Instrument description and performance of the imaging gamma-ray telescope comptel aboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 657-692

  Schonfelder V ^a   Aarts, H ^b   Bennett, K ^c   De Boer, H ^b   Clear, J ^c   Collmar, W ^a   Connors, A ^d   Deerenberg, A ^b   Diehl, R ^a   Von Dordrecht, A ^c   Den Herder, J W ^b   Hermsen, W ^b   Kippen, M ^d   Kuiper, L ^b   Lichti, G ^a   Lockwood, J ^d   Macri, J ^d   Mcconnell, M ^d   Morris, D ^d   Much, R ^a   Ryan, J ^d   Simpson, G ^d   Snelling, M ^c   Stacy, G ^d   Steinle, H ^a   Strong, A ^a   Swanenburg, B N ^b   Taylor, B ^c   De Vries, C ^b   Winkler, C ^c   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Laboratory for Space Research Leiden ^*  (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial satellites, space probes; Gamma rays: Observations; Instrumentation: Detectors; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 12044250116     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/191794     Document Type: Article

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