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Very High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy at White Cliffs Solar Power Station

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. W. Clay ,
S. D. Elton ,
A. G. Gregory ,
J. R. Patterson  and
R. J. Protheroe
R. W. Clay
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide, Department of Physics
S. D. Elton
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide, Department of Physics
A. G. Gregory
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide, Department of Physics
J. R. Patterson
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide, Department of Physics
R. J. Protheroe
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide, Department of Physics
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Abstract

Three mirrors of the White Cliffs Solar Power Station are currently being used for very high energy γ-ray Astronomy while the University of Adelaide very high energy γ-ray telescope is being designed. Use is made of fast-timing to obtain γ-ray arrival directions to an accuracy approaching 1 °. The experimental arrangement and operation of the telescope is described and our current observing program is outlined.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , 1986 , pp. 338 - 343
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1986

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