Gamma-ray Astronomy Missions, and their Use of a Global Telescope Network

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Gamma-ray Astronomy Missions, and their Use of a Global Telescope Network

The Big Picture

Early Gamma-ray Astronomy

Sources of g-ray Emission

CGRO (1991-2000)

Dr. Arthur Holly Compton

BATSE

Gamma-Ray Bursts

Distribution of GRBs in the Sky

Gamma-ray Coordinates Network (GCN)

Gamma-ray Coordinates Network (GCN)

Gamma-ray Burst Progress

What BeppoSAX Saw

What HST Saw (Much Later)

Models for GRBs

EGRET

Third EGRET Catalog Sky Map

EGRET Blazars

Blazar questions

HETE II

Coordinating with HETE

Swift

Swift Telescope Network

GLAST

Mission

GLAST Burst Monitor

Large Area Telescope

GLAST All Sky Map

GLAST Telescope Network

For More Information

 Author: Lynn Cominsky

Email: lynnc@charmian.sonoma.edu

Home Page: http://www-glast.sonoma.edu/~lynnc