Design and implementation of the UFFO burst alert and trigger telescope

J. E. Kim; S. Ahmad; P. Barrillon; S. Brandt; C. Budtz-Jorgensen; A. J. Castro-Tirado; P. Chen; Y. J. Choi; P. Connell; S. Dagoret-Campagne; C. Eyles; B. Grossan; M. H.A. Huang; A. Jung; S. Jeong; M. B. Kim; S. W. Kim; Y. W. Kim; A. S. Krasnov; J. Lee; H. Lim; E. V. Linder; T. C. Liu; N. Lund; K. W. Min; G. W. Na; J. W. Nam; M. I. Panasyu; I. H. Park; J. Ripa; V. Reglero; J. M. Rodrigo; G. F. Smoot; J. E. Suh; S. Svertilov; N. Vedenkin; M. Z. Wang; I. Yashin

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Design and implementation of the UFFO burst alert and trigger telescope

J. E. Kim^*, S. Ahmad, P. Barrillon, S. Brandt, C. Budtz-Jorgensen, A. J. Castro-Tirado, P. Chen, Y. J. Choi, P. Connell, S. Dagoret-Campagne, C. Eyles, B. Grossan, M. H.A. Huang, A. Jung, S. Jeong, M. B. Kim, S. W. Kim, Y. W. Kim, A. S. Krasnov, J. LeeH. Lim, E. V. Linder, T. C. Liu, N. Lund, K. W. Min, G. W. Na, J. W. Nam, M. I. Panasyu, I. H. Park, J. Ripa, V. Reglero, J. M. Rodrigo, G. F. Smoot, J. E. Suh, S. Svertilov, N. Vedenkin, M. Z. Wang, I. Yashin

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The Ultra Fast Flash Observatory pathfinder (UFFO-p) is a telescope system designed for the detection of the prompt optical/UV photons from Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), and it will be launched onboard the Lomonosov spacecraft in 2012. The UFFO-p consists of two instruments: the UFFO Burst Alert&Trigger telescope (UBAT) for the detection and location of GRBs, and the Slewing Mirror Telescope (SMT) for measurement of the UV/optical afterglow. The UBAT is a coded-mask aperture X-ray camera with a wide field of view (FOV) of 1.8 sr. The detector module consists of the YSO (Yttrium Oxyorthosilicate) scintillator crystal array, a grid of 36 multi-Anode photomultipliers (MAPMTs), and analog and digital readout electronics. When the γ/X-ray photons hit the YSO scintillator crystal array, it produces UV photons by scintillation in proportion to the energy of the incident γ/X-ray photons. The UBAT detects X-ray source of GRB in the 5 ̃ 100 keV energy range, localizes the GRB within 10 arcmin, and sends the SMT this information as well as drift correction in real time. All the process is controlled by a Field Programmable Gates Arrays (FPGA) to reduce the processing time. We are in the final stages of the development and expect to deliver the instrument for the integration with the spacecraft. In what follows we present the design, fabrication and performance test of the UBAT.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926348
State	Published - 2012
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 1 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8443
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	1/07/12 → 6/07/12

Keywords

Coded mask
FPGA
GRB
Lomonosov
MAPMT
SMT
Trigger
UBAT
UFFO
YSO

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Kim, J. E., Ahmad, S., Barrillon, P., Brandt, S., Budtz-Jorgensen, C., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Chen, P., Choi, Y. J., Connell, P., Dagoret-Campagne, S., Eyles, C., Grossan, B., Huang, M. H. A., Jung, A., Jeong, S., Kim, M. B., Kim, S. W., Kim, Y. W., Krasnov, A. S., ... Yashin, I. (2012). Design and implementation of the UFFO burst alert and trigger telescope. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray Article 84432V (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8443). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926348

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Design and implementation of the UFFO burst alert and trigger telescope. / Kim, J. E.; Ahmad, S.; Barrillon, P. et al.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. 2012. 84432V (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8443).

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