GLAST large area telescope multiwavelength planning |
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| Authors: | O. Reimer P. F. Michelson R. A. Cameron S. W. Digel D. J. Thompson K. S. Wood |
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| Affiliation: | (1) HEPL & KIPAC, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;(2) SLAC & KIPAC, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA;(3) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA;(4) Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA |
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| Abstract: | Gamma-ray astrophysics depends in many ways on multiwavelength studies. The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Large Area Telescope (LAT) Collaboration has started multiwavelength planning well before the scheduled 2007 launch of the observatory. Some of the high-priority multiwavelength needs include: (1) availability of contemporaneous radio and X-ray timing of pulsars; (2) expansion of blazar catalogs, including redshift measurements; (3) improved observations of molecular clouds, especially at high galactic latitudes; (4) simultaneous broad-band blazar monitoring; (5) characterization of gamma-ray transients, including gamma ray bursts; (6) radio, optical, X-ray and TeV counterpart searches for reliable and effective sources identification and characterization. Several of these activities are needed to be in place before launch. |
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| Keywords: | Gamma rays Multiwavelength Observatories |
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