PANGU: a wide field gamma-ray imager and polarimeter

X. Wu; R. Walter; M. Su; G. Ambrosi; P. Azzarello; M. Böttcher; J. Chang; M. Chernyakova; Y. Fan; C. Farnier; F. Gargano; I. Grenier; W. Hajdas; M. N. Mazziotta; M. Pearce; M. Pohl; A. Zdziarski

doi:10.1117/12.2231871

18 July 2016 PANGU: a wide field gamma-ray imager and polarimeter

X. Wu, R. Walter, M. Su, G. Ambrosi, P. Azzarello, M. Böttcher, J. Chang, M. Chernyakova, Y. Fan, C. Farnier, F. Gargano, I. Grenier, W. Hajdas, M. N. Mazziotta, M. Pearce, M. Pohl, A. Zdziarski

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Proceedings Volume 9905, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 99056E (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231871
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

PANGU (the PAir-productioN Gamma-ray Unit) is a gamma-ray telescope with a wide field of view optimized for spectro-imaging, timing and polarization studies. It will map the gamma-ray sky from 10 MeV to a few GeV with unprecedented spatial resolution. This window on the Universe is unique to detect photons produced directly by relativistic particles, via the decay of neutral pions, or the annihilation or decay light from anti-matter and the putative light dark matter candidates. A wealth of questions can be probed among the most important themes of modern physics and astrophysics. The PANGU instrument is a pair-conversion gamma-ray telescope based on an innovative design of a silicon strip tracker. It is light, compact and accurate. It consists of 100 layers of silicon micro-strip detector of 80 x 80 cm² in area, stacked to height of about 90 cm, and covered by an anticoincidence detector. PANGU relies on multiple scattering effects for energy measurement, reaching an energy resolution between 30-50% for 10 MeV – 1 GeV. The novel tracker will allow the first polarization measurement and provide the best angular resolution ever obtained in the soft gamma ray and GeV band.

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X. Wu, R. Walter, M. Su, G. Ambrosi, P. Azzarello, M. Böttcher, J. Chang, M. Chernyakova, Y. Fan, C. Farnier, F. Gargano, I. Grenier, W. Hajdas, M. N. Mazziotta, M. Pearce, M. Pohl, and A. Zdziarski "PANGU: a wide field gamma-ray imager and polarimeter", Proc. SPIE 9905, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 99056E (18 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231871

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