Fermi-LAT View of Bright Flaring Gamma-Ray Blazars

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Jun 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011japa...32..169b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, Volume 32, Issue 1-2, pp. 169-172

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Gamma-Ray Sources, Active Galaxies, Transients, Gamma-Ray Sources—Active Galaxies—Transients

Scientific paper

The Fermi LAT provides a continuous and uniform monitoring of the Universe in the gamma-ray band. During the first year many gamma-ray blazar flares, some unidentified transients and emission by the Sun while in a quiet state were promptly detected. This is mainly due to the design of the mission, featuring a detector, the LAT with a wide field of view, and to the operation of the spacecraft itself, that can cover every region of the sky every 3 hours. Nevertheless, the scientific exploitation of this monitoring is more fruitful when early information about transients reaches a broader community. In this respect, the indefatigable activity of flare advocates, who worked on weekly shifts to validate the results and quickly broadcast information about flares and new detections, was the key to most scientific results.

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