A coded mask for γ-ray astronomy. Design and calibration

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

Volumn 500, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 253-262

  Sanchez F ^a   Chato, R ^b   Gasent, J L ^b   Rodrigo, J ^b   Velasco, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Astronomy and Space Science Group   (Spain)

Author keywords

ray telescopes; Coded mask; INTEGRAL

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CALIBRATION; GAMMA RAYS; SATELLITES; SPECTROMETERS; TELESCOPES;

CODED MASKS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0037484260     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00296-1     Document Type: Article

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