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Analyzing data from GLAST's Large Area Telescope (LAT) will require sophisticated techniques. The PSF and effective area are functions of both photon energy and the position in the field-of-view. During most of the mission the observatory…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 David L. Band , Seth W. Digel , the GLAST LAT Collaboration , the GSSC

We present here the current status of pulsar simulations for the Large Area Telescope, the main instrument on the GLAST mission. We present "PulsarSpectrum", a pulsar simulator that can reproduce with high detail gamma-ray emission from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Razzano

We describe a comprehensive pulsar monitoring campaign for the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the {\em Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope} (formerly GLAST). The detection and study of pulsars in gamma rays give insights into the populations of…

(ABRIDGED) The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) will measure the spectra of distant extragalactic sources of high energy gamma-rays. GLAST can look for energy dependent propagation effects from such sources as a signal of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 F. W. Stecker

Gamma rays in the band from 30 MeV to 300 GeV, used in combination with direct measurements and with data from radio and X-ray bands, provide a powerful tool for studying the origin of Galactic cosmic rays. Gamma-ray Large Area Space…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. F. Ormes , S. Digel , I. V. Moskalenko , A. Moiseev , R. Williamson

The Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi LAT) provides long term systematic monitoring observations of the gamma-ray emission from blazars. The variability properties and the correlation with other wavelength bands are important clues for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Stefan Larsson

Blazars, a beamed population of active galactic nuclei, radiate high-energy gamma-rays, and thus are a good target for the Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST). As the blazars trace the large-scale structure of the universe, one may…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Shin'ichiro Ando , Eiichiro Komatsu , Takuro Narumoto , Tomonori Totani

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly known as Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, GLAST) was successfully launched on June 11 2008. Its main instrument is the Large Area Telescope (LAT), which detects gamma rays from 20 MeV to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Philippe Bruel

The EGRET instrument onboard of CGRO detected a number of gamma-ray flares from blazars, and it is expected that GLAST, to be launched in 2006, should detect many more such flares. These flares should be preceded by X-ray precursors, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Greg Madejski , Marek Sikora , Tsuneyoshi Kamae

Successfully launched in June 2008, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, formerly named GLAST, has been observing the high-energy gamma-ray sky with unprecedented sensitivity for more than two years, opening a new window on a wide variety…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Luca Baldini

Blazars, the extreme family of AGN, can be strong gamma-ray emitters and constitute the largest fraction of identified point sources of EGRET. The next Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is a high energy (30MeV-300GeV) gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stefano Ciprini

The GLAST Large Area Telescope (LAT) is the next generation satellite experiment for high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. It is a pair conversion telescope built with a plastic anticoincidence shield, a segmented CsI electromagnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Nicola Omodei

The field of gamma ray astronomy relies heavily on the statistical analysis of data. Because of the paucity of data, and the often large errors associated with detecting gamma rays, analysis and interpretation of the data require…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. F. Tompkins

Simultaneous observations by the large number of gamma-ray burst detectors operating in the GLAST era will provide the spectra, lightcurves and locations necessary for studying burst physics and testing the putative relations between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 David Band

We describe a uniform all-sky survey of bright blazars, selected primarily by their flat radio spectra, that is designed to provide a large catalog of likely gamma-ray AGN. The defined sample has 1625 targets with radio and X-ray properties…

Rotation-powered pulsars are excellent laboratories for study of particle acceleration as well as fundamental physics of strong gravity, strong magnetic fields, high densities and relativity. I will review the outstanding questions in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Alice K. Harding

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on Fermi, launched on 2008 June 11, is a space telescope to explore the high energy gamma-ray universe. The instrument covers the energy range from 20 MeV to 300 GeV with greatly improved sensitivity and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-06-18 Damien Parent

Pulsars are among the prime targets for the Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the recently launched Fermi observatory. The LAT will study the gamma-ray Universe between 20 MeV and 300 GeV with unprecedented detail. Increasing numbers of…

The LAT instrument on the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope is performing an all-sky survey from 20 MeV to 300 GeV with unprecedented statistics and angular resolution. This is providing a wealth of new information on the non-thermal emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 A. W. Strong

The Very Large Area gamma-ray Space Telescope (VLAST) is a mission concept proposed to detect gamma-ray photons through both the Compton scattering and electron-positron pair production mechanisms, enabling the detection of photons with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-02 Xu Pan , Wei Jiang , Chuan Yue , Shi-Jun Lei , Yu-Xin Cui , Qiang Yuan