FiberGLAST:Test Results of the Fiber Tracker System

W.R. Binns, J.H. Buckley, P.F. Dowkontt, J.W. Epstein, P.L. Hink, M.H. Israel, K.R. Rielage

K. Arisaka, M. Atac, D. Cline, Y. Pischalnikov

G.R. Karr, R.M. Kippen, R.S. Mallozzi, W.S. Paciesas, T.A. Parnell, G.N. Pendleton, S. Phengchamnan, G.A. Richardson, D.B. Wallace

J.R. Macri, M.L. McConnell, J.M. Ryan

M.L. Cherry, T.G. Guzik, S.C. Kappadath, J.G. Stacy

M.J. Christl, G.J. Fishman, R.B. Wilson

T.O. Tumer

Abstract

The FiberGLAST telescope is a large-area instrument concept for NASA's Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) program. The detector uses scintillating fiber arrays read out with multi-anode photomultiplier tubes for both particle tracking and calorimetry. We have tested a prototype instrument during a beam test at Louisiana State University. We present the prototype instrument characteristics and detector performance, and discuss laboratory tests of fiber light output, detection efficiency, occupancy, cross-talk, and fiber radiation damage.


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