Gamma-ray Large-Area Space Telescope (GLAST) balloon flight engineering model: Overview

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1898-1903

  Thompson, D J ^b   Godfrey, G ^c   Williams, S M ^d   Grove, J E ^e   Mizuno, T ^f   Sadrozinski, H F W ^a,g   Kamae, T ^c   Ampe, J ^e   Briber, Stuart ^h   Dann, James ⁱ   Do Couto E Silva, E ^c   Dubois, R ^c   Fukazawa, Y ^f   Giebels, B ^c   Haller, G ^c   Handa, T ^c   Hartman, R C ^b   Hirano, K ^f   Hirayama, M ^g   Johnson, R P ^g   Johnson, W N ^e   Kavelaars, A ^c   Kelly, H ^b   Kliewer, Steve ^j   Kotani, T ^b   Krizmanic, J ^b   Kroeger, W ^g   Kuss, M ^k   Lauben, D ^d   Linder, T ^c   Lovellette, M ^e   Lumb, N ^k   Manildi, Joe ^l   Michelson, P ^d   Mizushima, H ^f   Moiseev, A ^b   Nolan, P L ^d   Ogata, S ^f   Ormes, J F ^b   Ozaki, M ^m   Paliaga, G ^g   Phlips, B F ^e   Ritz, S ^b   Rochester, L S ^c   Roterman, F M ^c   Rowe, W A ^g   Russell, J J ^c   Schaefer, R ^b   Schalk, T ^g   Sheppard, D ^b   Singh, S ^b   Sjogren, M ^c,n   Spandre, G ^k   Usher, T ^c   Valtersson, P ^c,n   Waite, A P ^c   Wallace, J ^d   Webster, A ^g   Wood, D ^f   more..

^a IEEE

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h East Side Union High School District   (United States)

ⁱ St Ignatius HS   (United States)

^j Paso Robles HS   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^l Watsonville Community Hospital   (United States)

^m JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

ⁿ ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

Gamma rays; Instrumentation; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DATA ACQUISITION; GAMMA RAYS;

GAMMA-RAY LARGE-AREA SPACE TELESCOPES (GLAST);

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0036703283     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.801548     Document Type: Article

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