Rapid and accurate assembly method for a new Laue lens prototype

Colin Wade; Nicolas Barrière; Lorraine Hanlon; Steven E. Boggs; Nicolai F. Brejnholt; Sonny Massahi; John A. Tomsick; Peter von Ballmoos

doi:10.1117/12.2187029

4 September 2015 Rapid and accurate assembly method for a new Laue lens prototype

Colin Wade, Nicolas Barrière, Lorraine Hanlon, Steven E. Boggs, Nicolai F. Brejnholt, Sonny Massahi, John A. Tomsick, Peter von Ballmoos

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Proceedings Volume 9603, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII; 960309 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187029
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Laue lens is a technology for gamma-ray astrophysics whereby gamma-rays of particular energies can be focused by a suitable arrangement of crystals. The Laue lens assembly station at UC Berkeley was used to build a technological demonstrator addressing the key issues of crystal mounting speed, crystal position and orientation accuracy, and crystal reflectivity. The new prototype is a lens segment containing a total of 48 5 x 5 mm2 crystals - 36 Iron and 12 Aluminium. The segment is composed of 8 partial rings, each of which is aligned to diffract an energy between 95 and 130 keV from a source at 12:5m with a focal length of 1:5 m.

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Colin Wade, Nicolas Barrière, Lorraine Hanlon, Steven E. Boggs, Nicolai F. Brejnholt, Sonny Massahi, John A. Tomsick, and Peter von Ballmoos "Rapid and accurate assembly method for a new Laue lens prototype", Proc. SPIE 9603, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII, 960309 (4 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187029

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