Wide field aplanatic two-mirror telescopes for ground-based γ-ray astronomy

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-27

  Vassiliev, V ^a   Fegan, S ^a   Brousseau, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cherenkov telescope; Gamma ray astronomy; Wide angle optics

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ASPHERICS; ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RAYS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ASPHERIC MIRRORS; ASTIGMATISM; CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; WIDE ANGLE OPTICS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 34548427297     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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