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; E.E. Haller; D. Smith; S. Woosley; R. Diehl; G. Tucker; J. Fabregat; V. Reglero; M. Barbera; A. Collura; Finn Erland Christensen; B. Ramsey; A. Gimenez; J.E. Trumper; H.D. Tananbaum

doi:10.1117/12.461410

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
, E.E. Haller
, D. Smith
, S. Woosley
, R. Diehl
, G. Tucker
, J. Fabregat
, V. Reglero
, M. Barbera
, A. Collura

Finn Erland Christensen, B. Ramsey, A. Gimenez, J.E. Trumper, H.D. Tananbaum

Polytechnic University of Valencia

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Abstract

B-MINE is a concept for a balloon mission designed to probe the deepest regions of a supernova explosion by detecting 44Ti emission at 68 keV with spatial and spectral resolutions that are sufficient to determine the extent and velocity distribution of the 44Ti 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 3σ sensitivity in 106 s of 3.3 × 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 44Ti emission line centroid and width in CASA.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4851
Pages (from-to)	905-912
ISSN	0277-786X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461410
Publication status	Published - 2002
Event	SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2002 - Waikoloa, United States Duration: 22 Aug 2002 → 28 Aug 2002

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Conference	SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2002
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waikoloa
Period	22/08/2002 → 28/08/2002

Keywords

Astronomy
Balloons
Calorimeters
X ray optics
Telescopes
T
X

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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, E. E., Smith, D., Woosley, S., Diehl, R., Tucker, G., Fabregat, J., Reglero, V., Barbera, M., ... Tananbaum, H. D. (2002). B-MINE, the balloon-borne microcalorimeter nuclear line explorer. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4851, 905-912. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461410

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