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Event Number 1656
Monday, November 9th, 2009
NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum
The first year of the Fermi Large Area Telescope in space
- Time: 2:00 pm
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Markus Ackermann
- Abstract: Astrophysical results obtained by the Fermi Large Area telescope
mission in the first year of its mission are presented. In its first year the LAT has detected more than 10 million gamma-rays above 100 MeV and more than 1000 point sources, many of which were studied individually. These studies cover a wide range of astrophysical objects, like AGN, GRB, Starburst Galaxies, Pulsars, their Nebulae and Supernova Remnants. Besides individual objects, the properties of the diffuse emission from our own galaxy and beyond have been analyzed, yielding
new insights into the propagation of cosmic rays and the nature of the extragalactic diffuse emission.
- Host: Albrecht Karle
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