The mini-calorimeter of the AGILE satellite

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6266 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Labanti, C ^a   Marisaldi, M ^a   Fuschino, F ^a   Galli, M ^b   Argan, A ^c   Bulgarelli, A ^a   Costa, E ^d   Di Cocco, G ^a   Gianotti, F ^a   Tavani, M ^d   Trifoglio, M ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma Ray Detectors; High Energy Astrophysics; Scintillation Detectors

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; CALORIMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS; HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS; TUNGSTEN-SILICON TRACKER (ST);

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 33749013283     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.673294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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