The new gamma-ray astronomy

Physics Today

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Gehrels, Neil ^a,b   Paul, Jacques ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ^*  (United States)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXIES; OBSERVATORIES; RADIATION DETECTORS; TELESCOPES;

COMPTON TELESCOPE; GALACTIC BLACK HOLE; GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RAY BURSTER; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR FLARE; SUPERNOVA;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 0032002431     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.882139     Document Type: Article

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