Monte Carlo Simulation of Angular Response of GRID Detectors for GRID Mission

The Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) are a space science mission that employs compact gamma-ray detectors mounted on NanoSats in low Earth orbit (LEO) to monitor the transient gamma-ray sky. Owing to the unpredictability of the time and location of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), obtaining the photon...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-10
Main Authors: Liu, Qize, Pan, Xiaofan, Zheng, Xutao, Gao, Huaizhong, Li, Longhao, Wang, Qidong, Yang, Zirui, Tang, Chenchong, Wu, Wenxuan, Cheng, Jianping, Zeng, Zhi, Zeng, Ming, Feng, Hua, Zhang, Binbin, Wang, Zhonghai, Zhou, Rong, Liu, Yuanyuan, Lin, Lin, Zhong, Jiayong, Jiang, Jianyong, Han, Wentao, Yang, Tian, Benda Xu, GRID Collaboration
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Language:English
Subjects:
Data analysis
Detectors
Gamma ray bursts
Gamma ray detectors
Low earth orbits
Monte Carlo simulation
Photons
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Summary:The Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) are a space science mission that employs compact gamma-ray detectors mounted on NanoSats in low Earth orbit (LEO) to monitor the transient gamma-ray sky. Owing to the unpredictability of the time and location of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), obtaining the photon responses of gamma-ray detectors at various incident angles is important for the scientific analysis of GRB data captured by GRID detectors. For this purpose, a dedicated Monte Carlo simulation framework has been developed for GRID detectors. By simulating each GRID detector and the NanoSat carrying it, the spectral energy response, detection efficiency, and other angular responses of each detector for photons with different incident angles and energies can be obtained within this framework. The accuracy of these simulations has been corroborated through on-ground calibration, and the derived angular responses have been successfully applied to the data analysis of recorded GRBs.
ISSN:2331-8422