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Scientific paper
Jul 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aipc..921..556k&link_type=abstract
THE FIRST GLAST SYMPOSIUM. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 921, pp. 556-557 (2007).
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X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation, Gamma-Ray, Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Mathematical Procedures And Computer Techniques
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The main goal of the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard science program is to provide quick identification and localization of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) onboard the LAT for follow-up observations by other observatories. The GRB identification and localization algorithm will provide celestial coordinates with an error region that will be distributed via the Gamma ray burst Coordinate Network (GCN). We present results that show our sensitivity to bursts as characterized using Monte Carlo simulations of the GLAST observatory. We describe and characterize the method of onboard track determination and the GRB identification and localization algorithm. Onboard track determination is considerably different than in the on-ground case, resulting in a substantially altered point spread function. The algorithm contains tunable parameters which may be adjusted after launch when real bursts characteristics at very high energies have been identified.
Bonnell Jerry
Hughes Richard
Kuehn Frederick
Norris Jay
Ritz Steven
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