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Depth Calibration of Double-sided Strip Germanium Detectors for the Compton Spectrometer and Imager Satellite
Field R. Rogers, Sean N. Pike, Samer Alnussirat +12
Double-sided strip high-purity germanium detectors with three-dimensional position reconstruction capability have been developed over three decades, with space-based applications i…
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…
The Design and Performance Characteristics of the NRL4 ASIC Developed for the COSI Small Explorer Gamma-ray Satellite
Jarred M. Roberts, Clio Sleator, Eric Wulf +5
Next-generation gamma-ray observatories aim to enable precision measurements in high-energy astrophysics using advanced semiconductor detector technologies. Meeting the scientific…
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…
Bottom-up Background Simulations of the 2016 COSI Balloon Flight
Savitri Gallego, Uwe Oberlack, Jan Lommler +8
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a Compton telescope designed to survey the 0.2-5 MeV sky, consisting of a compact array of cross-strip germanium detectors. As part of…
STROBE-X High Energy Modular Array (HEMA)
Anthony L. Hutcheson, Marco Feroci, Andrea Argan +64
The High Energy Modular Array (HEMA) is one of three instruments that compose the STROBE-X mission concept. The HEMA is a large-area, high-throughput non-imaging pointed instrument…
STROBE-X Mission Overview
Paul S. Ray, Peter W. A. Roming, Andrea Argan +54
We give an overview of the science objectives and mission design of the Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays (STROBE-X) observatory, which has been…
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…
Results from the CsI Calorimeter onboard the 2023 ComPair Balloon Flight
Daniel Shy, Richard S. Woolf, Clio Sleator +33
The ComPair gamma-ray telescope is a technology demonstrator for a future gamma-ray telescope called the All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO). The instrument is comp…
Development of Dual-Gain SiPM Boards for Extending the Energy Dynamic Range
Daniel Shy, Richard S. Woolf, Eric A. Wulf +5
Astronomical observations with gamma rays in the range of several hundred keV to hundreds of MeV currently represent the least explored energy range. To address this so-called MeV…
Development of a CsI Calorimeter for the Compton-Pair (ComPair) Balloon-Borne Gamma-Ray Telescope
Daniel Shy, Richard S. Woolf, Clio C. Sleator +7
There is a growing interest in astrophysics to fill in the observational gamma-ray MeV gap. We, therefore, developed a CsI:Tl calorimeter prototype as a subsystem to a balloon-base…
Development of the ComPair gamma-ray telescope prototype
Daniel Shy, Carolyn Kierans, Nicolas Cannady +22
There is a growing interest in the science uniquely enabled by observations in the MeV range, particularly in light of multi-messenger astrophysics. The Compton Pair (ComPair) tele…
The All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer (AMEGO-X) Mission Concept
Regina Caputo, Marco Ajello, Carolyn Kierans +52
The All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer (AMEGO-X) is designed to identify and characterize gamma rays from extreme explosions and accelerators. The main science th…
Gamma-ray detector and mission design simulations
Eric A. Charles, Henrike Fleischhack, Clio Sleator
Detectors for gamma-ray astronomy are complex: they often comprise multiple sub-systems and utilize new and/or custom-developed detector components and readout electronics. Gamma r…
Calibrations of the Compton Spectrometer and Imager
Jacqueline Beechert, Hadar Lazar, Steven E. Boggs +12
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a balloon-borne soft -ray telescope (0.2-5 MeV) designed to study astrophysical sources. COSI employs a compact Compton telescope d…
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager Project for MeV Astronomy
John A. Tomsick, Steven E. Boggs, Andreas Zoglauer +33
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a 0.2-5 MeV Compton telescope capable of imaging, spectroscopy, and polarimetry of astrophysical sources. Such capabilities are made p…
COSI: From Calibrations and Observations to All-sky Images
Andreas Zoglauer, Thomas Siegert, Alexander Lowell +13
The soft MeV gamma-ray sky, from a few hundred keV up to several MeV, is one of the least explored regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The most promising technology to access…
Benchmarking simulations of the Compton Spectrometer and Imager with calibrations
Clio C. Sleator, Andreas Zoglauer, Alexander W. Lowell +9
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a balloon-borne gamma-ray (0.2-5 MeV) telescope designed to study astrophysical sources. COSI employs a compact Compton telescope desi…
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager
John A. Tomsick, Andreas Zoglauer, Clio Sleator +21
In this Astro2020 APC White Paper, we describe a Small Explorer (SMEX) mission concept called the Compton Spectrometer and Imager. COSI is a Compton telescope that covers the bandp…
Maximum Likelihood Compton Polarimetry with the Compton Spectrometer and Imager
Alexander W. Lowell, Steven E. Boggs, Jeng-Lun Chiu +11
Astrophysical polarization measurements in the soft gamma-ray band are becoming more feasible as detectors with high position and energy resolution are deployed. Previous work has…
Benchmarking COSI's detector effects engine
Clio C. Sleator, Steven E. Boggs, Jeng-Lun Chiu +11
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a balloon-borne gamma-ray (0.2-5 MeV) telescope with inherent sensitivity to polarization. COSI's main goal is to study astrophysical…
The 2016 Super Pressure Balloon flight of the Compton Spectrometer and Imager
Carolyn A. Kierans, Steven E. Boggs, Jeng-Lun Chiu +11
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a balloon-borne, soft-gamma ray imager, spectrometer, and polarimeter with sensitivity from 0.2 to 5 MeV. Utilizing a compact Compton…