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Angular response of ‘pin-hole’ imaging structure measured by collimated β source

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The pitch-angle distribution of energetic particles is important for space physics studies on magnetic storm and particle acceleration. A ‘pin-hole’ imaging structure is built with the ‘pin-hole’ technique and a position sensitive detector, which can be used to measure the pitch angle distribution of energetic particles. To calibrate the angular response of the ‘pin-hole’ imaging structure, special experiment facilities are needed, such as the particle accelerator with special design. The features of this kind of particle accelerator are: 1) The energy range of the outgoing particles should be mid-energy particles (tens keV to several hundred keV); 2) the particle flux should be consistent in time-scale; 3) the directions of the outgoing particles should be the same and 4) the particle number within the spot should be low enough. In this paper, a method to calibrate the angular response of the ‘pin-hole’ imaging structure by the 90Sr/90Y β source with a collimator is introduced and simulated by Geant4 software. The result of the calibration with the collimated β source is in accord with the Geant4 simulations, which verifies the validity of this method.

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  1. Institute of Space Physics and Applied Technology, School of Earth and Space Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Hong Zou, Lin Luo, ChenFang Li, Jiang Chen, WeiHong Shi, XiangQian Yu & JiQing Zou

  2. State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, Chinese Astronaut Research and Training Center, Beijing, 100093, China

    XiangHong Jia, Feng Xu & HongFei Chen

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Zou, H., Luo, L., Li, C. et al. Angular response of ‘pin-hole’ imaging structure measured by collimated β source. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 56, 2675–2680 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-013-5376-1

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