The silicon tracker/converter for the gamma-ray large area space telescope

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 435, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 224-232

  Atwood, W B ^a,b   Hernando, J A ^b   Hirayama, M ^b   Johnson, R P ^b   Kroger W ^b   Sadrozinski, H F W ^b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RAYS; ORBITS; PHOTONS; READOUT SYSTEMS; TELESCOPES;

GAMMA RAY LARGE AREA SPACE TELESCOPE; SILICON TRACKER;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0033207837     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00442-8     Document Type: Article

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