2006 TeV Particle Astrophysics II - TeV Presenter Detailed Abstract

First Name:Jennifer
Last Name:Carson
Working Group Presenter
Title:GLAST: Physics Goals and Experimental Status
Presentation Type:Talk
Presentation Work Group:Gamma Astronomy
Abstract:The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is a space-based observatory scheduled to launch in September 2007 with two instruments: (1) the GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM), sensitive to photon energies between ~10 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 200 GeV and designed to survey the gamma-ray sky with unprecedented sensitivity. This talk will focus on the LAT’s capabilities for detecting and constraining physical models for sources of interest to TeV experiments. It will also briefly review the observatory itself and the current status of the LAT and the GBM.