Publications (4)
Optimization of the Design of the Hard X-ray Polarimeter X-Calibur
Qingzhen Guo, Matthias Beilicke, Alfred Garson +3
We report on the optimization of the hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur for a high-altitude balloon-flight in the focal plane of the InFOCμS X-ray telescope from Fort Sumner (NM) in…
Study of Thick CZT Detectors for X-ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Qiang Li, M. Beilicke, Kuen Lee +8
CdZnTe (CZT) is a wide bandgap II-VI semiconductor developed for the spectroscopic detection of X-rays and γ-rays at room temperature. The Swift Burst Alert Telescope is using an…
Leakage Currents and Capacitances of Thick CZT Detectors
Alfred Garson, Qiang Li, Ira V. Jung +4
The quality of Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) detectors is steadily improving. For state of the art detectors, readout noise is thus becoming an increasingly important factor for the…
Design of a Hard X-ray Polarimeter: X-Calibur
Qingzhen Guo, Alfred Garson, Matthias Beilicke +3
We report on Monte Carlo studies of the hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur. The polarimeter will be used in the focal plane of a grazing incidence hard X-ray telescope. It combines a…