ProtoEXIST
CZT and lab development related papers
  • [1107.5573] Flight Performance of an advanced CZT Imaging Detector in a Balloon-borne Wide-Field Hard X-ray Telescope - ProtoEXIST1 J. Hong, B. Allen, J. Grindlay, S. Barthelemy, R. Baker, A. Garson, H. Krawczynski, J. Apple, W. H. Cleveland 2011, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Volume 654, Issue 1, 21 October 2011, Pages 361-372
  • [1009.2824] ProtoEXIST: advanced prototype CZT coded aperture telescopes for EXIST Allen, B., Hong, J., Grindlay, J., Barthelmy, S. D., Baker, R. G., Gehrels, N. A., Garson, A., Krawczynski, H. S., Cook, W. R., Harrison, F. A., Apple, J. A., Ramsey, B. D., 2010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Proceedings of the SPIE, 7732E, 138A
  • [0903.5363] Building Large Area CZT Imaging Detectors for a Wide-Field Hard X-ray Telescope - ProtoEXIST1 Authors: J. Hong, B. Allen, J. Grindlay, N. Chammas, S. Barthelemy, R. Baker, N. Gehrels, K. E. Nelson, S. Labov, J. Collins, W. R. Cook, R. McLean, F. Harrison NIM Sec.~A, 605, 364., 2009
  • [pdf] Wide Field Hard X-ray Survey Telescope: ProtoEXIST1, J. Hong*, J. E. Grindlay, N. Chammas, B. Allen, A. Copete, B. Said, M. Burke, J. Howell, T. Gauron (Harvard), R. G. Baker, S. D. Barthelmy, S. Sheikh, N. Gehrels (GSFC), W. R. Cook, J. A. Burnham, F. A. Harrison (Caltech), J. Collins, S. Labov (LLNL), A. Garson III, and H. Krawczynski (WUSL) Proc. SPIE, vol 6706, 67060B, 2007
  • [pdf] CZT Imaging Detectors for ProtoEXIST, J. Hong, J. E. Grindlay, N. Chammas, A. Copete (Harvard), R. G. Baker, S. D. Barthelmy, N. Gehrels (GSFC), W. R. Cook, J. A. Burnham, F. A. Harrison (Caltech), J. Collins and W. W. Craig (LLNL) Proc. SPIE, vol 6319, 63190S 2006
  • [pdf] Detector and Telescope Development for ProtoEXIST and Fine Beam Measurements of Spectral Response of CZT Detectors, J. Hong, A. Copete, J. E. Grindlay (Harvard), W. W. Craig (LLNL), F. Harrison, W. R. Cook (Caltech), and Gehrels, N (GSFC). Proc. SPIE, vol. 5898, pp. 173-181, 2005
  • [pdf] Monte-Carlo simulations of the expected imaging performance of the EXIST high-energy telescope, S. V. Vadawale, J. Hong, J. E. Grindlay (Harvard), and G. Skinner (CESR), UV, X-ray, and Gamma-ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 5898, pp. 338-349, 2005

  • [pdf] Laboratory coded aperture imaging experiments: radial hole coded masks and depth-sensitive CZT detectors, J. Hong, S. V. Vadawale, M. Zhang, E. C. Bellm, A. Yousef, J. Noss, J. E. Grindlay (Harvard), and T. Narita, (Holy Cross) Proc. SPIE, vol. 5540, pp. 63-72, 2004
  • [pdf] Multipixel characterization of imaging CZT detectors for hard X-ray imaging and spectroscopy, S. V. Vadawale, J. Hong, J. E. Grindlay, P. Williams, M. Zhang, E. C. Bellm (Harvard), T. Narita (Holy Cross), W. Craig (LLNL), B. Parker, C. Stahle, Feng Yan (GSFC) Proc. SPIE, vol. 5540, pp. 22-32, 2004
  • [pdf] Cathode depth sensing in CZT detectors, J. Hong, E. C. Bellm, J. E. Grindlay (Harvard), and T. Narita, (Holy Cross) Proc. SPIE, vol. 5165, pp. 54-62, 2004

  • [ps] [pdf] Background Measurements from Balloon-Borne CZT Detectors, Johnathan A Jenkins (Harvard), Tomohiko Narita (Holy Cross), Jonathan E. Grindlay (Harvard), Peter F. Bloser (GSFC), Carl Stahle (GSFC), Brad Parker (GSFC), Scott Barthelmy (GSFC) Proc. SPIE, vol. 4851, pp. 866-874, 2002
  • [pdf] [ps] Balloon Flight Background Measurement with Actively-Shielded Planar and Imaging CZT Detectors, P. F. Bloser, T. Narita, J. A. Jenkins, M. Perrin, R. Murray, and J. E. Grindlay, Proc. SPIE, vol. 4497, 88, 2002
  • [ps] Design and Preliminary Tests of a Prototype CZT Imaging Array, T. Narita,J. E. Grindlay, J. A. Jenkins, M. Perrin, D. Marrone, R. Murray, B. Connell, Proc. SPIE, vol. 4497, 79, 2002

  • [pdf] Development of Gold Contacted Flip-chip Detectors with IMARAD CZT, T. Narita, P.F. Bloser, J.E. Grindlay, J.A. Jenkins, Proc. SPIE, vol. 4141, 89, 2000
  • [pdf] [ps] Construction and Testing of a Pixellated CZT detector and Shield for a Hard X-ray Astronomy Balloon Flight, P. F. Bloser, T. Narita, J. A. Jenkins, and J. E. Grindlay, Proc SPIE 4140, 237, 2000

  • [ps] Development of IMARAD CZT Detectors with PIN Contacts, Narita, T., Bloser, P., Grindlay, J., Jenkins, J., and Yao, H. 1999, Proc SPIE 3768
  • [pdf] [ps] Design and Testing of a Prototype Pixellated CZT Detector and Shield for Hard X-ray Astronomy, P. F. Bloser, J. E. Grindlay, T. Narita, and J. A. Jenkins, 1999, Proc SPIE 3765

  • [pdf] [ps] CdZnTe Background Measurement at Balloon Altitudes with an Active BGO Shield, P. Bloser, J. Grindlay, T. Narita, and F. Harrison, 1998, Proc SPIE 3445, 186.
  • [pdf] [ps] Development of Prototype Pixellated PIN CdZnTe Detectors, T. Narita, P. Bloser, J. Grindlay, R. Sudharsanan, C. Reiche, C. Stenstrom, 1998, Proc SPIE 3446, 218.
  • [ps] Prototype Imaging Cd-Zn-Te Array Detector, Bloser, P., Narita, T., Grindlay, J. and Shah, K. 1998, Proc MRS 487, 153.