Audio / Video

The Advanced Compton Telescope

Description

Asst. Prof. Steve Boggs explains that ACT, the next major step in gamma-ray astronomy among NASAs Vision Missions, will probe the nuclear fires where chemical elements are formed. ACT will study new nuclei produced in type 1a supernovae explosions in the Virgo Cluster and beyond, as well as study the engines of nucleosynthesis in our galaxy.

Details

Title

The Advanced Compton Telescope

Creator

Boggs, Steve.

Creator

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics.

Published

2004.

Full Collection Name

UCB Physics Department Lectures

Subject (Topic)

Gamma ray astronomy Instruments--Congresses.

Gamma ray astronomy Congresses.

Supernovae Congresses.

Nucleosynthesis Congresses.

Geographic Coverage

Virgo Cluster.

Type

Video

Extent

1 streaming video file

Other Physical Details

digital, sd., col.

Archive

Physics Library

Note

Originally produced as a VHS in 2004.

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Collection

Physics Lectures

Tracks

lectures/phys002.mp4

Linked Resources

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