Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope: Mission Overview

Conference · Tue May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A588:41-47,2008

OSTI ID:958637

Moiseev, A A

The new Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is scheduled for launch in the middle of 2008. It contains the high energy gamma-ray telescope Large Area Telescope (LAT) which covers the energy range from 20 MeV to >300 GeV and the GLAST Burst Monitor (GMB), covering 8 keV-30 MeV energy range. The GLAST science objectives include understanding the mechanism of charged particle acceleration in active galactic nuclei, pulsars and supernova remnants, determining the nature of the still-unidentified EGRET sources, detailed study of gamma-ray diffuse emission, high-energy emission from gamma-ray bursts and transient sources, and probing dark matter. A brief overview of the mission is given.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 958637
• Report Number(s): SLAC-REPRINT-2009-102; TRN: US1000294
• Journal Information: Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A588:41-47,2008, Conference: Roma International Conference on Astro-Particle Physics (RICAP'07), Rome, Italy, 6/20/2007-6/22/2007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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