OKC colloquia

Celestial gamma-ray sources: first data from the Fermi Observatory

Name: Celestial gamma-ray sources: first data from the Fermi Observatory
Start: 2009-03-24T13:15:00+01:00
End: 2009-03-24T14:15:00+01:00
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by Greg Madejski (Stanford)

Tuesday 24 Mar 2009, 13:15 → 14:15 Europe/Stockholm

FB55

Description

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has been successfully launched into orbit in June last year, and is providing excellent data for many celestial gamma-ray sources. This presentation will highlight the first results from Fermi's Large Area Telescope, and will cover the early measurements of gamma-ray properties of rotating neutron stars (pulsars), jet-dominated active galaxies, and gamma-ray bursts.