Gamma Ray Bursts And Data Challenge One: Searching GRB in One Week of Simulated GLAST LAT Data

Conference · Wed Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2006

OSTI ID:876609

Longo, F; Omodei, N; Band, D; Bonnell, J T; Brigida, M; Cohen-Tanugi, J; Giannitrapani, R; Kamae, T; Norris, J P; Winai, M

GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) is a gamma-ray astronomy mission that will be launched in mid 2007. The main instrument is the LAT (Large Area Telescope), a pair conversion telescope with sensitivity in the range 20 MeV-300 GeV. Data Challenge One (DC1) was the simulation of one week of observation of the entire gamma-ray sky by the LAT detector. the simulated data was similar to the real data, which allowed for the development of scientific software. In this paper they present the GRB simulations and the detection algorithms developed by the GLAST GRB and Solar Flare Science Team.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 876609
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-11701; TRN: US0601262
• Resource Relation: Conference: Prepared for 4th Workshop on Gamma-Ray Burst in the Afterglow Era, Rome, Italy, 18-22 Oct 2004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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SKY
SOLAR FLARES
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