CALIBRATION OF THE ENERGETIC GAMMA-RAY EXPERIMENT TELESCOPE (EGRET) FOR THE COMPTON GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY

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作者：
THOMPSON, DJ
BERTSCH, DL
FICHTEL, CE
HARTMAN, RC
HOFSTADTER, R
HUGHES, EB
HUNTER, SD
HUGHLOCK, BW
KANBACH, G
KNIFFEN, DA
LIN, YC
MATTOX, JR
MAYERHASSELWANDER, HA
VONMONTIGNY, C
NOLAN, PL
NEL, HI
PINKAU, K
ROTHERMEL, H
SCHNEID, EJ
SOMMER, M
SREEKUMAR, P
TIEGER, D
WALKER, AH
机构：
[1] STANFORD UNIV, DEPT PHYS, STANFORD, CA 94305 USA
[2] GRUMMAN AEROSP CORP, BETHPAGE, NY 11714 USA
[3] HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLL, DEPT PHYS, HAMPDEN SYDNEY, VA 23943 USA
[4] STANFORD UNIV, W W HANSEN EXPTL PHYS LAB, STANFORD, CA 94305 USA
[5] MAX PLANCK INST EXTRATERR PHYS, W-8046 GARCHING, GERMANY
[6] NASA, GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR, COMP SCI CORP, CTR COMPTON OBSERV SCI SUPPORT, GREENBELT, MD 20771 USA
[7] MIT, BATES LINEAR ACCELERATOR CTR, MIDDLETON, MA 01949 USA
来源：
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES | 1993年 / 86卷 / 02期
关键词：
ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES; SPACE PROBES; GAMMA-RAYS; OBSERVATIONS; INSTRUMENTATION; DETECTORS; TELESCOPES;
D O I：
10.1086/191793
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
Calibration of the Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory involves simulation, experimental calibration, and verification in flight. The principal properties of the instrument which have been determined as a function of energy and angle are the effective area, the angular resolution (point spread function), and the energy resolution (dispersion).
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页码：629 / 656
页数：28
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