Paper 13093-298
Paper 13093-298
GALI - a GAmma-ray burst Localizing Instrument: results from full-size engineering model
On demand | Presented live 19 June 2024 
Abstract
GRBs are extremely difficult to pinpoint in space since they occur in random directions and last only a few seconds. Thus, GRB detectors require both a wide field of view and high angular accuracy. The optical counterpart of the short GRB170817 resulting from the first gravitational wave LIGO/VIRGO detection of a neutron star merger took ~11 hours to locate. To increase the detecting and localizing efficiency of GRBs, we introduce GALI - A GAmma-ray burst localizing instrument based on a novel concept of angle-dependent mutual obstruction between many small scintillators distributed within a small volume. Our new laboratory results show that GALI will provide prompt accurate directions of GRBs to within ~1° over the entire visible sky.
Presenter
Julia Salh
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)
The speaker is a Ph.D. student at the Technion. She has a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in physics from the Technion. She won the Parasol Foundation Women in SpaceIL scholarship for junior space researchers.