A 15° wide field of view imaging air Cherenkov telescope

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Mirzoyan, R ^a   Andersen, M I ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamma ray Astronomy; Imaging atmospheric air Cherenkov telescopes; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERICS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHT; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; STARS; SURVEYS; TELESCOPES;

ALL SKIES; COMPACT SIZES; FOCAL PLANES; GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY; IMAGING ATMOSPHERIC AIR CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; LIGHT RAYS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS; SHORT TIMES; TELESCOPE DESIGNS; UNIFORM RESOLUTIONS; VERY HIGH ENERGIES; WIDE FIELD OF VIEWS;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 58249109714     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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