The mini calorimeter of the AGILE satellite

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5488, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 700-708

  Labanti, Claudio ^a,e   Argan, A ^b   Bulgarelli, A ^a   Di Cocco, G ^a   Galli, M ^c   Gianotti, F ^a   Marisaldi, M ^a   Mauri, A ^a   Rossi, E ^a   Tavani, M ^d   Traci, A ^a   Trifoglio, M ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calorimeters; Gamma Rays; High Energy Astrophysics

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ATTENUATION; GAMMA RAYS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SPACE RESEARCH;

ANTICOINCIDENCE SYSTEMS; HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS; ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY (ASI); X-RAY DETECTORS;

CALORIMETERS;

EID: 10044250205     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.557900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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