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Results from the Advanced Scintillator Compton Telescope (ASCOT) balloon payload

Sharma et al., 2020

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13521006111321671722
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Sharma T
Bloser P
Ryan J
Legere J
McConnell M
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Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

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The Advanced Scintillator Compton Telescope (ASCOT) is a medium-energy gamma-ray Compton telescope flown on NASA's high-altitude scientific balloon from Palestine, TX on 5th July 2018. It uses commercially available highperformance scintillators like Cerium …
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