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Dec 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989nyasa.571..482k&link_type=abstract

(NASA, NSF, Texas Academy of Science, et al., Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, 14th, Dallas, TX, Dec. 11-16, 1988)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galactic Radiation, Gamma Ray Bursts, Gamma Ray Observatory, Gamma Ray Telescopes, Pulsars, Supernovae, Hubble Space Telescope, Spaceborne Astronomy, Spaceborne Telescopes

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The scientific goals and the design of the NASA Gamma-Ray Observatory (GRO), planned for launch in mid-1990, are described together with the experiments to be performed on the GRO mission and the instruments to be flown on the Observatory. GRO contains a complement of four instruments to span the spectrum from 0.03 to 20,000 MeV in energy, three of which are optimized to make gamma-ray observations using either the photoelectric effect, the Compton scatter, or the pair production processes; the fourth instrument is optimized for high-sensitivity observations of transient events and time-variable sources. The instruments are the Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment, the Compton Telescope, the Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope, and the Burst and Transient Source Experiment.

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