A mass model for estimating the gamma ray background of the Burst and Transient Source Experiment

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 398, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 391-402

  Shaw, S E ^b   Westmore, M J ^d   Bird, A J ^d   Dean, A J ^d   Ferguson, C ^d   Gurriaran, R ^a   Lockley, J J ^c   Willis, D R ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Gamma rays: observations; Methods: data analysis; Space vehicles: instruments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FLUXES; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SPACE VEHICLES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0037260408     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021668     Document Type: Article

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