On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> wrote:
We are all hoping for a repeat performance of the "signal", the gamma burst > output. In GS5.3, the team is much better prepared to monitor the > radiations. Time bases for all of the data acquistions have been carefully > synchronized. Amptek has generously loaned MFMP an X-123 CdTe x-ray > spectrometer capable of about 6keV to 80keV measurement. Mark Jurich has > borrowed an x-ray scintillator system from SLAC to monitor. The GM > detector has been upgraded to a sensitive 2" pancake detector. > I'm looking forward to the conclusions. I'm sure MFMP have done a range of calibrations; possibly something like these? - Calibrated the x-ray spectrometer and scintillator against known standards. - Verified that the x-ray spectrometer, the x-ray scintillator and GM detector work in coincidence (when there's a signal in one there's a signal in the others). - Taken background readings over a period of weeks n order to characterize occasional background events and avoid confusing them for a possible signal. Eric
