Beam test of Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope components

A beam test of GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) components was performed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in October, 1997. These beam test components were simple versions of the planned flight hardware. Results on the performance of the tracker, calorimeter, and anti-coincidence charged particle veto are presented.

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39 pages, 21 figures

photon: cosmic radiation
counters and detectors: satellite
tracks
semiconductor detector: microstrip
calorimeter
scintillation counter: plastics

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