The Space radiation environment and background noise in astronomical γ-ray telescopes

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 97-103

  Dean, A J ^a   Lei, F ^a   Gurriaran, R ^a   Ferguson, C ^a   Bird, A J ^a   Lockley, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES; BACKGROUND NOISE; COMPLEX SEQUENCES; ENERGETIC PHOTONS; NUCLEAR PROCESS; SOURCES OF ENERGY; SPACE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PHOTONS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0012955985     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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