The calorimeter of the Fermi Large Area Telescope

J. Eric Grove; W. Neil Johnson

doi:10.1117/12.857839

29 July 2010 The calorimeter of the Fermi Large Area Telescope

J. Eric Grove, W. Neil Johnson

Proceedings Volume 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 77320J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857839
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Large Area Telescope (LAT), the primary instrument on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, has been making revolutionary observations of the high-energy (20 MeV - 300 GeV) gamma-ray sky since its launch in June 2008. The LAT calorimeter is a modular array of 1536 CsI(Tl) crystals supported within 16 carbon fiber structures and read out at each crystal end with silicon PIN photodiodes to provide both energy and position information. The hodoscopic crystal stack allows imaging of electromagnetic showers and cosmic rays for improved energy measurement and background rejection. Signals from the array of photodiodes are processed by custom ASICs and commercial ADCs. We describe the calorimeter design and the primary factors that led those design choices.

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J. Eric Grove and W. Neil Johnson "The calorimeter of the Fermi Large Area Telescope", Proc. SPIE 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 77320J (29 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857839

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