LAT
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LAT is the Large Area Telescope, a high-energy gamma-ray detector aboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope used to study cosmic gamma-ray sources.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LAT canonical | 2 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gamma-ray telescope
ⓘ
space telescope instrument ⓘ |
| acronymFor |
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
ⓘ
surface form:
Large Area Telescope
|
| collaboration |
CEA (France)
ⓘ
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ⓘ
surface form:
CNRS/IN2P3 (France)
National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) ⓘ
surface form:
INAF (Italy)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare ⓘ
surface form:
INFN (Italy)
Japanese institutions ⓘ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ Swedish institutions ⓘ U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ international collaboration ⓘ |
| contributesTo | Fermi LAT source catalogs ⓘ |
| detectionPrinciple | converts gamma rays into electron-positron pairs ⓘ |
| detectorType | pair-conversion telescope ⓘ |
| energyRange | approximately 20 MeV to more than 300 GeV ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | large field of view ⓘ |
| fullName |
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
ⓘ
surface form:
Large Area Telescope
|
| hasSubsystem |
anticoincidence detector
ⓘ
calorimeter ⓘ tracker ⓘ |
| improvementOverPredecessor |
better angular resolution
ⓘ
greater sensitivity ⓘ wider energy range ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
|
| launchVehicle |
Delta rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Delta II rocket
|
| mission |
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
ⓘ
surface form:
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission
|
| observes |
active galactic nuclei
ⓘ
diffuse gamma-ray background ⓘ gamma-ray bursts ⓘ gamma-ray emission from the Milky Way ⓘ pulsars ⓘ solar flares ⓘ supernova remnants ⓘ |
| onboardPlatform |
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
ⓘ
surface form:
Fermi observatory
|
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| originalNameOfMission |
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
ⓘ
surface form:
Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)
|
| partOf | Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ |
| predecessor | EGRET instrument on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | study cosmic gamma-ray sources ⓘ |
| scanningStrategy | covers entire sky every few hours ⓘ |
| scientificDomain | high-energy astrophysics ⓘ |
| scientificGoal |
measure extragalactic gamma-ray background
ⓘ
monitor transient gamma-ray phenomena ⓘ search for dark matter signatures ⓘ study cosmic-ray interactions ⓘ study particle acceleration in astrophysical sources ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
Goddard Space Flight Center
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
|
| surveyMode | all-sky survey ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | gamma rays ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.