B-MINE, the balloon-borne microcalorimeter nuclear line explorer

E Silver; H Schnopper; C Jones; W Forman; S Bandler; S Murray; S Romaine; P Slane; J Grindlay; N Madden; J Beeman; EE Haller; D Smith; M Barbera; A Collura; Finn Erland Christensen; B Ramsey; S Woosley; R Diehl; G Tucker; J Fabregat; V Reglero; A Gimenez

B-MINE, the balloon-borne microcalorimeter nuclear line explorer

E Silver, H Schnopper, C Jones, W Forman, S Bandler, S Murray, S Romaine, P Slane, J Grindlay, N Madden, J Beeman, EE Haller, D Smith, M Barbera, A Collura, Finn Erland Christensen, B Ramsey, S Woosley, R Diehl, G TuckerJ Fabregat, V Reglero, A Gimenez

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B-MINE is a concept for a balloon mission designed to probe the deepest regions of a supernova explosion by detecting Ti-44 emission at 68 keV with spatial and spectral resolutions that are sufficient to determine the extent and velocity distribution of the Ti-44 emitting region. The payload introduces the concept of focusing optics and microcalorimeter spectroscopy to nuclear line emission astrophysics. B-MINE has a thin, plastic foil telescope multilayered to maximize the reflectivity in a 20 keV band centered at 68 keV and a microcalorimeter array optimized for the same energy band. This combination provides a reduced background, an energy resolution of 50 eV and a 3sigma sensitivity in 10(6) s of 3.3 x 10(-7) ph cm(-2) s(-1) at 68 keV. During the course of a long duration balloon flight, B-MINE could carry out a detailed study of the Ti-44 emission line centroid and width in CAS A.

Original language	English
Journal	A I P Conference Proceedings Series
Volume	587
Pages (from-to)	860-864
Number of pages	5
ISSN	0094-243X
Publication status	Published - 2001
Event	Gamma-Ray Astrophysics 2001 Symposium - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: 4 Apr 2001 → 6 Apr 2001

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Conference	Gamma-Ray Astrophysics 2001 Symposium
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	04/04/2001 → 06/04/2001

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Silver, E., Schnopper, H., Jones, C., Forman, W., Bandler, S., Murray, S., Romaine, S., Slane, P., Grindlay, J., Madden, N., Beeman, J., Haller, EE., Smith, D., Barbera, M., Collura, A., Christensen, F. E., Ramsey, B., Woosley, S., Diehl, R., ... Gimenez, A. (2001). B-MINE, the balloon-borne microcalorimeter nuclear line explorer. A I P Conference Proceedings Series, 587, 860-864.

Silver, E ; Schnopper, H ; Jones, C ; Forman, W ; Bandler, S ; Murray, S ; Romaine, S ; Slane, P ; Grindlay, J ; Madden, N ; Beeman, J ; Haller, EE ; Smith, D ; Barbera, M ; Collura, A ; Christensen, Finn Erland ; Ramsey, B ; Woosley, S ; Diehl, R ; Tucker, G ; Fabregat, J ; Reglero, V ; Gimenez, A. / B-MINE, the balloon-borne microcalorimeter nuclear line explorer. In: A I P Conference Proceedings Series. 2001 ; Vol. 587. pp. 860-864.

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In: A I P Conference Proceedings Series, Vol. 587, 2001, p. 860-864.

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