Focusing of gamma-rays with Laue lenses: first results

Frontera, F.; Loffredo, G.; Pisa, Alessandro; Nobili, Francesco; Carassiti, V.; Evangelisti, F.; Landi, Luca; Squerzanti, S.; Caroli, E.; Stephen, J. B.; Andersen, K.H.; Courtois, P.; Auricchio, N.; Milani, Lorenzo; Negri, B.

doi:10.1117/12.790484

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“…8), we have devoted a new effort to improve the lens focusing quality. In this paper we have described the new upgrading of the lens assembling system, that is being used for building a new lens prototype.…”

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New results on focusing of gamma-rays with Laue lenses

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We report on new results on the development activity of broad band Laue lenses for hard X-/gamma-ray astronomy (70/100-600 keV). After the development of a first prototype, whose performance was presented at the SPIE conference on Astronomical Telescopes held last year in Marseille (Frontera et al. 2008), we have improved the lens assembling technology. We present the the development status of the new lens prototype that is on the way to be assembled.

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“…It can be seen (see Ref. 8 for details) that at the radius at which the expected distribution of the focused photons reaches the saturation, only 60% of the focused photons are collected.…”

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New results on focusing of gamma-rays with Laue lenses

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“…A gamma-ray lens with a broad continuum coverage from 300 keV to 1.5 MeV was proposed in the 90s by Lund Reprinted from [33,34]. [35].…”

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“…The technique adopted is described in detail in [34,41]. It makes use of a countermask provided with holes, two for each crystal tile.…”

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Laue Gamma-Ray Lenses for Space Astrophysics: Status and Prospects

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X-Ray Optics and Instrumentation

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“…The laboratories include an experimental room (LARIX A) with a 12 m long facility and a 100 m long tunnel. The facility in LARIX A has been successfully used for calibrating JEM X aboard the INTEGRAL satellite 2 , and building and testing two prototypes of Laue lenses with 6 m focal length made of 20 copper flat mosaic crystals 3,4 .…”

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The LAUE project and its main results

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We will describe the LAUE project, supported by the Italian Space Agency, whose aim is to demonstrate the capability to build a focusing optics in the hard X-/soft gamma-ray domain (80-600 keV). To show the lens feasibility, the assembling of a Laue lens petal prototype with 20 m focal length is ongoing. Indeed, a feasibility study, within the LAUE project, has demonstrated that a Laue lens made of petals is feasible. Our goal is a lens in the 80-600 keV energy band. In addition to a detailed description of the new LARIX facility, in which the lens is being assembled, we will report the results of the project obtained so far.

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Focusing of gamma-rays with Laue lenses: first results

Abstract: We report on the first results obtained from our development project of focusing gamma-rays (>60 keV) by using Laue lenses. The first lens prototype model has been assembled and tested. We describe the technique adopted and the lens focusing capabilities at about 100 keV

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New results on focusing of gamma-rays with Laue lenses

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Laue Gamma-Ray Lenses for Space Astrophysics: Status and Prospects

The LAUE project and its main results

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