Automated Science Processing for GLAST LAT Data

Journal Article · Thu Jul 12 04:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2757443· OSTI ID:21067306

Chiang, James ^[1]; Carson, Jennifer; Focke, Warren ^[2]

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1. CRESST/UMBC, SLAC, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (United States)
2. SLAC, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (United States)

Automated Science Processing (ASP) will be performed by the GLAST Large Area Telescope (LAT) Instrument Science Operations Center (ISOC) on data from the satellite as soon as the Level 1 data are available in the ground processing pipeline. ASP will consist of time-critical science analyses that will facilitate follow-up and multi-wavelength observations of transient sources. These analyses include refinement of gamma-ray burst (GRB) positions, timing, flux and spectral properties, off-line searches for untriggered GRBs and gamma-ray afterglows, longer time scale monitoring of a standard set of sources (AGNs, X-ray binaries), and searches for previously unknown flaring sources in the LAT band. We describe the design of ASP and its scientific products; and we show results of a prototype implementation, driven by the standard LAT data processing pipeline, as applied to simulated LAT and GBM data.

• OSTI ID: 21067306
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 921; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AFTERGLOW
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC PHOTONS
DATA PROCESSING
DESIGN
FLARING
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA RADIATION
GAMMA SPECTRA
IMAGE PROCESSING
IMPLEMENTATION
PHOTON EMISSION
TELESCOPE COUNTERS
TRANSIENTS
WAVELENGTHS
X RADIATION