GLAST, HESS and beyond - Status and prospects for Gamma-ray astronomy
Stefan Funk (Stanford/KIPAC) - Mar 17, 2008 at 12:10 pm
The field of gamma-ray astronomy has received considerable attention beyond
the high-energy astrophysics community in the recent years. This is in
part due to the success of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes
(IACTs) such as HESS, MAGIC and VERITAS, measuring gamma-rays in the
energy regime above 100 GeV. In addition, the upcoming launch
of the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)
and its main instrument, the Large Area Telescope (LAT) measuring
gamma-rays outside Earth's atmosphere in the energy range beyond
100~MeV adds to the attention and excitement. All these new
facilities have lifted gamma-ray astronomy in the last few years from an
exotic discipline with a handful of detected sources to a solid
astronomical discipline. In this seminar I will discuss
the current status of the field, as well as potential future observatories
and instrumentations.
The seminar will be held in 544 Campbell Hall.
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