Testing and Performance of UFFO Burst Alert & Trigger Telescope

Jakub Rípa; Min Bin Kim; Jik Lee; Il Huang Park; Ji Eun Kim; Heuijin Lim; Soomin Jeong; Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado; Paul Henry Connell; Chris Eyles; Søren Brandt; Carl Budtz-Jørgensen

Testing and Performance of UFFO Burst Alert & Trigger Telescope

Jakub Rípa, Min Bin Kim, Jik Lee, Il Huang Park, Ji Eun Kim, Heuijin Lim, Soomin Jeong, Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado, Paul Henry Connell, Chris Eyles, Søren Brandt, Carl Budtz-Jørgensen

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The Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory pathfinder (UFFO-p) is a new space mission dedicated to detect Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and rapidly follow their afterglows in order to provide early optical/ultraviolet measurements. A GRB location is determined in a few seconds by the UFFO Burst Alert & Trigger telescope (UBAT) employing the coded mask imaging technique and the detector combination of Yttrium Oxyorthosilicate (YSO) scintillating crystals and multi-anode photomultiplier tubes. The results of the laboratory tests of UBAT’s functionality and performance are described in this article. The detector setting, the pixel-to-pixel response to X-rays of different energies, the imaging capability for <50 keV X-rays, the localization accuracy measurements, and the combined test with the Block for X-ray and Gamma-Radiation Detection (BDRG) scintillator detector to check the efficiency of UBAT are all described. The UBAT instrument has been assembled and integrated with other equipment on UFFO-p and should be launched on board the Lomonosov satellite in late-2015.

Original language	English
Article number	102
Journal	P o S - Proceedings of Science
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1824-8039
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	SWIFT 10: 10 Years of Discovery - La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy Duration: 2 Dec 2014 → 5 Dec 2014

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Conference	SWIFT 10
Location	La Sapienza University
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	02/12/2014 → 05/12/2014

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UFFO: Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory, UFFO
Brandt, S. (Project Participant), Budtz-Jørgensen, C. (Project Participant) & Lund, N. (Project Participant)
01/01/2010 → …
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