American River College awarded 2020 SPS Chapter Research Award
OCT 01, 2020
American River College awarded 2020 SPS Chapter Research Award
Zone and Chapter: American River College
Project
Project Name: Polarimetric measurements of the X-ray and gamma-ray background noise in the stratosphere
Project Leaders: Kaylianne Jordan
Chapter Advisors: Paulo Afonso
Project Description: Our goal is to obtain, for the first time, fine measurements of all background components that deteriorate X-ray and γ-ray polarimeter responses in space. American River College students plan to develop a CdTe detector payload to fly in a stratospheric balloon, characterizing background radiation in the 20-1000 keV energy range.
Project Media:
Project Proposal (.pdf, 537 kb)