A fast photon counting camera for {gamma}-ray pulsar astronomy

Journal Article · Thu Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2757389· OSTI ID:21067270

Orozco, Benito; Carraminana, Alberto ^[1]; Michel, Raul; Zazueta, Salvador ^[2]; Fordham, John L. A. ^[3]

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1. Inst. Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica, Luis Enrique Erro 1, Tonantzintla, Puebla 72840 (Mexico)
2. Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, A.P. 877, Ensenada, BC 22800 (Mexico)
3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London (United Kingdom)

The Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) astronomical camera, under development at the Institute of Astronomy UNAM, will be able to obtain images of faint optical objects with very low instrumental noise and short integration times. The EMCCD is a normal CCD with an additional multiplication register located before the input of the readout amplifier. This will be a very suitable instrument to search for optical pulsations of unidentified gamma-ray sources, specially with GLAST entering the realm of radio quiet gamma-ray loud pulsars.

• OSTI ID: 21067270
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 921, Issue 1; Conference: 1. GLAST symposium, Stanford, CA (United States), 5-8 Feb 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2757389; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AMPLIFIERS
CAMERAS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC PHOTONS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA RADIATION
IMAGES
NOISE
PHOTON EMISSION
PULSARS
PULSATIONS
READOUT SYSTEMS
SENSORS