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Fermi lat observations of gamma-ray transients near the galactic plane
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hays, Elizabeth Anne |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope provides unprecedented sensitivity for all-sky monitoring of gamma-ray activity from 20 MeV to >300 GeV. The observatory scans the entire sky every three hours and allows a general search for flaring activity on daily timescales. This search is conducted automatically as part of the ground processing and allows a fast response to transient events, typically less than a day. Most flares are spatially associated with known blazars, but in several cases during the first year of observations, gamma-ray flares occurring near the Galactic plane did not reveal any initially compelling counterparts. This prompted follow-up observations in X-ray, optical, and radio to attempt to identify the origin of the emission and probe the possible existence of a class of transient gamma-ray sources in the Galaxy. We will report on the details of these LAT events and the results of the multi-wavelength counterpart searches. |
| File Size | 123317 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100015531 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8qc50t5c |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Gamma Rays Observatories Sensitivity Gamma Ray Telescopes Scanners Telescopes Blazars Spaceborne Telescopes X Ray Optics Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
