Prospects for GRB Science with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2014-11-20 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
The LAT instrument on the Fermi mission will reveal the rich spectral and temporal gamma-ray burst phenomena in the > 100 MeV band. The synergy with Fermi's GBM detectors will link these observations to those in the well explored 10-1000 keV range; the addition of the > 100 MeV band observations will resolve theoretical uncertainties about burst emission in both the prompt and afterglow phases. Trigger algorithms will be applied to the LAT data both onboard the spacecraft and on the ground. The sensitivity of these triggers will differ because of the available computing resources onboard and on the ground. Here we present the LAT's burst detection methodologies and the instrument's GRB capabilities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0906.0991,
title = {Prospects for GRB Science with the Fermi Large Area Telescope},
author = {D. L. Band and M. Axelsson and L. Baldini and G. Barbiellini and M. G. Baring and D. Bastieri and M. Battelino and R. Bellazzini and E. Bissaldi and G. Bogaert and J. Bonnel and J. Chiang and J. Cohen-Tanugi and V. Connaughton and S. Cutini and F. de Palma and B. L. Dingus and E. do Couto e Silva and G. Fishman and A. Galli and N. Gehrels and N. Giglietto and J. Granot and S. Guiriec and R. E. Hughes and T. Kamae and N. Komin and F. Kuehn and M. Kuss and F. Longo and P. Lubrano and R. M. Kippen and M. N. Mazziotta and J. E. McEnery and S. McGlynn and E. Moretti and T. Nakamori and J. P. Norris and M. Ohno and M. Olivo and N. Omodei and V. Pelassa and F. Piron and R. Preece and M. Razzano and J. J. Russell and F. Ryde and P. M. Saz Parkinson and J. D. Scargle and C. Sgrò and T. Shimokawabe and P. D. Smith and G. Spandre and P. Spinelli and M. Stamatikos and B. L. Winer and R. Yamazaki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.0991},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
Accepted by ApJ