The high-energy transient experiment (HETE) - An international multiwavelength mission
Author
Japanese:
Ricker, G. R.,
Doty, J. P.,
Rappaport, S. A.,
Vanderspek, R. K.,
Matsuoka, M.,
河合 誠之,
Yoshida, A.,
Fenimore, E. E.,
Ho, C.,
Roussel-Dupre, D. ..
English:
Ricker, G. R.,
Doty, J. P.,
Rappaport, S. A.,
Vanderspek, R. K.,
Matsuoka, M.,
Kawai, N.,
Yoshida, A.,
Fenimore, E. E.,
Ho, C.,
Roussel-Dupre, D. ..
Language
English
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English:
Gamma-Ray Bursts - Observations, Analyses and Theories
Volume, Number, Page
pp. 288-296
Published date
1992
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Abstract
The High Energy Transient Experiment (HETE), an international mission scheduled by NASA for launch on a Pegasus rocket in July 1994, is described. The prime objective of HETE is to carry out the first multiwavelength study of gamma-ray bursts with UV, X-ray, and gamma-ray instruments mounted on a single, compact spacecraft. A unique feature of the HETE mission is its capability to localize GRBs with about 10 arc second accuracy, in near real time aboard the spacecraft, and to transmit these positions directly to a network of receivers at existing ground-based observatories, enabling rapid, sensitive follow-up studies in the radio, IR, and optical bands.