Publication Date:
2011-08-24
Description:
BATSE, one of the four instruments on the Gamma Ray Observatory, consists of eight detectors at the corners of the spacecraft. The large size of BATSE, its full-sky viewing and versatile data system should result in considerable advances in the study of gamma-ray bursts and other transient sources. The more significant features of BATSE include: the ability to obtain locations for weak bursts, the ability to detect spectral features and rapid spectral variations in many bursts and the ability to provide burst locations to the scientific community quicker than previously possible. The instrument also has considerable capability for the study of pulsars, solar flares, and other discrete sources at energies greater than 30 keV.
Keywords:
SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTATION
Type:
In: Gamma-ray bursts - Observations, analyses and theories (A93-20206 06-90); p. 265-272.
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