Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...20915305l&link_type=abstract
2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #153.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
Thanks to its sensitivity (4 10-9 ph (E> 100 MeV) cm-2s-1 for one year of observation), the GLAST LAT should detect many more (over a thousand) gamma-ray blazars than currently known. This large blazar sample will enable detailed population studies to be carried out. Moreover, the LAT large field-of-view combined with the scanning mode will provide a very uniform exposure over the sky, allowing a constant monitoring of several tens of blazars and flare alerts to be issued. The poster will present the LAT performance relevant to blazar studies, more particularly related to timing and spectral properties. Major specific issues regarding the blazar phenomenon that the LAT data should shed light on thanks to these capabilities will be discussed, as well as the different approaches foreseen to address them. The associated data required in other bands, to be collected in contemporaneous/simultaneous multiwavelength campaigns will be mentioned as well.
LAT Blazar Science Working Group
Lott Benoit
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