Published July 1977 | Version v1
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Agathe: a one square meter gamma-ray spark chamber balloon telescope with low energy threshold and high angular accuracy

Creators

  • 1. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Service d'Electronique Physique
  • 2. Toulouse-3 Univ., 31 (France). Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements

Description

The Agathe balloon experiment carried out by the CEA of Saclay and the CESR of Toulouse is designed for the study of gamma radiation in the energy range 10 MeV to 100 MeV. This paper describes the construction of the experimental system and the results obtained during a test flight

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Recent advances in gamma-ray astronomy
Journal Page Range
p. 257-261.
Report number
ESA-SP--124

Conference

Title
12. ESLAB symposium on recent advances in gamma-ray astronomy.
Dates
24 - 27 May 1977.
Place
Frascati, Italy.

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
9396011
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BALLOONS; COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; GAMMA DETECTION; MEV RANGE 100-1000; PERFORMANCE; POINT SOURCES; SPARK CHAMBERS
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RAY SOURCES; ENERGY RANGE; GAS TRACK DETECTORS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEV RANGE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION SOURCES