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Instrumentation for gamma-ray astronomyThe current status of gamma-ray-telescope technology for ground, airborne, and space observations is surveyed and illustrated with drawings, diagrams, and graphs and tables of typical data. For the low- and medium-energy ranges, consideration is given to detectors and detector cooling systems, background-rejection methods, radiation damage, large-area detectors, gamma-ray imaging, data analysis, and the Compton-interaction region. Also discussed are the gamma-ray interaction process at high energies; multilevel automated spark-chamber gamma-ray telescopes; the Soviet Gamma-1 telescope; the EGRET instrument for the NASA Gamma-Ray Observatory; and Cerenkov, air-shower, and particle-detector instruments for the TeV and PeV ranges. Significant improvements in resolution and sensitivity are predicted for the near future.
Document ID
19890059201
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Bertsch, David L.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Fichtel, Carl E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Trombka, Jacob I.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Space Science Reviews
Volume: 48
Issue: 1-2,
ISSN: 0038-6308
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
89A46572
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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