Gamma-ray momentum reconstruction from Compton electron trajectories by filtered back-projection [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2014.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy - Physical Description
- 184,101 : digital, PDF file
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, United States. Department of Homeland Security, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- Gamma-ray imaging utilizing Compton scattering has traditionally relied on measuring coincident gamma-ray interactions to map directional information of the source distribution. This coincidence requirement makes it an inherently inefficient process. We present an approach to gamma-ray reconstruction from Compton scattering that requires only a single electron tracking detector, thus removing the coincidence requirement. From the Compton scattered electron momentum distribution, our algorithm analytically computes the incident photon's correlated direction and energy distributions. Because this method maps the source energy and location, it is useful in applications, where prior information about the source distribution is unknown. We demonstrate this method with electron tracks measured in a scientific Si charge coupled device. While this method was demonstrated with electron tracks in a Si-based detector, it is applicable to any detector that can measure electron direction and energy, or equivalently the electron momentum. For example, it can increase the sensitivity to obtain energy and direction in gas-based systems that suffer from limited efficiency.
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- E 1.99:1212317
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
11/03/2014.
"ECCS-1140069"
Applied Physics Letters 105 18 ISSN 0003-6951; APPLAB AM
Haefner, A.; Gunter, D.; Plimley, B.; Pavlovsky, R.; Vetter, K. - Funding Information
- AC02-05CH11231
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