A method to localize gamma-ray bursts using POLAR

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 624, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 624-634

  Suarez Garcia, E ^a,b   Haas, D ^a,b   Hajdas, W ^d   Lamanna, G ^c   Lechanoine Leluc, C ^a   Marcinkowski, R ^e   Mtchedlishvili, A ^d   Orsi, S ^a   Pohl, M ^a   Produit, N ^b   Rapin, D ^a   Rybka, D ^e   Vialle, J P ^c  

^a Universite de Genve   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gamma ray burst; POLAR; Polarization; Source localization

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FLUENCES; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; HARD X RAY; LINEAR POLARIZATION; LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUE; MODULATION FACTORS; MULTI-ANODE PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POLAR; SOURCE LOCALIZATION;

PHOTONS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; STARS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 78649326178     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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