The GLAST Gamma-Ray Observatory

Technical Report · Wed Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/839964· OSTI ID:839964

Latronico, L

GLAST is a space mission that will observe the gamma-ray sky between 20MeV and 1TeV with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. The Large Area Telescope (LAT), the main instrument onboard the GLAST satellite, is built with state-of-the-art particle physics detectors, and combines a large area is-strip tracker-converter, that will measure direction of incoming photons to an imaging CsI e.m. calorimeter for measurements of photon energies; an outer, segmented Anti-Coincidence Detector will reject charged particle background. In this paper they give an overview of the many physics goals and potential reach of the GLAST observatory and describe in detail the instrument design and performance.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 839964
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-10825; TRN: US0503419
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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CHARGED PARTICLES
DESIGN
PERFORMANCE
PHOTONS
PHYSICS
RESOLUTION
SENSITIVITY
SKY
TELESCOPES