A Gamma Ray Telescope Utilizing Large Area Wire Spark Chambers

1 January 1969

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Vol. 16 (1) , 304-308
https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1969.4325122

Abstract

A second generation gamma-ray telescope has been developed for further experiments in balloon-borne astronomy. This instrument is composed of 32 wire-grid spark chamber modules, each 50 × 50 cm2, utilizing two-coordinate ferrite core readout. The detector is flown on a 27 million cubic foot research balloon in a search for discrete gamma-ray sources and supernovae explosions.

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