Initial results from Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
- 1. SLAC, Stanford Univ., Menlo Park, California (United States)
- 2. Hiroshima Univ., Graduate School of Science, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima (Japan)
Description
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (renamed from GLAST) has been observing the entire sky in the gamma-ray band with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) built by an international collaborate including Japan. In one year of the Science Operation since August 2008, many discoveries have been made in the gamma-ray band and importance of gamma-ray data in multi-wavelength analyses has been demonstrated. In this overview article, we describe selected science results already published: discoveries of pulsars bright in gamma-ray, accurate measurement on cosmic-ray electron spectrum, diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Milky Way galaxy, high-energy emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), active galactic nuclei at cosmological distance and extra-galactic background gamma-ray radiation. The entire gamma-ray data and science analysis tools are available from Fermi Science Support Center at NASA: we wish the data be used widely in research and education. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nippon Butsuri Gakkai-Shi
- Journal Volume
- 65
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 163-171
- ISSN
- 0029-0181
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 41077068
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BACKGROUND RADIATION; COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; GALAXIES; GALAXY NUCLEI; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RADIATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NASA; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PULSARS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SATELLITES; TELESCOPES
- Descriptors DEC
- ASTRONOMY; COOPERATION; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATTER; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; US ORGANIZATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 42 refs., 13 figs.