Dr. Kevin C. Hurley Profile

Dr. Kevin C. Hurley

at Univ of California Berkeley

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Publications (11)

Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

CASTER: a concept for a Black Hole Finder Probe based on the use of new scintillator technologies

Mark McConnell, Peter Bloser, Gary Case, Michael Cherry, James Cravens, T. Guzik, Kevin Hurley, R. Kippen, John Macri, Richard Miller, William Paciesas, James Ryan, Bradley Schaefer, J. Stacy, W. Vestrand, John Wefel

Proc. SPIE. 5898, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Sensors, Crystals, Scintillators, Space telescopes, Scintillation, Spatial resolution, Lanthanum, Coded aperture imaging

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

Swift GRB MIDEX mission

Kevin Hurley

Proc. SPIE. 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, X-ray optics, Sensors, Ultraviolet radiation, X-rays, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, Galactic astronomy, X-ray telescopes, UV optics

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

Nonsolar astronomy with the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI)

David Smith, Robert Lin, Kevin Hurley, Wayne Coburn, Gordon Hurford, Claudia Wigger, W. Hajdas, Alex Zehnder, Mark McConnell

Proc. SPIE. 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Solar energy, Modulation, Imaging systems, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Photons, Magnetism, Imaging spectroscopy, Gamma radiation, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2000 Paper

Cyclone Hard X-Ray Observatory

Steven Boggs, Robert Lin, Brian Dennis, Norman Madden, Peter von Ballmoos, Knud Thomsen, Gordon Hurford, Kevin Hurley, David Smith, Pierre Jean, Juergen Knoedlseder, Robyn Millan

Proc. SPIE. 4140, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XI

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Electronics, Modulation, Sensors, Satellites, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Spatial resolution, Space operations, Hard x-rays

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Proceedings Article | 22 October 1999 Paper

Preliminary test results of a new high-energy-resolution silicon and CdZnTe pixel detectors for application to x-ray astronomy

V. Sushkov, William Hamilton, Kevin Hurley, Dale Maeding, Hakki Ogelman, Robert Paulos, Richard Puetter, Tumay Tumer, Jeffrey Zweerink

Proc. SPIE. 3765, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Interfaces, Indium, Silicon, Analog electronics, X-ray astronomy, X-ray detectors, Signal detection, PIN photodiodes

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Proceedings Article | 19 October 1999 Paper

Automatic NEAR-XGRS data processing system for rapid and precise GRB localizations with the interplanetary network

Scott Barthelmy, Thomas Cline, P. Butterworth, David Palmer, Jacob Trombka, Timothy McClanahan, Richard Gold, Kevin Hurley

Proc. SPIE. 3768, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics

KEYWORDS: Internet, Clocks, Sensors, Spectroscopy, X-rays, Computing systems, Data processing, Gamma radiation, Space operations, Asteroids

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 1997 Paper

New astrophysics mission for a low-energy gamma-ray burst observatory (LEGO)

Tumay Tumer, Kevin Hurley, Hakki Ogelman, Robert Paulos, Richard Puetter, Eric Beuville, Dieter Hartmann, Bradley Schaefer, Jeff Preble, Richard Rothschild, Mark Finger, Lorenzo Fabris, Terrence O'Neill, Mark Jennings, Amos Yahil

Proc. SPIE. 3114, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII

KEYWORDS: Electronics, Sensors, X-rays, Indium, Silicon, Image resolution, Gamma radiation, Astrophysics, X-ray detectors, PIN photodiodes

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 1997 Paper

New high-resolution gamma-ray burst detector: all-sky x-ray and gamma-ray astronomy monitor (AXGAM)

Tumay Tumer, Terrence O'Neill, Kevin Hurley, Hakki Ogelman, Robert Paulos, Richard Puetter, Eric Beuville, W.J. Hamilton, R Proctor

Proc. SPIE. 3114, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII

KEYWORDS: Stars, Sensors, X-rays, Image resolution, Gamma radiation, Spatial resolution, Coded apertures, X-ray detectors, Hard x-rays, Information operations

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A wide field-of-view, arcsecond imaging, high energy resolution x-ray and low energy gamma ray detector is proposed for a future space mission. It is specifically designed to monitor and study gamma ray bursts (GRBs) with high energy and angular resolution and also find counterparts at other wavelengths. Detection of GRBs requires wide field-of-view ((pi) to 2 (pi) field-of-view) and high sensitivity. This is achieved by using high quantum efficiency CdZnTe pixel detectors with a low energy threshold (few keV) to observe the larger flux levels at lower energies, and large effective area (625 to 1,000 cm²) per coded aperture imaging module. Counterpart searches can only be done with ultra high angular resolution detectors (10 to 30 arcsecond FWHM) which gives 1 to 5 arcsecond position determination especially for strong GRBs. A few arcsecond size error box is expected to contain at most one object observed at another wavelength. This will be achieved by using ultra high spatial resolution pixel detectors (100 by 100 microns) and a similar resolution coded aperture to achieve the required angular resolution. AXGAM also has two other important advantages over similar detectors: (1) excellent low energy response (greater than 1 keV) and (2) high energy resolution (less than 6% at 5.9 keV, less than 3% at 14 keV, less than 4% at 122 keV). The low energy range may provide important new information on GRBs and the high energy resolution is expected to help in the observation and identification of emission and absorption lines in the GRB spectrum. The effective energy range is planned to be 2 to 200 keV which is exceptionally wide for such a detector. AXGAM will be built in the form of a 'bucky ball' using a coded aperture mask in a semi-geodesic dome arrangement placed over a two-dimensional, high resolution CdZnTe pixel detector array using newly developed p-i-n detector technology. The p-i-n structure decreases the electron and hole trapping effect and increases energy resolution significantly. The major scientific goals of the proposed mission in addition to continuously monitoring gamma- ray bursts, is to observe AGNs, transient phenomena, isolated and binary pulsars, and solar flares. A space deployed AXGAM detector is expected to observe several hundred gamma ray bursts per year.

Proceedings Article | 18 October 1996 Paper

BASIS mission concept for gamma-ray burst imaging and spectroscopy

Neil Gehrels, Bonnard Teegarden, Louis Barbier, Scott Barthelmy, Lyle Bartlett, Thomas Cline, Edward Fenimore, Gerald Fishman, Kevin Hurley, John Krizmanic, Chryssa Kouveliotou, M. Leventhal, Dan McCammon, Jay Norris, David Palmer, Ann Parsons, William Paciesas, Wilton Sanders, Bradley Schaefer, Carl Stahle, Jack Tueller, J. van Paradijs, Stanford Woosley

Proc. SPIE. 2806, Gamma-Ray and Cosmic-Ray Detectors, Techniques, and Missions

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectroscopy, X-rays, Imaging spectroscopy, Photomasks, Gamma radiation, Spatial resolution, Galactic astronomy, Hard x-rays, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 1995 Paper

BASIS: a new gamma-ray burst imaging and spectroscopy mission concept

Bonnard Teegarden, Neil Gehrels, Edward Fenimore, Louis Barbier, Thomas Cline, Ann Parsons, Jack Tueller, John Krizmanic, Scott Barthelmy, David Palmer, Gerald Fishman, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Kevin Hurley, William Paciesas, J. van Paradijs, M. Leventhal, Stanford Woosley, Dan McCammon, Wilton Sanders, Barbara Schaefer, Lyle Bartlett, Casey Lisse, Carl Stahle

Proc. SPIE. 2518, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VI

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectroscopy, Imaging spectroscopy, Collimators, Gamma radiation, Spatial resolution, Space operations, Galactic astronomy, Hard x-rays, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 8 October 1992 Paper

High-resolution gamma-ray and hard x-ray spectrometer for long-duration balloon flights

Michael Pelling, Paul Feffer, Kevin Hurley, Sharad Kane, Robert Lin, Steven McBride, J. Primbsch, David Smith, K. Youseffi, G. Zimmer, F. Cotin, J. Lavigne, G. Rouaix, Said Slassi-Sennou, Gilbert Vedrenne, Richard Pehl, Chris Cork, Paul Luke, Norman Madden, Don Malone

Proc. SPIE. 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectroscopy, X-rays, Germanium, Collimators, Gamma radiation, X-ray astronomy, Signal detection, Hard x-rays, Solar processes

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