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Performance of the EGRET astronomical gamma ray telescope
- Source :
- Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference.
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- IEEE, 2002.
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Abstract
- On April 5, 1991, the Space Shuttle Atlantis carried the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory into orbit and the satellite was deployed on April 7. The Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) instrument was activated on April 15, and the first month of operations was devoted to verification of the instrument performance. Measurements made during that month and in the subsequent sky survey phase have verified that the instrument time resolution, angular resolution, and gamma ray detection efficiency are all within nominal limits. >
- Subjects :
- Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
biology
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Gamma ray
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Gamma-ray astronomy
biology.organism_classification
law.invention
Telescope
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Observatory
law
Egret
Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope
Angular resolution
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Subjects
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....30bd2432a673087c5e32c277bc11e2fc