On-ground calibrations of the GRID-02 gamma-ray detector

The Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) are a space project to monitor the transient gamma-ray sky in the multi-messenger astronomy era using multiple detectors on-board CubeSats. The second GRID detector, GRID-02, was launched in 2020. The performance of the detector, including the energy respons...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Gao, Huaizhong, Yang, Dongxin, Wen, Jiaxing, Zheng, Xutao, Zeng, Ming, Cang, Jirong, Zeng, Weihe, Pan, Xiaofan, Zhou, Qimin, Liu, Yihui, Feng, Hua, Zhang, Binbin, Zeng, Zhi, Yang, Tian, GRID Collaboration
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 20.12.2021
Subjects
Astronomy
Cubesat
Detectors
Gamma ray detectors
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Sensors
Temperature dependence
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Summary:The Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) are a space project to monitor the transient gamma-ray sky in the multi-messenger astronomy era using multiple detectors on-board CubeSats. The second GRID detector, GRID-02, was launched in 2020. The performance of the detector, including the energy response, effective area, angular response, and temperature-bias dependence, is calibrated in the laboratory and presented here. These measurements are compared with particle tracing simulations and validate the Geant4 model that will be used for generating detector responses.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2109.00669