タイトル | BATSE imaging survey of the Galactic plane |
著者(英) | Zhang, S. N.; Robinson, C.; Barret, D.; Grindlay, J. E.; Harmon, B. A.; Bloser, P. F. |
著者所属(英) | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
発行日 | 1997-03-01 |
言語 | eng |
内容記述 | The burst and transient source experiment (BATSE) onboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) provides all sky monitoring capability, occultation analysis and occultation imaging which enables new and fainter sources to be searched for in relatively crowded fields. The occultation imaging technique is used in combination with an automated BATSE image scanner, allowing an analysis of large data sets of occultation images for detections of candidate sources and for the construction of source catalogs and data bases. This automated image scanner system is being tested on archival data in order to optimize the search and detection thresholds. The image search system, its calibration results and preliminary survey results on archival data are reported on. The aim of the survey is to identify a complete sample of black hole candidates in the galaxy and constrain the number of black hole systems and neutron star systems. |
NASA分類 | Astronomy |
レポートNO | 97N25315 |
権利 | No Copyright |
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