Related Gamma-Ray Astronomy Links
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Imagine the Universe! - High-Energy Astrophysics (NASA)
An overview of high-energy astrophysics.
in alphabetical order...
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AGILE
Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero. An italian gamma-ray
telescope for the energy range of 30 MeV to 50 GeV planned as a bridge
between EGRET on CGRO and the GLAST mission. To be launched in 2002.
PI institute: Istituto di Fisica Cosmica, CNR, Milano
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CLAIRE
Development of a balloon-borne gamma-ray lens made of Germanium crystals
and using Laue diffraction, with a Germanium detector in the focal
plane. PI institute: CESR, Toulouse, France
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Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO)
NASA satellite, 1991-2000. The break-through gamma-ray mission of the
nineties with 4 instruments
BATSE,
OSSE,
COMPTEL,
and
EGRET,
covering an energy range from 15 keV to 30 GeV.
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COMPTEL (COMPton TELescope aboard CGRO)
The first Compton telescope operated in space (1991-2000), based on
scintillator technology.
PI institute: Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE).
COMPTEL at
MPE
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GLAST
Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope. A planned NASA mission for a
next-generation gamma-ray telescope for the energy range of 20 MeV to
300 GeV. The big next step in the post-EGRET area.
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GRIP (Gamma Ray Imaging Payload)
A balloon-borne coded-aperture telescope for imaging of
galactic and extragalactic gamma-ray sources in the energy range of 30
keV to 500 keV, with usable sensitivity to 2 MeV. (Caltech)
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GRIS (Gamma-Ray Imaging Spectrometer)
A balloon-borne high-resolution Germanium spectrometer at GSFC (NASA).
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HESSI
The High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager. A satellite mission to
observe solar flares during the upcoming solar maximum with
high-resolution images and energy spectra in the energy range from 100
keV to 10 MeV. To be launched in 2000.
PI institute: University of California Berkeley (UCB), USA
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HIREGS (High Resolution Gamma-ray and Hard X-ray Spectrometer)
A balloon-borne high-resolution Germanium spectrometer built at the
Universities of California in Berkeley and San Diego
(
HIREGS San Diego Homepage) for measurement of solar flares and
compact objects in the Galaxy .
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INTEGRAL (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astronomy Laboratory)
An European satellite project for launch in April 2002 with four
instruments. The two main telescopes, covering an energy range from 20
keV to 10 MeV, are based on coded-mask imaging. One (SPI) features
high-resolution spectroscopy with a Germanium detector array, the other
(IBIS) performs imaging with good angular resolution, using arrays of
CdTe and CsI detectors.
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MEGA (Medium Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy)
Development of a Compton telescope with silicon strip detectors as
converter with tracking capability and CsI as calorimeter at MPE.
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Position Sensitive Detectors Project (and ATHENA proposal)
Investigation of germanium strip detectors for a future Compton
telescope at the Naval Research Laboratory.
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Swift
A gamma-ray burst satellite mission to be launched in 2003, consisting
of 3 coaligned instruments: X-ray and UV/optical focusing telescopes and
a coded-aperture gamma ray imager.
PI institute: Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA), Greenbelt, USA
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TIGRE (Tracking and Imaging Gamma-Ray Experiment)
Development of a Compton telescope with silicon strip detectors as
converter with tracking capability at the University of California
Riverside (UCR).
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XENA
Proposal for a next-generation liquid xenon Compton Telescope
based on LXeGRIT technology as a long duration balloon experiment.
PI institute: Columbia University, New York, USA