Gamma-ray burst detection with INTEGRAL/SPI

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1336-1346

  Von Kienlin, Andreas ^a   Arend, Nikolas ^a   Lichti, Giselher G ^a   Strong, Andrew ^a   Connell, Paul ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burst Monitor; Gamma ray Astronomy; Gamma Ray Bursts; GRB; INTEGRAL

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GAMMA RAYS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROMETERS;

GAMMA-RAY BURSTS (GRB);

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038402747     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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