Cherenkov telescopes as optical telescopes for bright sources: Today's specialized 30-m telescopes?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 416, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3075-3082

  Lacki, Brian C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Techniques: photometric; Techniques: polarimetric; Techniques: spectroscopic; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

PHOTOMETRY; POLARIMETERS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TELESCOPES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; CHERENKOV TELESCOPE; GAMMA-RAYS; IMAGING ATMOSPHERIC CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; LARGE APERTURE; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS; SKY BACKGROUND; TECHNIQUES: PHOTOMETRIC; TECHNIQUES: POLARIMETRIC; TECHNIQUES: SPECTROSCOPIC;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 80052965686     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19255.x     Document Type: Article

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