Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
May 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991spfl...33..162.&link_type=abstract
Spaceflight (ISSN 0038-6340), vol. 33, May 1991, p. 162-165.
Computer Science
Performance
Gamma Ray Observatory, Gamma Ray Spectra, Radiation Detectors, Cosmic Rays, Faint Objects, Gamma Ray Bursts, Satellite Instruments, Spacecraft Performance
Scientific paper
The Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) is characterized with particular attention given to its instrumentation and gamma-ray targets. All the four GRO instruments covering a wide range of gamma ray energies (from 20 keV to 30 GeV) have a plastic outer particle detector, called an anticoincidence counter, for recording cosmic rays and other charged particles. BATSE will detect sporadic gamma ray bursts. EGRET will examine quasars, black holes, stellar and galactic exposions, matter and antimatter annihilation, and new classes of objects. COMPTEL will detect gamma rays created when cosmic rays interact with interstellar matter. OSSE will observe stellar objects that create heavy elements such as supernovae and novae. Consideration is also given to astronomical targets for GRO, including gamma ray bursts, supernovae, neutron stars and pulsars, quasars, active galaxies, and black holes.
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