The Fifth Compton Symposium: Portsmouth, NH, September 1999Mark L. McConnell, James M. Ryan With the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) now in its ninth year of operation, the Fifth Compton Symposium provided an opportunity for sharing the most recent scientific results from CGRO and other related experiments in gamma-ray astronomy. Equally important were the descriptions of several new space-based and ground-based experiments in gamma-ray astronomy. These new instruments will be responsible for continuing the pioneering efforts of the CGRO mission. The proceedings provide a valuable reference for researchers in high energy astrophysics. |
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GammaRay Line Astrophysics | 13 |
Investigations of Positron Annihilation Radiation | 21 |
TGRS Measurements of the Positron Annihilation Spectrum | 31 |
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2000 American Institute acceleration accretion disk analysis angular resolution Astrophys Astrophysics background band BATSE BeppoSAX BL Lac objects black hole blazars bremsstrahlung burst CGRO cm² COMPTEL Compton scattering continuum cosmic rays count rate Crab density detected detector edited by M. L. EGRET EGRET sources electrons emission energy range Fifth Compton Symposium FIGURE flare flux Galaxy gamma gamma-ray GLAST hard X-ray heliostat high energy imaging Institute of Physics instrument INTEGRAL J. M. Ryan light curve Lorentz factor luminosity M. L. McConnell maps McConnell and J. M. mCrab measured mission monitoring neutron star novae observations Observatory optical orbital OSSE outbursts parameters particles peak phase photons pixels point sources power law Proc pulsars pulse radiation radio ratio redshift region RXTE sensitivity shows simulations solar spectrum supernova synchrotron telescope upper limits variability X-ray source y-ray