Published July 12, 2007
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Journal article
Overview of the GLAST Mission and Opportunities
Creators
- 1. University of Maryland Department of Physics, College Park MD, 20742 (United States)
- 2. Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, Mail Code 661, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, 20771 (United States)
Description
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, GLAST, is a mission to measure the cosmic gamma-ray flux in the energy range 20 MeV to > 300 GeV, with supporting measurements for gamma-ray bursts from 8 keV to 30 MeV. With its launch in late 2007, GLAST will open a new and important window on a wide variety of high-energy phenomena, including black holes and active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, the origin of cosmic rays and studies of supernova remnants, and searches for hypothetical new phenomena. Along with the major science questions for GLAST, this talk will include the mission status, operations plans, and the opportunities for Guest Investigators
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2757255;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 921
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 3-7
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 1. GLAST symposium
- Dates
- 5-8 Feb 2007
- Place
- Stanford, CA (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39081331
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BLACK HOLES; COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; COSMIC PHOTONS; GALAXY NUCLEI; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTRA; GEV RANGE; KEV RANGE; MEV RANGE; PHOTON EMISSION; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; TELESCOPE COUNTERS
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EMISSION; ENERGY RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; PHOTONS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics
- Collaborations
- GLAST Mission Team