A study of the active thermal control for the high energy detector on the HXMT

A thermal control system (TCS) based on the resistance heating method is designed for the High Energy Detector (HED) on the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT). The ground-based experiments of the active thermal control for the HED with the TCS are performed in the ambient temperature range from -15 to 20 ℃ by utilizing the pulse width to monitor the interior temperature of a NaI(Tl) crystal. Experimental results show that the NaI(Tl) crystal's interior temperature is from 17.4 to 21.7 ℃ when the temperature of the PMT shell is controlled within (20±3) ℃ with the TCS in the interesting temperature range, and the energy resolution of the HED is maintained at 16.2% @ 122 keV, only a little worse than that of 16.0% obtained at 20 ℃. The average power consumption of the TCS for the HED with a low-emissivity shell is about 4.3 W, which is consistent with the simulation.     

龙虾眼X射线光学器件有效面积模拟仿真及测试

龙虾眼X射线聚焦望远镜是未来X射线空间天文观测的重要设备之一,这种设备将成为在各种太阳风条件下研究地球空间环境的有力工具。针对龙虾眼型X射线微孔光学器件有效面积的设计与仿真工作,研究了结构参数与几何收集面积的关系,并基于菲涅耳公式计算了不同膜层材料和表面粗糙度对X射线反射率的影响。利用X射线束流测试设备并采用单光子采集模式完成了有效面积X射线的性能测试。结果表明,龙虾眼型光学器件的有效面积主要由膜层材料与内壁粗糙度共同决定,同时沉积Ir膜后在能量为1 keV的情况下有效面积能从2.15 cm²增大至2.47 cm²。     

Performance of a 3 mm×3 mm silicon photomultiplier for use on the X-ray calibration system of the SVOM gamma ray monitor

The calibration detector of a gamma ray monitor (GRM) is designed to detect alpha particles from ²⁴¹Am and to send out the coincidence signal to the GRM X-ray detector. The silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), as a novel photon device, is a good candidate to convert alpha-exciting fluorescent photons into electric signals. Three types of SiPMs from SSPM and MPPC, each having an active area of 3 mm×3 mm, were compared in the matter of the spectra from low-intensity light, dark count, crosstalk probability and I-V curve. The temperature coe cient of SSPM-0710G9MM was also characterized. The application of a SiPM on the GRM has been proved to be feasible.