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Data analysis of the comptel instrument on the nasa gamma ray observatory
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hermsen, W. Connors, A. Collmar, W. Denherder, J. W. McConnell, M. Lichti, G. G. Diehl, R. Macri, J. Lockwood, J. A. Bennett, K. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | The Compton imaging telescope (COMPTEL) on the Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) is a wide field of view instrument. The coincidence measurement technique in two scintillation detector layers requires specific analysis methods. Straightforward event projection into the sky is impossible. Therefore, detector events are analyzed in a multi-dimensional dataspace using a gamma ray sky hypothesis convolved with the point spread function of the instrument in this dataspace. Background suppression and analysis techniques have important implications on the gamma ray source results for this background limited telescope. The COMPTEL collaboration applies a software system of analysis utilities, organized around a database management system. The use of this system for the assistance of guest investigators at the various collaboration sites and external sites is foreseen and allows different detail levels of cooperation with the COMPTEL institutes, dependent on the type of data to be studied. |
| File Size | 457895 |
| Page Count | 7 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19920012643 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9d55jn4p |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Gamma Rays Correlation Hypotheses Scintillation Counters Gamma Ray Observatory Imaging Techniques Data Processing Data Base Management Systems Spaceborne Telescopes Field of View Signatures Computer Programs Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
