Spectroscopy and polarimetry capabilities of the INTEGRAL imager: Monte Carlo simulation results

Bruce Miles Swinyard; Giuseppe Malaguti; Ezio Caroli; Anthony J. Dean; Guido Di Cocco

doi:10.1117/12.50576

1 November 1991 Spectroscopy and polarimetry capabilities of the INTEGRAL imager: Monte Carlo simulation results

Bruce Miles Swinyard, Giuseppe Malaguti, Ezio Caroli, Anthony J. Dean, Guido Di Cocco

Proceedings Volume 1548, Production and Analysis of Polarized X Rays; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.50576
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A three-dimensional position sensitive imaging detector has been proposed for the prospective ESA/NASA gamma-ray satellite, INTEGRAL. The instrument is based on two layers of bar shaped CsI(T1) crystals viewed by photodiodes. The GEANT3 Monte Carlo simulation package has been used to assess the spectroscopic and enhanced imaging performance of this detector and an original routine has been written to assess its capabilities as a Compton polarimeter. A description of the algorithm of this routine is given with the results of both GEANT3 and the polarization simulations.

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Bruce Miles Swinyard, Giuseppe Malaguti, Ezio Caroli, Anthony J. Dean, and Guido Di Cocco "Spectroscopy and polarimetry capabilities of the INTEGRAL imager: Monte Carlo simulation results", Proc. SPIE 1548, Production and Analysis of Polarized X Rays, (1 November 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.50576

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