A balloon-borne electron telescope with scintillating fibers

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1029-1032

  Murakami, H ^a   Nishimura, J ^b   Torii, S ^b   Kasahara, K ^b   Tamura, T ^b   Tateyama, N ^b   Yoshida, K ^b   Yamagami, T ^c   Ohta, S ^c   Namiki, M ^c   Kobayashi, T ^d   Komori, Y ^e   Yuda, T ^f  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0004943510     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)01093-4     Document Type: Article

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