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Performance of the EGRET astronomical gamma ray telescope

P. L. Nolan, D. L. Bertsch, C. E. Fichtel, R. C. Hartman, R. Hofstadter, E. B. Hughes, S. D. Hunter, G. Kanbach, D. A. Kniffen, Y. C. Lin,

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · 1992 · 25 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

On April 5, 1991, the Space Shuttle Atlantis carried the Compton gamma ray observatory (CGRO) into orbit, deploying the satellite on April 7. The energetic gamma ray experiment telescope (EGRET) 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 were all within nominal limits.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

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Detection of high-energy gamma radiation from quasar 3C 279 by the EGRET telescope on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

R. C. Hartman, D. L. Bertsch, C. E. Fichtel et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1992 · 205 citations

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The project EGRET (energetic gamma-ray experiment telescope) on NASA's Gamma-Ray Observatory GRO

G. Kanbach, D. L. Bertsch, A. Favale et al. · Space Science Reviews · 1989 · 134 citations

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Calibration of the Egret High-Energy Gamma-Ray Telescope in the Range 20-10,000 MeV with a Tunable Beam of Quasi-Monoenergetic Gamma Rays at SLAC

D. J. Thompson, D. L. Bertsch, A. Favale et al. · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · 1987 · 12 citations

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EGRET detection of high energy gamma rays from the gamma-ray burst of 3 May 1991

E. J. Schneid, D. L. Bertsch, C. E. Fichtel et al. · MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) · 1992 · 11 citations

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