Exploring the High Energy Universe where Particle Physics and Astrophysics Collide


Click here to start

Table of contents

Exploring the High Energy Universe where Particle Physics and Astrophysics Collide

Mission

GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM)

Large Area Telescope (LAT)

Pair Conversion Telescope

LAT Schematic

New Technologies

EGRET vs. GLAST LAT

EGRET’s Legacy

EGRET All-Sky Map

3rd EGRET Catalog

Simulated LAT all-sky map

LAT Science Overview

LAT Log N vs. Log S

Unidentified Sources

Possible Unidentified Sources

EGRET Blazars

Blazar questions/LAT Answers

Slide 19

LAT studies 3C79

LAT studies EBL cutoff

AGN Log N vs. Log S

LAT vs. Ground-based HE Arrays

Ground-based HET Arrays

Multi-wavelength Mkn 501

Supernovae and Cosmic Rays

LAT studies Supernova Remnants

LAT studies SNR and CRs

EGRET pulsars

Outer gap vs. polar cap models

Vela pulsar outer gap model

LAT studies pulsars

Slide 33

Dark Matter – a short review

Searching for dark matter

First Light from Dark Matter?

Diffuse emission from Relic decay

WIMP line detectability

Conclusions

For more information:

Slide 41

LAT Studies Blazars

Author: Lynn Cominsky

E-mail: lynnc@charmian.sonoma.edu