The space-borne INTEGRAL-SPI gamma ray telescope: Test and calibration campaigns

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 II, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1226-1232

  Schanne, Stéphane ^a   Cordier, Bertrand ^a   Gros, Maurice ^a   Mur, Michel ^a   Crespin, Sylvain ^b   Joly, Serge ^b   Knödlseder, Jürgen ^c   Mandrou, Pierre ^c   Paul, Philippe ^c   Roques, Jean Pierre ^c   Vedrenne, Gilbert ^c   André, Yves ^d   Clair, Marie Anne ^d   Clauss, Pascale ^d   Georgii, Robert ^e   Lichti, Giselher ^e   Von Kienlin, Andreas ^e   Dubath, Pierre ^f  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d CNES   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calibration; Gamma ray astronomy; Germanium spectrometer; INTEGRAL

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TELESCOPES;

GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE; GERMANIUM DETECTORS; GERMANIUM SPECTROMETER; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0036624388     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039642     Document Type: Article

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