GLAST Solar System Science

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2757280· OSTI ID:21067200

Share, Gerald H ^[1]; Murphy, Ronald J ^[2]

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1. Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742 (United States)
2. Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375 (United States)

We briefly discuss GLAST's capabilities for observing high-energy radiation from various energetic phenomena in our solar system. These emissions include: bremsstrahlung, nuclear-line and pion-decay gamma-radiation, and neutrons from solar flares; bremsstrahlung and pion-decay gamma radiation from cosmic-ray interactions with the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth's atmosphere; and inverse Compton radiation from cosmic-ray electron interactions with sunlight.

• OSTI ID: 21067200
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 921, Issue 1; Conference: 1. GLAST symposium, Stanford, CA (United States), 5-8 Feb 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2757280; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
COMPTON EFFECT
COSMIC ELECTRONS
COSMIC PHOTONS
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTRON REACTIONS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA DETECTION
NEUTRON DETECTION
NEUTRONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PIONS
SOLAR FLARES
SOLAR RADIATION
SOLAR SYSTEM
TELESCOPE COUNTERS