6 papers
The iSTORM Instrument for Airborne Measurements of Gamma-Ray Emissions from Thunderstorms
Daniel Shy, J. Eric Grove, Bernard Phlips +7
The in-Situ Thunderstorm Observer for Radiation Mechanisms (iSTORM) is a gamma-ray spectrometer to study gamma-ray transients originating from thunderstorms, such as glows and terr…
Calibration of the ComPair Balloon Instrument
Nicholas Kirschner, Zachary Metzler, Lucas D. Smith +25
ComPair, the prototype of the All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO) mission concept, is a combined Compton imager and pair production telescope. It consists of four s…
Background Measurements and Simulations of the ComPair Balloon Flight
Zachary Metzler, Nicholas Kirschner, Lucas Smith +31
ComPair, a prototype of the All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO), completed a short-duration high-altitude balloon campaign on August 27, 2023 from Fort Sumner, New…
ComPair-2: A Next Generation Medium Energy Gamma-ray Telescope Prototype
Regina Caputo, Carolyn Kierans, Nicholas Cannady +30
Many questions posed in the Astro2020 Decadal survey in both the New Messengers and New Physics and the Cosmic Ecosystems science themes require a gamma-ray mission with capabiliti…
The 2023 Balloon Flight of the ComPair Instrument
Lucas D. Smith, Nicholas Cannady, Regina Caputo +29
The ComPair balloon instrument is a prototype gamma-ray telescope that aims to further develop technology for observing the gamma-ray sky in the MeV regime. ComPair combines four d…
Development of the cadmium zinc TElluride Radiation Imager (TERI)
Daniel Shy, Michael Streicher, Douglas M. Groves +13
The cadmium zinc TElluride Radiation Imager, or TERI, is an instrument to space qualify large-volume pixelated CdZnTe (CZT) detector technol…