Overview of the GLAST Mission and Opportunities

Journal Article · Thu Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2757255· OSTI ID:21067262

Ritz, S ^[1]

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1. Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, Mail Code 661, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, 20771 (United States)

The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, GLAST, is a mission to measure the cosmic gamma-ray flux in the energy range 20 MeV to > 300 GeV, with supporting measurements for gamma-ray bursts from 8 keV to 30 MeV. With its launch in late 2007, GLAST will open a new and important window on a wide variety of high-energy phenomena, including black holes and active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, the origin of cosmic rays and studies of supernova remnants, and searches for hypothetical new phenomena. Along with the major science questions for GLAST, this talk will include the mission status, operations plans, and the opportunities for Guest Investigators.

• OSTI ID: 21067262
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 921, Issue 1; Conference: 1. GLAST symposium, Stanford, CA (United States), 5-8 Feb 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2757255; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). GLAST Mission Team; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BLACK HOLES
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC PHOTONS
GALAXY NUCLEI
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA RADIATION
GAMMA SPECTRA
GEV RANGE
KEV RANGE
MEV RANGE
PHOTON EMISSION
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
TELESCOPE COUNTERS