Initial Results of New Tomographic Imaging of the Gamma-Ray Sky with BATSE

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2009-12-21

arxiv.org/abs/0912.3815v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

6 pages, 6 figures, 2009 Fermi Symposium, to be published in eConf Proceedings C091122

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We describe an improved method of mapping the gamma-ray sky by applying the Linear Radon Transform to data from BATSE on NASA's CGRO. Based on a method similar to that used in medical imaging, we use the relatively sharp (~0.25 deg) limb of the Earth to collimate BATSE's eight Large Area Detectors (LADs). Coupling this to the ~51-day precession cycle of the CGRO orbit, we can complete a full survey of the sky, localizing point sources to < 1 deg accuracy. This technique also uses a physical model for removing many sources of gamma-ray background, which allows us to image strong gamma-ray sources such as the Crab up to ~2 MeV with only a single precession cycle. We present the concept of the Radon Transform technique as applied to the BATSE data for imaging the gamma-ray sky and show sample images in three broad energy bands (23-98 keV, 98-230 keV, and 230-595 keV) centered on the positions of selected sources from the catalog of 130 known sources used in our Enhanced BATSE Occultation Package (EBOP) analysis system. Any new sources discovered during the sky survey will be added to the input catalog for EBOP allowing daily light curves and spectra to be generated. We also discuss the adaptation of tomographic imaging to the Fermi GBM occultation project.

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