MEGAlib: Simulation and data analysis for low-to-medium-energy gamma-ray telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7011, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zoglauer, Andreas ^a   Andritschke, Robert ^b,c   Boggs, Steven E ^a   Schopper, Florian ^b,c   Weidenspointner, Georg ^b,c   Wunderer, Cornelia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MPI HALBLEITERLABOR   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

COMPTON TELESCOPE; DATA ANALYSIS TOOL; EVENT RECONSTRUCTION; GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE; MEDIUM ENERGY; MEDIUM ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMIES; OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 67649193348     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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