Imaging of the
regions of the sky in the energy range
35 keV to 1.3 MeV.
Temporal and spectral analysis
of localised gamma-ray sources in
the same energy range.
Temporal and spectral analysis
of gamma-ray bursts in the energy range 200 keV to 15 MeV.
The SIGMA telescope has been constructed by two French laboratories :
The
Centre d'Etude Spatiale des
Rayonnements (CESR-CNRS/UPS) in Toulouse,
The
Service
d'Astrophysique of the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique
(SAp/DAPNIA/DSM/CEA) in Saclay,
both under contract to the French Space Agency (CNES).
Further reading : SIGMA scientific publications.