Gamma-ray all-sky imaging with the burst and transient source experiment

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 418, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1187-1200

  Shaw, S E ^a,c   Westmore, M J ^a   Hill, A B ^a   Bird, A J ^a   Dean, A J ^a   Ferguson, C ^a   Knodlseder J ^b   Lockley, J J ^a,d   Willis, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: observations; Methods: data analysis; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DATA REDUCTION; DETECTORS; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONITORING; SURVEYING; X RAYS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; GAMMA RAYS:OBSERVATIONS; METHODS:DATA ANALYSIS; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS (SNR);

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 2342454491     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034026     Document Type: Article

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