The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope: an astro-particle mission to explore the high energy sky

Author

Baldini, Luca ; Bellazzini, Ronaldo ; Brez, Alessandro ; Kuss, Michael ; Latronico, Luca ; Omodei, Nicola ; Pesce-Rollins, Melissa ; Sgró, Carmelo ; Spandre, Gloria

Author_Institution

Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucl., Pisa

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

23-29 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

191

Lastpage

195

Abstract

The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is a space mission that will study the mostly unexplored, high energy spectrum (10 keV - 300 GeV) of photons coming from active sources or diffused in the Universe. The integration and test of all the subsystems of the telescope is almost completed, as the launch is currently scheduled by NASA for August 2007. We report on the basic design choices, on the status of the assembly and on the first results from ground tests of the Large Area Telescope (the main instrument onboard GLAST), with particular emphasis on the tracker subsystem which, with its 80 m² of active silicon surface, is by far the largest ever built for a space application

Keywords

astronomical telescopes; gamma-ray apparatus; space research; 10 keV to 300 GeV; GLAST; Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope; Large Area Telescope; active silicon surface; astroparticle mission; high energy sky; space mission; tracker subsystem; Assembly; Astronomy; Instruments; NASA; Optical design; Photonics; Silicon; Space missions; Telescopes; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Fajardo

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9221-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596234

Filename

1596234