Design and characterisation of a highly miniaturised radiation monitor HMRM

Guerrini, N.; Turchetta, R.; Griffin, Douglas; Morse, T.; Morse, A.W.; Poyntz-Wright, O.; Woodward, S.; Daly, E.; Menicucci, A.; Araújo, H. M.; Mitchell, E.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.06.073

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“…The project started in 2008, and was developed as a collaboration between Langton Star Centre secondary school student researchers, the Medipix Collaboration, and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), who built both LUCID and TDS-1. LUCID is part of the TDS-1 Space Environment Suite, which consists of the Miniature Radiation Environment and effects Monitor (MuREM, Taylor et al, 2012, Underwood et al, 2016, the Charged Particle Spectrometer (ChaPS, Kataria et al, 2013) and the Highly Miniaturized Radiation Monitor (HMRM, Mitchell et al, 2014, Guerrini et al, 2013. TDS-1 launched on 8 July 2014 (15:58:28 UTC) on a Soyuz-2-1b launch vehicle with Fregat-M upper stage from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, into a 635 km, 98.4 • Sun-synchronous orbit.…”

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First results from the LUCID-Timepix spacecraft payload onboard the TechDemoSat-1 satellite in Low Earth Orbit

Furnell

Shenoy

Fox

et al. 2019

Advances in Space Research

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The Langton Ultimate Cosmic ray Intensity Detector (LUCID) is a payload onboard the satellite TechDemoSat-1, used to study the radiation environment in Low Earth Orbit (∼635km). LUCID operated from 2014 to 2017, collecting over 2.1 million frames of radiation data from its five Timepix detectors on board. LUCID is one of the first uses of the Timepix detector technology in open space, with the data providing useful insight into the performance of this technology in new environments. It provides high-sensitivity imaging measurements of the mixed radiation field, with a wide dynamic range in terms of spectral response, particle type and direction. The data has been analysed using computing resources provided by GridPP, with a new machine learning algorithm that uses the Tensorflow framework. This algorithm provides a new approach to processing Medipix data, using a training set of human labelled tracks, providing greater particle classification accuracy than other algorithms. For managing the LUCID data, we have developed an online platform called Timepix Analysis Platform at School (TAPAS). This provides a swift and simple way for users to analyse data that they collect using Timepix detectors from both LUCID and other experiments. We also present some possible future uses of the LUCID data and Medipix detectors in space.

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First results from the LUCID-Timepix spacecraft payload onboard the TechDemoSat-1 satellite in Low Earth Orbit

Furnell

Shenoy

Fox

et al. 2019

Advances in Space Research

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“…Much of the subsequent operations, data management and analysis were led by secondary school researchers through the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS), with support from SSTL and the Medipix collaboration1. LUCID is part of the TDS-1 Space Environment Suite, which consists of the Miniature Radiation Environment and effects Monitor (MuREM, [16,17]), the Charged Particle Spectrometer (ChaPS, [18]) and the Highly Miniaturized Radiation Monitor (HMRM, [19,20] LUCID began data collection shortly after launch, and data collection ceased on the 4th July 2017. TDS-1 operations have now ended, and at some point in the medium-term it will be deorbited by the Icarus-1 Cranfield Drag Augmentation System de-orbiter [21] which will over the next 25 years guide the spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere, where it will disintegrate.…”

Section: Techdemosat-1mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The project started in 2008, and was developed as a collaboration between Langton Star Centre secondary school student researchers, the Medipix Collaboration, and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), who built both LUCID and TDS-1. Much of the subsequent operations, data management and analysis were led by secondary school researchers through the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS), with support from SSTL and the Medipix collaboration.1 LUCID is part of the TDS-1 Space Environment Suite, which consists of the Miniature Radiation Environment and effects Monitor (MuREM, [16,17]), the Charged Particle Spectrometer (ChaPS, [18]) and the Highly Miniaturized Radiation Monitor (HMRM, [19,20]). TDS-1 launched on 8 July 2014 (15:58:28 UTC) on a Soyuz-2-1b launch vehicle with Fregat-M upper stage from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, into a 635 km, 98.4 • Sun-synchronous orbit.…”

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The LUCID-Timepix spacecraft payload and the CERN@school educational programme

Hatfield¹,

Furnell²,

Shenoy³

et al. 2018

J. Inst.

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The Langton Ultimate Cosmic ray Intensity Detector (LUCID) is a payload onboard the satellite TechDemoSat-1, used to study the radiation environment in Low Earth Orbit (∼635km). LUCID operated from 2014 to 2017, collecting over 2.1 million frames of radiation data from its five Timepix detectors on board. LUCID is one of the first uses of the Timepix detector technology in open space, with the data providing useful insight into the performance of this technology in new environments. The data has been analysed using computing resources provided by GridPP, with a novel machine learning algorithm. For managing the LUCID data, we have developed an online platform called Timepix Analysis Platform at School (TAPAS). This provides a swift and simple way for users to analyse data that they collect using Timepix detectors from both LUCID and other school based Timepix projects. These projects constitute a secondary school programme 'CERN@school' that give a framework for novel implementations of conventional classroom experiments using Timepix, as well as letting students contribute to large international scientific collaborations and devise their own research projects. K : Space instrumentation; Charged particle detection; Radiation monitoring; Analysis and statistical methods 1Corresponding author.

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“…It seems almost natural that, recently, a novel radiation monitor, a compact instrument named a highly miniaturized radiation monitor, has been developed [90][91][92] and launched into space [93]. It seems almost natural that, recently, a novel radiation monitor, a compact instrument named a highly miniaturized radiation monitor, has been developed [90][91][92] and launched into space [93].…”

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Technology Needs for Modular Pixel Detectors

Guerrini¹

2017

Analog Electronics for Radiation Detection

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Design and characterisation of a highly miniaturised radiation monitor HMRM

Cited by 6 publications

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First results from the LUCID-Timepix spacecraft payload onboard the TechDemoSat-1 satellite in Low Earth Orbit

First results from the LUCID-Timepix spacecraft payload onboard the TechDemoSat-1 satellite in Low Earth Orbit

The LUCID-Timepix spacecraft payload and the CERN@school educational programme

Technology Needs for Modular Pixel Detectors

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