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The Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) is the high energy instrument among the four experiments aboard GRO and that with the highest angular resolution. Its primary photon energy range extends from 20 MeV to about 30 GeV, i.e. the energy range where pair-production dominates the interaction between cosmic photons and the detector material.
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Kanbach G. et al., “The EGRET Instrument”, Proceedings of the Gamma Ray Observatory Science Workshop, Greenbelt, Maryland 1989
Fichtel C.E., “High Energy Ray Astrophysics and What EGRET Might Contribute”, Proceedings of the Gamma Ray Observatory Science Workshop, Greenbelt, Maryland 1989
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Radecke, HD., Kanbach, G. (1992). The Egret High Energy Gamma Ray Telescope on GRO: Instrument Description and Scientific Mission. In: Di Gesù, V., Scarsi, L., Buccheri, R., Crane, P., Maccarone, M.C., Zimmermann, H.U. (eds) Data Analysis in Astronomy IV. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 59. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3388-7_31
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