Beam test of gamma-ray large area space telescope components

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

Volumn 446, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 444-460

  Atwood, W B ^a,b   Ritz, S ^c   Anthony, P ^a   Bloom, E D ^a   Bosted, P E ^d   Bourotte, J ^e   Chaput, C ^a   Chen, X ^f   Chenette, D L ^g   Engovatov, D ^a   Erickson, R ^a   Fieguth, T ^a   Fleury, P ^e   Gearhart, R ^a   Godfrey, G ^a   Grove, J E ^b   Hernando, J A ^b   Hirayama, M ^b   Jaggar, S ^b   Johnson, R P ^b   Johnson, W N ^h   Jones, B B ⁱ   Kroger W ^b   Lin, Y C ⁱ   Meetre, C ^c   Michelson, P F ⁱ   Milne, P A ^j   Moiseev, A ^c,k   Nolan, P ⁱ   Norris, J P ^c   Oreglia, M ^l   Ormes, J F ^c   Phlips, B F ^h,k   Pocar, A ^b   Sadrozinski, H F W ^b   Szalata, Z ^d   Thompson, D J ^c   Tompkins, W F ⁱ   more..

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^h NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k University of Space Research Association   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

GAMMA-RAY LARGE AREA SPACE TELESCOPES (GLAST);

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0033749168     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00980-8     Document Type: Article

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