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INTEGRAL/SPI γ-rayline spectroscopy R. DiehlThomas SiegertJ. Greiner2018 год

INTEGRAL/SPI γ-ray line spectroscopy
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Аннотация: INTEGRAL/SPI is a space-based coded mask telescope featuring a 19-element Germanium detector array for high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy, encapsulated in a scintillation detector assembly that provide a veto for background from charged particles. In space, cosmic rays irradiate spacecraft and instrument, which results in a large instrumental background from activation of those materials, and leads to deterioration of the charge collection properties of the Ge detectors. We use 13.5 years of INTEGRAL/SPI spectra for each detector and for each pointing of the satellite. Spectral fits provide us with details about separated background components. From the strongest background lines, we first determine how the spectral response changes with time. We then determine how the instrumental background components change in intensities and other characteristics, most-importantly their relative distribution among detectors. Spectral resolution of Ge detectors in space degrades with time, up to 15% within half a year, consistently for all detectors, and across the SPI energy range. Semi-annual annealing operations recover these losses, yet there is a small long-term degradation. The intensity of instrumental background varies anti-correlated to solar activity, in general. There are significant differences among different lines and with respect to continuum. Background lines are found to have a characteristic, well-defined and long-term consistent intensity ratio among detectors. We use this to categorise lines in groups of similar behaviour. The dataset of spectral-response and background parameters as fitted across the INTEGRAL mission allows studies of SPI spectral response and background behaviour in a broad perspective, and efficiently supports precision modelling of instrumental background.
Год издания: 2018
Авторы: R. Diehl, Thomas Siegert, J. Greiner, M. Krause, K. Kretschmer, Michael Lang, Moritz M. M. Pleintinger, A. W. Strong, Christoph Weinberger, Xiaoling Zhang
Издательство: EDP Sciences
Источник: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ключевые слова: Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Particle Detector Development and Performance, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
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