Study of Silicon Photomultipliers in the GRIPS Calorimeter Modules

Presenter: Lorraine Hanlon

GRIPS is a proposed gamma-ray (200 keV to 80 MeV) astronomy mission, which incorporates a pair-creation and Compton scattering telescope, along with X-ray and infrared telescopes. It will carry out a sensitive all-sky scanning survey, investigating phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts, blazars and core collapse supernovae. The main telescope will be surrounded by a calorimeter with a fast scintillator material. We present the results of an initial study which considers the potential use of Silicon Photomultipliers in conjunction with the scintillator in the GRIPS calorimeter module.

Sheila McBreen
Alexei Ulyanov
Suzanne Foley
on behalf of a collaboration