Gamma rays
January 5, 2013
Gamma rays from different objects pass through different regions of the coded mask before striking the detector. The resulting pattern is a sequence of overlaid shadows which a computer must disentangle, to create an image of the objects.
Topics:
Radiation, Radioactivity, Physics, X-ray, Coded aperture, Gamma ray, Observational astronomy, Space telescopes, Nuclear physics, Transport phenomena, Waves, Technology Internet
