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On-ground calibrations of the GRID-02 gamma-ray detector

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The Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) are a space project to monitor the transient gamma-ray sky in the multi-messenger astronomy era using multiple detectors on-board CubeSats. The second GRID detector, GRID-02, was launched in 2020. The performance of the detector, including the energy response, effective area, angular response, and temperature-bias dependence, is calibrated in the laboratory and presented here. These measurements are compared with particle tracing simulations and validate the Geant4 model that will be used for generating detector responses.

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This work is supported by Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, 100084, Beijing, China

    Huaizhong Gao, Dongxin Yang, Jiaxing Wen, Xutao Zheng, Ming Zeng, Jirong Cang, Weihe Zeng, Hua Feng, Zhi Zeng & Yang Tian

  2. Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Huaizhong Gao, Dongxin Yang, Jiaxing Wen, Xutao Zheng, Ming Zeng, Jirong Cang, Weihe Zeng, Xiaofan Pan, Qimin Zhou, Yihui Liu, Hua Feng, Zhi Zeng & Yang Tian

  3. Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Laser Fusion Research Center, CAEP, 621900, Mianyang, Sichuan, China

    Jiaxing Wen

  4. Department of Astronomy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Jirong Cang & Hua Feng

  5. Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

    Binbin Zhang

  6. School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

    Binbin Zhang

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Conceptualization: Ming Zeng, Jirong Cang, Hua Feng, Jiaxing Wen, Donxin Yang; Methodology: Ming Zeng, Hua Feng, Jirong Cang, Dongxin Yang, Huaizhong Gao; Funding acquisition: Ming Zeng, Hua Feng, Zhi Zeng, Yang Tian; Formal analysis and investigation: Huaizhong Gao, Dongxin Yang, Jiaxing Wen, Jirong Cang, Weihe Zeng, Xiaofan Pan, Qimin Zhou, Yihui Liu; Writing - original draft preparation: Huaizhong Gao, Dongxin Yang, Ming Zeng, Jirong Cang; Writing - review and editing: Ming Zeng, Hua Feng, Jirong Cang, Binbin Zhang, Dongxin Yang, Huaizhong Gao; Resources: Ming Zeng, Hua Feng, Jirong Cang, Zhi Zeng; Supervision: Ming Zeng, Hua Feng, Jirong Cang, Binbin Zhang, Zhi Zeng, Yang Tian

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Gao, H., Yang, D., Wen, J. et al. On-ground calibrations of the GRID-02 gamma-ray detector. Exp Astron 53, 103–116 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09819-4

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