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

Authors
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
Citation
Dj. Thompson et al., CALIBRATION OF THE ENERGETIC GAMMA-RAY EXPERIMENT TELESCOPE (EGRET) FOR THE COMPTON GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY, The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series, 86(2), 1993, pp. 629-656
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series → ACNP
ISSN journal
00670049
Volume
86
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
629 - 656
Database
ISI
SICI code
0067-0049(1993)86:2<629:COTEGE>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Calibration of the Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory involves simulation, experimental c alibration, and verification in flight. The principal properties of th e instrument which have been determined as a function of energy and an gle are the effective area, the angular resolution (point spread funct ion), and the energy resolution (dispersion).