ remains poorly explored. COMPTEL, on-board CGRO (1991-2000), was the last telescope to accomplish a complete survey of the MeV-sky with a relatively modest sensitivity. Missions like AMEGO have been proposed for the future, in order to fill this gap in observation; however, the time-scale for development and launch is about 10 years. On a shorter time-scale, a different approach may be profitable: MeV observations can be performed by a Compton telescope flying on a CubeSat. MeVCube is a 6U CubeSat concept currently under investigation at DESY, that could cover the energy range between hundreds of keV up to few MeVs with a sensitivity comparable to that of missions like COMPTEL and INTEGRAL. The Compton camera is based on pixelated Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride (CdZnTe) semiconductor detectors, coupled with low-power read-out electronics (ASIC, VATA450.3), ensuring a high detection efficiency and excellent energy resolution. In this work I will show measurements of the performance of a custom design CdZnTe detector and extrapolations of the expected telescope performance based on these measurements as well as simulations.

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