GLAST: physics goals and instrument status
Abstract
Description
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is a space-based observatory scheduled to launch in October 2007 with two instruments: (1) the GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM), sensitive to photon energies between 8 keV and 25 MeV and optimized to detect gamma-ray bursts, and (2) the Large Area Telescope (LAT), sensitive to gamma rays between ~20 MeV and 300 GeV and designed to survey the gamma-ray sky with unprecedented sensitivity. We describe the LAT and the GBM. We then focus on the LAT's capabilities for studying active galactic nuclei.
to appear in Proceedings of TeV Particle Astrophysics II, 28-31 August 2006, Madison, WI, USA
to appear in Proceedings of TeV Particle Astrophysics II, 28-31 August 2006, Madison, WI, USA