ACTSim Publications and Presentations

Publications (Journals and Proceedings)

1. MGGPOD: a Monte Carlo Suite for Modeling Instrumental Line and Continuum Backgrounds in Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Weidenspointner, G., Harris M.J., Sturner, S., Teegarden, B.J., and Ferguson, C., ApJS , in press (2004).

2. The GEANT Low Energy Compton Scattering (GLECS) Package for use in Simulating Advanced Compton Telescopes, Kippen, R. M., NewAR 48, 221-225 (2004).

3. MGGPOD: A Monte Carlo Suite for Modeling Instrumental Backgrounds, Weidnespointner, G., et al., NewAR 48, 227-230 (2004).

4. Doppler Broadening as a Lower Limit to the Angular Resolution of Next-Generation Compton Telescopes, Zoglauer, A., and Kanbach, G., in Proc. SPIE 4581, 1302-1309 (2003).

5. Advanced Compton Telescope Designs and SN Science, Milne, P. A., Kroeger, R. A., Kurfess, J. D., and The, L. S., NewAR 46, p. 617 (2002).

6. Performance Characteristics of High-Resolution Compton Telescopes, Boggs, S. E., and Jean, P., A&A 376, p. 1126 (2001).

7. Three-Compton telescope: theory, simulations, and performance, Kroeger, R.A., et al., Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Rec. Volume: 1, p. 68 (2001)

8. Event Reconstruction in High-Resolution Compton Telescopes, Boggs, S. E., and Jean, P., A&AS 145, p. 311 (2000).

9. Compton scattering sequence reconstruction algorithm for the liquid xenon gamma-ray imaging telescope (LXeGRIT), Oberlack, U., et al., Proc. SPIE 4148, p. 617 (2002).

10. Simulation Study of COSMIC - A Compton Telescope All Sky Monitor Concept for Low-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Kippen, R. M., et al., IEEE TNS 47, p. 2050 (2000).

11. A Compton scattering sequence reconstruction algorithm for the liquid xenon gamma-ray imaging telescope (LXeGRIT), Oberlack, U., et al., Proc. SPIE 4141, p. 20 (2000).

12. Spectroscopy and Imaging Performance of the Liquid Xenon Gamma-Ray Imaging Telescope (LXeGRIT), Aprile, E., et al., Proc. SPIE 4140, p. 36 (2000).

Conference/Workshop Presentations

1. The ACT Vision Mission Study Simulation Effort, Wunderer, C.B., poster presented at Astronomy with Radioactivities V conference (Clemson, SC, September, 2005)

2. AAS High-Energy Astrophysics Division Meeting, (New Orleans, Sept., 2004)
   1. Background Simulations of Advanced Compton Telescopes for Nuclear Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Tournear, D., et al. (poster)
   2. Simulation Tool to Assess the Performance of Advanced Compton Telescopes, Weidenspointner, G., et al. (poster)
   3. Event Reconstruction for Advanced Compton Telescopes, Zoglauer, A., et al. (poster)
   4. The GLEPS Package for Simulating Polarized Gamma Rays with GEANT3, McConnell, M., and Kippen, R.M. (poster)

3. The GEANT Simulation Package and its use in Compton Telescope Design, Kippen, R.M., talk presented at Astronomy with Radioactivities IV conference (Seeon, Germany, May, 2003)

4. 2nd Workshop Filling the Sensitivity Gap in MeV Astronomy (Seeon, Germany, May, 2003)

5. Doppler Broadening as a Lower Limit to the Angular Resolution of Next-Generation Compton Telescopes, Zoglauer, A., and Kanbach, G., poster presented at SPIE Conf. on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation (Hawaii, Aug, 2002)

6. Compton Scatter Imaging Workshop held at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (San Diego, Nov, 2001)

7. 2nd Workshop on the Advanced Compton Telescope for Gamma Ray Astrophysics (Baltimore, Apr, 2001)

8. Workshop on the Advanced Compton Telescope for Gamma Ray Astrophysics (Naval Research Laboratory, May, 2000)

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