Brent S. Budden
Postdoctoral Research AssociateContact information
Space Science and Applications, ISR-1
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663, MS D466
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Phone: 505.606.1486
Email: bbudden@lanl.gov
Research Description
My thesis work at Louisiana State University involved the research and development of a novel gamma-ray imaging technique known as rotating modulation. This work was motivated by the need for an all-sky survey satellite mission to discover and catalog black hole candidates.
Here at LANL, I am applying my experience in hard x-ray/ soft gamma-ray imaging, instrument design, and scintillator development to several projects including CZT-based gamma detectors and novel scintillator-based radioisotope identification devices.
Publication List
- Budden, B.S., Budden, M.R., Case, G.L., Cherry, M.L., "Characteristic Count Rate Profiles for a Rotating Modulation Gamma-Ray Imager," Astrophysics and Space Science, 334 (1), p. 61 (2011).
- Budden, B., Case, G.L., Cherry, M.L., "Image Reconstruction with a LaBr3-based Rotational Modulator," Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, 652(1), p. 610 (2011).
- Budden, B., Case, G.L., Cherry, M.L., "Noise-Compensating Algebraic Reconstruction for a Rotating Modulation Gamma-Ray Imager," submitted, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (2010).
- Budden, B., Case, G.L., Cherry, M.L., Guzik, T. G., Isbert, J., Stewart, M.F., "Design Concept for a High Altitude Rotating Modulator Gamma-Ray Imager," Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2010, IEEE, N14-27 (2010).
- Budden, B., Case, G.L., Cherry, M.L., "Imaging Results with a LaBr3-based Rotational Modulator," Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2009, IEEE, N13-132 (2009).
- Budden, B., Case, G.L., Cherry, M.L., "Angular Resolution obtained with a LaBr3-based rotational modulator," Hard X-ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics, 2009, SPIE, 7449:1 (2009).
- Budden, B., Case, G.L., Cherry, M.L., "Lanthanum Bromide-based Rotation Modulation Gamma Ray Imager," Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008, IEEE, N45-1, 2976 (2008).
- Budden, B., Case, G., Cherry, M., Hopson, R., Isbert, J., Sankaran, R., Smith, D., Stewart, M., "Long Duration Balloon Flight Exposure of a Ce:LaBr3 Crystal," Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008, IEEE, N60-3, 3347 (2008).
- Budden, B., Case, G.L., Cherry, M.L., Isbert, J., Stewart, M., "Imaging Performance of Lanthanum Bromide Scintillators with Wavelength Shifting Fiber Readout," Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007, IEEE, 3, 2036-2040 (2007).
- Budden, B., Cherry, M.L., Case, G.L., Isbert, J., Stewart, M., "A High Sensitivity Gamma Ray Imager (HiSGRI) Based on Wavelength-Shifting Fiber Readout of LaBr3 Scintillators," Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006, IEEE, 2, 943-949 (2006).
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