Performance of the EGRET astronomical gamma ray telescope

Conference · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:7066054

Nolan, P L; Hofstadter, R; Hughes, E B; Lin, Y C; Michelson, P F ^[1]; Bertsch, D L; Fichtel, C E; Hartman, R C; Hunter, S D; Mattox, J R; Sreekumar, P; Thompson, D J ^[2]

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1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD (United States). Goddard Space Flight Center

On April 5, 1991, the Space Shuttle Atlantis carried the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) into orbit, deploying the satellite on April 7. This paper reports on the EGRET instrument which was activated on April 15, and the first month of operations was devoted to verification of the instrument performance. Measurements made during that month and in the subsequent sky survey phase have verified that the instrument time resolution, angular resolution, and gamma ray detection efficiency are all within nominal limits.

• Sponsoring Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7066054
• Report Number(s): CONF-911106-; CODEN: IETNAE; CNN: NAG5-1605
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 39:4; Conference: 1991 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) nuclear science symposium and medical imaging conference, Santa Fe, NM (United States), 2-9 Nov 1991; ISSN 0018-9499
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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