GLAST: physics goals and instrument status (original) (raw)
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Abstract
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is a space-based observatory scheduled to launch in October 2007 with two instruments: (1) the GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM), sensitive to photon energies between 8 keV and 25 MeV and optimized to detect gamma-ray bursts, and (2) the Large Area Telescope (LAT), sensitive to gamma rays between 20 MeV and 300 GeV and designed to survey the gamma-ray sky with unprecedented sensitivity. We describe the LAT and the GBM. We then focus on the LAT's capabilities for studying active galactic nuclei.
Publication:
Journal of Physics Conference Series
Pub Date:
March 2007
DOI:
10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0610960
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Keywords:
- Astrophysics
E-Print:
to appear in Proceedings of TeV Particle Astrophysics II, 28-31 August 2006, Madison, WI, USA