Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope: Mission Overview
Conference
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· Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A588:41-47,2008
OSTI ID:958637
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:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 958637
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-REPRINT-2009-102
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A588:41-47,2008
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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