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<strong>TRP</strong> Work Plan 2005-2007<br />

Description of Activities<br />

TEC-SB/7935/dc<br />

12/Feb/09<br />

2.4 - Long Term Mission / Technology Reference Missions: Gamma Ray Imager<br />

<strong>TRP</strong> Reference:<br />

Title:<br />

T206-01SC<br />

Gamma Ray Optics Development<br />

This activity aims at developing a combination of technologies that achieves true gamma ray focusing. This will allow improved<br />

localization and signal: noise for gamma ray observatories, and would be usable as a concentrator for gamma ray<br />

spectrometers. The aim is to develop imaging optics for the Gamma-ray energy range in the region of 100keV to ~2MeV.<br />

Using a Laue crystal diffraction lens, it is possible to focus gamma rays with quite high efficiency over rather narrow energy<br />

bands. The field of view, energy band and efficiency are all parameters that must be traded off in a practical design. The use<br />

of mosaic crystals, with slight misalignment between the microblocks within a large crystal, allows some tuning of these<br />

important parameters. The activity will develop improved crystal growing techniques to allow control of these parameters.<br />

Materials such as Ge, Cu and pyrolitic graphite, among others, will be investigated, and growth techniques will be correlated<br />

with measurements of the diffraction efficiency. For an optimized crystal choice, a system study will be performed to determine<br />

the parameters for a tunable system that allows (for a fixed focal length) to establish the angular control requirements to adapt<br />

the crystals to focusing indivi<strong>du</strong>al emission line energies of astrophysical interest (e.g. annhilation energy, or nucleo-synthesis<br />

pro<strong>du</strong>cts within supernovae remnants).<br />

Deliverables:<br />

Mirror samples with graded density multi-layers, and Laue crystal arrays demonstrator.<br />

Current TRL: TRL1 Target TRL: TRL2 Application Need/Date: TRL5 by 2012<br />

Application/Mission: Gamma Ray Imager (>2015) Contract Duration: 18 months<br />

SW Clause : - Dossier0 Ref.: T-672<br />

Consistency with Harmonisation<br />

Roadmap and Conclusions:<br />

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