In-flight measurement of the absolute energy scale of the Fermi Large Area Telescope

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 346-353

  Ackermann, M ^a   Ajello, M ^a   Allafort, A ^a   Atwood, W B ^b   Axelsson, M ^c,d,e   Baldini, L ^f   Barbiellini, G ^g,h   Bastieri, D ^i,j   Bechtol, K ^a   Bellazzini, R ^f   Berenji, B ^a   Bloom, E D ^a   Bonamente, E ^k,l,w   Borgland, A W ^a   Bouvier, A ^b   Bregeon, J ^f   Brez, A ^f   Brigida, M ^m,n   Bruel, P ^o   Buehler, R ^a   Buson, S ^i,j   Caliandro, G A ^p   Cameron, R A ^a   Caraveo, P A ^q   Casandjian, J M ^r   Cecchi, C ^k,l,w   Charles, E ^a   Chekhtman, A ^s,w   Chiang, J ^a   Ciprini, S ^l,t   Claus, R ^a   Cohen Tanugi, J ^u   Cutini, S ^v   De Palma, F ^m,n   Dermer, C D ^w   Digel, S W ^a   Do Couto E Silva, E ^a   Drell, P S ^a   Drlica Wagner, A ^a   Dubois, R ^a   Enoto, T ^a   Falletti, L ^u   Favuzzi, C ^m,n   Fegan, S J ^o   Focke, W B ^a   Fortin, P ^o   Fukazawa, Y ^x   Funk, S ^a   Fusco, P ^m,n   Gargano, F ⁿ   Gehrels, N ^y   Germani, S ^k,l,w   Giglietto, N ^m,n   Giordano, F ^m,n   Giroletti, M ^z   Glanzman, T ^a   Godfrey, G ^a   Grenier, I A ^r   Grove, J E ^w   Guiriec, S ^aa   Hadasch, D ^p   Hayashida, M ^a   Hays, E ^y   Hughes, R E ^ab   Johannesson G ^ac   Johnson, A S ^a   Johnson, T J ^w,ad   Kamae, T ^a   Katagiri, H ^ae   Kataoka, J ^af   Knodlseder J ^ag   Kuss, M ^f   Lande, J ^a   Latronico, L ^f   Lee, S H ^ah   Longo, F ^g,h   Loparco, F ^m,n   Lovellette, M N ^w   Lubrano, P ^k,l,w   Madejski, G M ^a   Mazziotta, M N ⁿ   McEnery, J E ^y,ai   Michelson, P F ^a   Mizuno, T ^x   Moiseev, A A ^y,ai   Monte, C ^m,n   Monzani, M E ^a   Morselli, A ^aj   Moskalenko, I V ^a   Murgia, S ^a   Nakamori, T ^af   Naumann Godo, M ^r   Nolan, P L ^a   Norris, J P ^ak   Nuss, E ^u   Ohsugi, T ^x   Okumura, A ^a,al   Omodei, N ^a   Orlando, E ^a,am   Ormes, J F ^ak   Ozaki, M ^al   Paneque, D ^a,an   Panetta, J H ^a   Parent, D ^w,ao   Pesce Rollins, M ^f   Pierbattista, M ^r   Piron, F ^u   Rain, S ^m,n   Rando, R ^i,j   Razzano, M ^f   Reimer, A ^a,ap   Reimer, O ^a,ap   Reposeur, T ^aq   Ritz, S ^b   Rochester, L S ^a   Sgr, C ^f   Siskind, E J ^ar   Smith, P D ^ab   Spandre, G ^f   Spinelli, P ^m,n   Suson, D J ^as   Takahashi, H ^x   Tanaka, T ^a   Thayer, J G ^a   Thayer, J B ^a   Thompson, D J ^y   Tibaldo, L ^i,j,r   Tosti, G ^k,l   Troja, E ^y   Usher, T L ^a   Vandenbroucke, J ^a   Vasileiou, V ^u   Vianello, G ^a,c,at   Vilchez, N ^ag   Vitale, V ^aj,au   Waite, A P ^a   Wang, P ^a   Winer, B L ^ab   Wood, K S ^w   Yang, Z ^c,d   Zimmer, S ^c,d   more..

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d OSKAR KLEIN CENTRE   (Sweden)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^g SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^k INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^m POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

ⁿ INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^o LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^p CSIC   (Spain)

^q INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^r CEA SACLAY   (France)

^s ARTEP INC   (United States)

^t ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^v ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^w NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^x HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^y NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^z INAF ISTITUTO DI RADIOASTRONOMIA   (Italy)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^ab OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^ad NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^ae IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^af WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ag IRAP   (France)

^ah KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ai Bldg 142   (United States)

^aj INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^al JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^am MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^an MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^ao GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ap INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^aq UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^ar NYCB REAL TIME COMPUTING INC   (United States)

^as PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

^at Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale ^*  (Italy)

^au UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Absolute energy scale; Cosmic rays; Fermi Large Area Telescope; Geomagnetic cutoff

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION; ASTRONOMICAL SOURCES; CALIBRATION POINTS; CUT-OFF VALUE; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY BAND; ENERGY CALIBRATION; ENERGY SCALE; GEOMAGNETIC CUTOFF; LARGE AREA TELESCOPES; LOW EARTH ORBITS; NUMERICAL CODE; PAIR-CONVERSION; SPECTRAL FEATURE; SPECTRAL SHAPES; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES;

CALIBRATION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; TELESCOPES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 81455161628     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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