The burst and transient source experiment earth occultation technique

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 149-183

  Harmon, B A ^a   Fishman, G J ^a   Wilson, C A ^a   Paciesas, W S ^b   Zhang, S N ^b   Finger, M H ^c   Koshut, T M ^c   McCollough, M L ^c   Robinson, C R ^c,d   Rubin, B C ^c,e  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: observations; Instrumentation: detectors; Methods: data analysis; Occultations; Surveys; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 19244385469     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324018     Document Type: Article

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